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Carling launches the new Carling Taste Lock Can. The new Taste Lock Can features an IMPROVED CAN SEAM, to help prevent the beer picking up any metallic notes when packaged in the can; A TWO STAGE "IN CAN" LINER to protect the beer from the metal of the can itself and help prevent the beer from developing any metallic taste and a TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE "PADLOCK" shaped device on the can uses thermochromic ink which goes blue when it’s cold so you know when it’s the perfect time to ‘unlock’ and enjoy a great Carling experience.

Employees take part in volunteering during April - the company's global volunteering 'Month of Action' where Molson Coors employees from around the globe are participating in community activities. One of the projects is sprucing up the local RSPCA Centre in Stretton during RSPCA Week (26 April to 2 May 2010).

Molson Coors (UK) celebrates the end of their successful three-year partnership with learning disability charity, Mencap after raising nearly £250,000. Mencap has been the brewer's charity partner since early 2007, the first time the company had partnered with one national charity. In that time, employees from across the business have given more than 2,000 hours of volunteering work with the charity including decorating and gardening at several Mencap residential homes.

This year's biggest innovation in beer at home is here as Molson Coors (UK) launches Home Draught, a draught beer system filled with ten pints of beer that fits easily into the fridge for the perfect cold pint at home. As the first system to offer a choice of different draught beer brands in the home, Home Draught is available in Carling, the UK's best-selling beer and award winning Coors Light and Grolsch. The Home Draught system fulfils a dream for any draught beer fan - great tasting chilled beer on tap straight from the fridge and ready for any occasion.

Molson Coors (UK) hosts local Burton candidate debate in the week leading up to the general election. Parliamentary candidates from the main political parties debate the key issues facing the local community with members of the community and Molson Coors employees.

In April, Molson Coors (UK) launches Draught Blue Moon in selected London bars. Draught Blue Moon will initially be launched in 100 London outlets including launch partners Fuller's, Mitchells & Butlers and a selection of hand picked Independent on Trade outlets.

Carling has announces a three year deal with Scottish Rugby, which sees it become the official beer of Scottish Rugby and Murrayfield stadium. This is the latest in a string of high profile sponsorships which has seen Carling become one of the most prolific investors in Scottish sport. As part of the sponsorship deal, Carling will have a major presence at Murrayfield stadium, where the brand will be visible on billboards, LED Pitch boards, bars inside and outside the stadium and staff uniforms.

Molson Coors sets up its own direct sales and marketing operations in Northern Ireland. In a multi-million pound investment, the company whose portfolio includes popular beer brands Carling, Coors Light and Grolsch will operate from new offices in Belfast.

Molson Coors Brewing Company (UK) Limited becomes the first brewer to be a founding signatory of WRAP's Courtauld Commitment 2. The Courtauld Commitment was a voluntary agreement between WRAP and major UK grocery retailers and brand owners that supports less packaging and food waste ending up in household bins. Courtauld Commitment 2 moves away from solely weight-based targets and aims to achieve more sustainable use of resources over the entire lifecycle of products, throughout the whole supply chain.

The Cobra Beer Partnership is officially launched at a media dinner in October. The event, held at stylish Indian restaurant Mint Leaf in London, was a platform to introduce the new Cobra Beer Partnership team as well as an opportunity to discuss the £10m marketing investment in the brand by Molson Coors.

Planning Solutions Ltd announces that it will be opening a brewing visitor centre and museum in Burton on Trent called The National Brewery Centre in 2010. This will be based at the Horninglow Road site of the Coors Visitor Centre and Museum of Brewing (formerly the Bass Museum) which closed in 2008. Molson Coors will provide the buildings and artefacts at a peppercorn rent, donate £200,000 in matched funding to get the project off the ground and a further £100,000 annually for the maintenance of the buildings for the duration of a 25-year lease.

Plans are approved to create a Molson Coors business in the Republic of Ireland. Coors Light, Carling and Cobra are already available in Ireland and new brands will be introduced before the end of 2009. Molson Coors opens an Irish office in the west Dublin area (Maynooth). The sales team is expanded and a team of passionate, committed people who can make our brands extraordinary in Ireland are recruited.

