Geoff Percival US investment giant BlackRock has built up a 4% stake in Irish drinks group, C&C.

Shares in C&C rose over 3% as the sales of Tennent’s lager in Britain and Bulmers cider in Ireland held up relatively well at the half-way stage, as the company gets through the Brexit uncertainty in good shape.

Shares in C&C Group rose almost 5% as the drinks maker said its signature Bulmers cider brand increased its share of the Irish market despite increasing competition from rivals.

KYLIE MAGNER grew up on a mixed farm in south-east Australia where she developed her love of the land and animals. There were always chores to do through challenging times and good times.

Geoff Percival Drinks group C&C has prematurely pulled the plug on its US distribution deal with brewer Pabst, firmly putting paid to any near-term sale of the Irish cider-maker’s American operations.

Drinks maker C&C said its move into the pub business in England and Wales can boost its signature cider brand.

C&C chief executive Stephen Glancey has insisted that the cider and lager maker remains committed to its struggling US business despite a further writedown in its value pulling the group into the red last year.

C&C shares fell sharply yesterday as the Bulmers, Magners and Tennent’s drinks firm said that the pressures from the drop in the value of sterling and tough pricing conditions in the UK would unlikely ease anytime soon.

C&C has been urged by trade unions to find a buyer for one of Britain’s oldest cider plants.

Irish drinks giant C&C has been urged to find a buyer for one of Britain's oldest cider plants.

SIPTU has slammed as “atrocious” the treatment by C&C Group of workers at a water bottling plant in Borrisoleigh, Co Tipperary, who learned through the media that they are to lose their jobs.

C&C’s play for the UK operations of Danish brewing giant Carlsberg may be revisited.

Drinks group C&C has declined to comment on reports linking it to a £200m (€276m) takeover of UK distribution and wholesale business Matthew Clark.

Drinks group C&C has written down the value of its US operations by €150m on the back of another challenging year in the region.

Irish drinks group, C&C saw its share price slump by nearly 10% yesterday on the back of it warning that its annual profits are likely to be down by around €10m this year.

British brewing company Greene King has been given an extension — until close of business on Tuesday — to formally show its hand in the takeover battle for UK bar group, Spirit Pub Company.

Drinks group C&C has reported its fifth consecutive year of earnings growth, and is targeting a mid-single digit operating profit increase in its current financial year.

As Munster players plan their holidays and how to pass the time during the off-season, Niall Ronan is working out what life will be like as a former professional rugby player.

Shane Logan and David Humphreys are overseeing a radical overhaul of Ulster rugby and its future ambitions — the physical manifestation of which is a €40m refit of Ravenhill, writes Rod Nawn.

Drinks giant C&C has reported a near 30% year-on-year increase in first half revenues, driven by a weather-boosted strong performance from its Irish operations.

It was not just the Wallabies downed in Australia at the weekend by men who had travelled halfway across the globe.

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Drinks giant C&C has been hit with a €90,000 fine by the Central Bank for failure to maintain and update its so-called ‘insider’ list of advisers.

Irish drinks giant C&C has reported a 1.8% year-on-year increase in third quarter sales volumes for its domestic business; with management reiterating full-year operating profit guidance.

Celtic have announced a three-year shirt sponsorship deal with Magners.

C&C Group has acquired the Gleeson Group, the country’s leading drinks distributor, in a deal valued at €58 million — a move C&C claims has the potential to “transform” its Irish business.

C&C Group has reached agreement to buy the Vermont Hard Cider Company for $305 million (€233m) — a deal which, when completed, will give the Dublin-headquartered drinks group control of the two biggest cider producers in the US.

C&C Group have announced a 2% decline in revenue for the six months ended August 31 2012.

In the third of a five-part series, Conor Kane discovers a litany of job losses, factory closures and empty premises

Underwhelming summer sales data for the Magners cider brand in Britain has led Davy Stockbrokers to downgrade its profit outlook for the product’s Irish parent, C&C by €3m.

Drinks group C&C in an interim management statement issued this morning said it expects operating profits for the full financial year to be in the range of €112m to €118m.

Drinks group C&C has reported a 16% increase in full-year pre-tax profits, despite seeing core revenues in its Irish cider business fall by nearly 9%.

Drinks group C&C has reported profits before tax of €110.9m for the year to end February, up from €79.5m in 2011.

A leading financial publication which previously told international investors to pump their money into Ireland’s economic “bounce” is now telling them to take their profits and run.

Rather like a particularly tedious season of Big Brother, the reality show that is Ireland’s RBS 6 Nations campaign in 2012 is desperately in need of some action.

C&C HAS firmed up its guidance for its current financial year with a prediction of €110 million in operating profit, which would be slightly ahead of market expectations.

MAGNERS cider significantly outperformed its British peers, last month, upping its market share by more than 4% in the process.

ANYONE who doubted Michael Swift’s ability to last the pace and stay the course with Connacht would be red-faced as the big lock forward gets ready to square up to European heavyweights Toulouse at the Sportsgrounds on Saturday.

DRINKS group C&C has expanded further into the US, with the €20 million acquisition of that market’s second largest cider brand.

DRINKS group C&C has reported a solid set of first-half results — including a €5 million year-on-year rise in pre-tax profits — despite tough trading conditions in Ireland and Britain during the second quarter of its financial year.

BULLIED by England and wary of former coach Eddie O’Sullivan, Donncha O’Callaghan believes Ireland will hit the ground running against the United States this weekend playing cup-final rugby.