Sponsors

Supported by our wonderful main sponsor
Diageo is a global leader in beverage alcohol with an outstanding collection of brands including Johnnie Walker, Crown Royal, J&B, Buchanan’s and Windsor whiskies, Smirnoff, Cîroc and Ketel One vodkas, Captain Morgan, Baileys, Don Julio, Tanqueray and Guinness.

Diageo is listed on both the London Stock Exchange (DGE) and the New York Stock Exchange (DEO) and its products are sold in more than 180 countries around the world. For more information about Diageo, its people, brands, and performance, visit www.diageo.com.

Visit Diageo’s global responsible drinking resource, www.DRINKiQ.com, for information, initiatives, and ways to share best practice.
Pernod Ricard UK is part of Pernod Ricard, number two in wines and spirits with sales of €9,182m in 2018/2019. Pernod Ricard holds one of the most prestigious brand portfolios in the sector, including 19 brands among the top 100 worldwide.

Key brands in the UK include Absolut, Jameson, Chivas, The Glenlivet, Plymouth Gin, Monkey 47, Lillet, Malibu, Perrier-Jouët, Kahlúa, Beefeater, Campo Viejo, Brancott Estate, Olmeca, Havana Club, Martell, Jacob’s Creek, Lamb’s, Ballantine’s, G.H. Mumm and Wyborowa.

Pernod Ricard partners with a range of organisations to tackle alcohol misuse and promote responsible drinking in the UK, including the Portman Group, Drinkaware Trust, the Alcohol Information Partnership, and Best Bar None.

Asahi UK Ltd is the subsidiary of Asahi Europe Ltd with responsibility for the development of Super Premium Beer brands across the UK and Ireland, including Peroni Nastro Azzurro, Pilsner Urquell, Kozel, as well as Polish brands Lech and Tyskie. For more information please visit: uk.asahibeer.co.uk/our-responsibilities

Greene King is the country’s leading pub retailer and brewer, running over 2,700 pubs, restaurants and hotels in towns, villages and city-centre high streets across England, Wales and Scotland. With a rich heritage of over 200 years, we brew award-winning beers and operate managed, tenanted, leased and franchised pubs from our headquarters in Bury St. Edmunds.

Mitchells & Butlers currently operate over 1,600 premises in the UK and have been at the forefront of the industry since 1898. This extraordinary depth of experience has helped them become a highly successful company within the UK’s eating and drinking out market, serving around 140 million meals a year, as well as some 430 million drinks.

JD Wetherspoon owns and operates over 930 pubs and 50 hotels throughout the UK. It aims to provide a friendly and comfortable atmosphere in its pubs, serving high quality, competitively priced food and drinks all day. Based in Watford, the company employs more than 35,000 full and part time staff.

Stonegate Pub Company is the largest privately held managed pub operator in the UK, with revenues in excess of £1.7billion, employing over 14,000 people. The company has over 4500 sites which range from Leased and Tenanted to Managed, including brands such as  Slug & Lettuce, Yates, Common Room, Proper Pubs, Town Pub & Kitchen, Classic Inns and Venues.

Lucky Saint was developed by Luke Boase in collaboration with an established brewery in the German state of Bavaria, after two years of collaborating with several breweries across Europe to develop a new low-alcohol beer. The Lucky Saint brand was officially launched in the UK in October 2018. By January 2024 Lucky Saint was available on tap in over 1,000 pubs across the UK. 

We also work with a number of other organisations and partnership schemes