The billionaire founder of Microsoft has bought a 3.76% stake in Dutch drinks giant Heineken Holding NV, although Gates has previously said he was “not a big beer drinker”.

There’s a broad country spread when it comes to the beers stocked in the world’s best bars.

Heineken UK has announced the purchase of the remaining shares of Beavertown Brewery, having purchased a minority stake in 2018, assuming full ownership of London’s largest brewery.

AB InBev has signed a 20-year deal to replace Heineken as the main beer supplier to UK pub giant JD Wetherspoon.

South African wine and spirits producer Distell has withheld its dividend for 2021 financial year amid ongoing takeover talks with Heineken.

Heineken is in talks with South African wine and spirits producer Distell about acquiring “the majority” of its business.

Heineken has announced plans to cut 8,000 jobs as part of an organisational restructuring effort designed to save €2 billion by 2023.

Heineken has launched Desperados Virgin 0.0% globally in line with the growing alcohol-free beer sector around the world.

Heineken has unveiled plans to make Amstel one of the bestselling beer brands in the Chinese market.

Heineken beat analysts’ expectations by reporting a volume sales decline of just 1.9% during the third quarter of 2020.

Heineken has entered the hard seltzer category with the launch of Pure Piraña in Mexico and New Zealand.

Heineken 0.0% will take over sponsorship of the Europa League when the tournament resumes on Wednesday night.

Heineken has reported a 52.5% decline in first-half earnings after the Covid-19 pandemic took a toll on its on-trade business.

Heineken has reported a 14% drop in volume sales during March as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Almost 20% of bars polled for the Brands Report said Heineken was their number one bestseller.

Heineken will be the official beer partner of UEFA EURO 2020 and in a separate agreement has extended its UEFA Champions League partnership until 2024.

Heineken has witnessed a successful summer through the sales of its mini kegs in the off trade according to Toby Lancaster, category and shopper marketing director for Heineken UK.

London-based beer brand Beavertown Brewery, has sold a minor stake in its business to Heineken for £40m.

Macedonian Thrace Brewery (MTB) has welcomed the success in its long-running legal battle with Heineken and its 98.8%-owned Greek operating subsidiary, Athenian Brewery (AB), for anti-competitive market abuses in Greece.

Heineken has partnered up with Infor, a provider of industry-specific cloud applications, to optomise production capacity and reduce waste.

The Tequila Regulatory Council says it is preparing to sue Dutch brewing giants Heineken over the use of  the word ‘Tequila’ on the labels of its Desperados lager range.

Research conducted by Euromonitor International shows that the global alcoholic drinks market declined by 0.2% in 2016, the second year in a row the industry has depreciated.

Heineken has appointed former Lagunitas Brewing executive chairman, Tony Magee, as its global craft director shortly after buying out his brand.

UK supermarket chains have embraced the craft beer market by increasing the range of individual breweries and lowering the varieties of big brands.

Heineken, in partnership with Dutch airline KLM, has pioneered in-flight draught beer.