BitterSweet Partnership joined a whole host of celebrities at BitterSweet's Inaugural Garden Party at the Sanctum Hotel in Soho, London to celebrate the beauty of beer. Celebrity guests came in their droves to help change the image of beer.

Cobra and Grolsch secure places among the list of the UK's coolest brands for 2009/10. 'CoolBrands' is an initiative from Superbrands Ltd - the world's leading authority on branding and is considered a key barometer of the brands, people and places that have "become extremely desirable among many style leaders and influencers."

Molson Coors employees go the extra mile and raise a total of £45,000 during Mega Mencap fundraising week. From canoe rides to 3-legged races and walks to 3-peak challenges, everyone had a chance to get involved and raise this fantastic figure. Molson Coors topped up the figure to a grand total of £70,000!

Different World Drinks Company, a team of 11 dedicated Beer Specialists who aim to deliver a truly unique, exciting and consumer facing drinks experience to trade outlets across the UK is launched.

Molson Coors (UK) and Cobra Beer announce the formation of Cobra Beer Partnership Ltd., a joint venture company that will own, produce and market the Cobra beer brand.

Molson Coors honoured employees from Burton Brewery and Shobnall Maltings at an annual award ceremony at Burton Town Hall.

Molson Coors launches a new 99 Calorie Carling bottle and plans to advertise for the first time in female targeted media.

Molson Coors launches Club Coors, a new loyalty and beer category education scheme created especially for independent off-trade retailers to support the beer trade during difficult economic times.

Molson Coors sent out vouchers to 6 million households across the UK during May and June to champion their local and claim a free pint of Carling.

Coors Brewers Ltd changes its name to Molson Coors Brewing Company (UK) Limited.

"This is a positive move which clearly signals our company's parentage and recognises the influence and contribution of both the Molson and Coors families in co-creating one of the world's most significant brewing organisations."

Coors Brewers Ltd moves the Telesales and Free Trade support team from its current offices in Headlingley to purpose-build premises in Thorpe Park, Leeds.

Coors had been based in Headlingley for 25 years since it was Bass Brewers. As times have changed over the years it's now time to move the team to brand new premises.

Coors Brewers launches the BitterSweet Partnership to remove the gender imbalance that exists around beer consumption - and make beer a real choice for women.

The BitterSweet team is run by a five-strong team of women for women. These insights will lead to new initiatives from BitterSweet and inform the way Coors brands engage with women in the future.

The Football League and Molson Coors Brewing Company (UK) Limited announced a three-year sponsorship extension for the Carling Cup in December. The new agreement, which is the largest in the competition's history, will see the beer brand continue to back the competition until 2012.

Coors Brewers Ltd came to the aid of local church, Christian International Ministries following a fire at their premises in Horninglow Street in November. The brewer offered the Guildhall in Station Street as a temporary home for the church for their regular Sunday services.

Staff at Coors Brewers in Burton on Trent and East Staffordshire Borough Council joined up to get planting on the Washlands. In partnership with the Parks & Countryside team at the Council, Coors staff took part in a number of planting sessions arranged during the October and November.

Staff at Coors Brewers across the UK, raised a total of £33k for its corporate charity, Mencap on a charity challenge day on Thursday 27 November. Around 20 teams from Coors Brewers embarked on a day of fun activities taking place across Burton-on-Trent and sites in the UK, ranging from bag packing at local supermarkets, to charity car washes and penalty shoot-outs.

Nearly 30 Coors employees completed the Great North Run to raise more than 10,000 pounds for Mencap - Coors official charity. The Great North Run is the world's biggest half-marathon in Newcastle upon Tyne. The team included 20 from the COT (Coors Off Trade) department and six from the IS team in Burton upon Trent.

Two Coors employees from Burton and Cardiff took to the skies to experience the thrill of a lifetime whilst raising money for learning disability charity, Mencap. Owain Southwell and Jo Finch completed the parachute jump - strapped to a British Parachute Association instructor - at speeds of up to 120 mph.

