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Carlsberg-Tetley, the Danish-owned brewer, is to change its name to Carlsberg UK. 11-Mar-2004 Carlsberg-Tetley has offered voluntary redundancy to many of the 500 staff at its brewery in Northampton, in order to improve efficiency. 02-Dec-2002 Carlsberg-Tetley is to invest £10m in the expansion of its Northampton brewery, and its marketing budget is to rise by 70% to £28m this year. 19-Feb-2002 Carlsberg-Tetley is planning to reopen its Cambrian Yard brewery in Wrexham in order to produce up to 10,000 barrels of Wrexham lager within 18 months. 12-Feb-2001 Carlsberg-Tetley is to close its Wrexham brewery in April, following the recent £40m investment at sites in Northampton and Leeds. 06-Jan-2000 Carlsberg-Tetley is considering plans to postpone the closure of its Wrexham brewery in order to cater for higher demand during the millennium celebrations. 07-Dec-1998 Bass is planning to acquire Carlsberg-Tetley's brewery in Burton on Trent in order to merge it with its own brewery in the town, creating one of the largest breweries in Europe. 04-Nov-1997 Carlsberg-Tetley has announced a major cost-cutting campaign, with the loss of 1,500 jobs from the closure of breweries in Alloa, Wrexham and Burton, and some distribution centres. 26-Sep-1997 Bass has sold its 50% share in Carlsberg-Tetley to its joint venture partner, Carlsberg of Denmark, for £110m, following the government's block on Bass's plans to merge with the brewing venture. 23-Aug-1997 Carlsberg-Tetley is said to be planning a major cost-cutting campaign following its blocked plans to merge with Bass Brewers, and it may close breweries in Alloa and Wrexham along with a number of distribution depots. 24-Jul-1997 The planned merger of Bass and Carlsberg-Tetley, which would have created the UK's largest brewer, has been blocked by the government, and Bass is now expected to bid for the William Hill betting group to combine with its Coral chain. 28-Jun-1997 Bass's £200m bid for Carlsberg-Tetley is being referred to the Monopolies & Mergers Commission on the basis that it will create the largest brewer in the UK with about 38% of the market. 10-Dec-1996 Carlsberg-Tetley has decided not to sell its Thickhead alcoholic soft drink in shops and off-licences in response to concerns that it could encourage under-age drinking. 02-Oct-1996 Carlsberg-Tetley has agreed to change the label on its new Thickhead "alcopop" drink, due to fears that it could encourage under-age drinking. 04-Sep-1996 Bass is in discussions to acquire the whole of Carlsberg-Tetley in a move that would give Carlsberg a minority stake in Bass's brewing business. 03-Apr-1996 Carlsberg-Tetley Brewing has bought a large part of Burtonwood Brewery's free trade business for £3.9m. 02-Feb-1996 Carlsberg-Tetley is shutting its Warrington brewery with the loss of 500 jobs. 06-Oct-1995
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