"Heineken UK is United Kingdom's leader in beer and cider business. It is an operating company under Heineken N.V. which is the world's largest brewer. Heineken UK was formed in 2008 when the parent company acquired the UK business of Scottish & Newcastle PLC. The company employs around 2300 people across UK and is the brewer, cider maker and distributor of alcoholic drinks and manages 1300 pubs through their S&N Pub Company business. The head office in UK is located in Edinburgh.
In June 2010, Heineken UK sold its wholesale business Waverly TBS; this transaction resulted in a profit of 199 million euro to the company. The cost reduction programme of the company has recently led to 280 million euro worth of savings. The revenue for the last financial year increased from 14.7 billion euro to 16.1 billion euro; an increase of 9.7 per cent. The company has increased its marketing and selling expenses in the UK due to the overall low selling seen in the international market. The increase has been drastic up to12.8 percent from 5.4 per cent.
The company is focusing towards volume and value share growth in the European market by increasing investments in marketing and innovation. Like in the USA, even the UK market has not reflected a good picture in the first half of the year due to the economic slowdown and job losses that is being witnessed. Heineken, though being a large player in the beer market; has to face other competitors in the market. The UK also consists of companies like United Breweries who have many famous brands to boast of when compared to Heineken. The company has to come up with innovative strategies to attract the young customers and create brand loyalty among them.
Heineken is a favorite brand in the UK due to its history in the European region. But the amount of market share that it holds is not enough for a product to be holding in its domestic market. Increasing the line of brands and marketing its existing brands which do not perform on par is what Heineken has to look out for, it has to plan by anticipating the future of the country in mind. The natural and economic disturbances have been disturbing the performance of the company for sometime in the country, Will Heineken strategically think and implement steps to improve its stand in the UK market?"
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[...] Heineken is the flagship brand with annual production of 2.74 billion liters in 2011. Amstel and Foster's are the secondary brands of Heineken NV worldwide with volume sales of 8.7 and 8.1 million liters respectively in 2010-2011. Strongbow is leading cider brand in United Kingdom, with volume share of 20%. Europe is the biggest marketspace for Heineken BV accounting for 55.2% of total group beer volume sales. The company is publicly listed on Euronext Amsterdam Stock Exchange, with market capitalization of €24.6 billion (April 2012). [...]
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