Coors employees leave their cars at home to take part in National Green Transport Week and have a free pint for their efforts.

70 Coors employees from Coors Off Trade and Supply Chain departments complete a 17 mile 'Coors Mencap Meander' in the Peak District to raise around £10,000 for Mencap

Coors employees 'Wear it Green!' to support World Environment Day and raise awareness of reducing our CO2 impact.

Adam Russell, Commercial Analyst volunteered his long locks in support of colleague Viki Mee, who ran the London Marathon for UK learning disability charity Mencap - Coors official charity.

The revamp work is complete in Burton as Trent House and the Thirst Bar is opened by Coors Brewers CEO, Mark Hunter.

Coors employees celebrate the first year of the partnership between Mencap and Coors by wearing it red once again.

President and CEO of Molson Coors, Leo Kiely, flies in to see the revamped reception at Coors Head Office in Burton. He unveiled a plaque to officially open the new reception.

Two Coors Brewers employees in Burton produce a charity recipe book to raise funds for their London Marathon bid to benefit Coors official charity Mencap

The compactdraught team give more consumers the chance to enjoy a great tasting, cold pint of Carling, Worthington's, Grolsch and C2.

Directors and their PAs from Coors decorate a Mencap residential home in Tamworth. Chief Executive at Mencap, Jo Williams, comes along too.

A team of Coors Brewers' employees, including 11 from the Finance team, raise more than ₤4,000 at the Great North Run in Newcastle upon Tyne for Mencap - Coors official charity.

Four employees from the Coors off-trade department raise more than ₤8,000 for UK learning disability charity Mencap by completing a five day, 500km cycle trip across the Sinai desert.

The Coors Off Trade Wholesale Teams celebrate an award from the Federation of Wholesale Grocers, who granted Carling the accolade of 'Drinks Brand of the Year 2007'.

"An exciting future - it's great to be back!" - Mark Hunter returns to the UK, from Molson in Canada, to take up the role of CEO. Welcome home Mark!

Starring roles for Burton Brewery's tasters - a film crew from the University of Nottingham visit Burton Brewery's Sensory Department to shoot footage for training videos for use in their MSc in Brewing Science.

Perwez receives a Certificate of Competency from Paul following an in-house skills training course for Coors craftsmen, in line with our Technician journey.

A panel of representatives from Coors breweries and maltings meet to verify that Production Technician standards are being met on our journey towards World Class Manufacturing Operations.

A Coors team from Tower Brewery Tadcaster (second from bottom on pic) brave the rain in the York Rotary Club Dragon Boat Challenge to raise £1000 for Mencap. Hooray for team "Lost Coors"!

Coors employees celebrate the official opening of the newly refurbished Old Bass House on 4th July 2007. Cafe Coors was decorated to celebrate Independence Day, and there was a BBQ with free Coors products, though the event was forced indoors by our unpredictable summer weather.

Adrian buys extra holidays to train for the London marathon to support Coors chosen charity Mencap

Bring any unopened can of warm beer to the Cold Beer Amnesty and we'll exchange it for an ice cold can of Carling! Carling, live music and mates - a fantastic festival weekend!

Just when they thought it was safe to go back to Uni... Students around Britain feel the force of the power of Coors.

Sales & Marketing attend a forum to talk about building successful brands for the future

Coors Ambassadors secure over 1,000 stockists for CBL's Premium Packaged Lagers

Coors employees enjoying a pint of C2 at the Coors Visitors Centre, after cycling from Lands End to John O'Groats to raise money for Mencap.

Representatives from production, sales, legal, marketing and HR come together to look at reward and recognition

A team from across the business visit Dublin to check out their learnings on smoking bans

The Alton brewery team testing out new 20-litre kegs

Molson Coors HR boss Ralph visits the UK to answer questions on global business issues

Brian, Mark, Alison, Liz and Chris in Finance work with people in the business on cost leadership

Steve, Andrea and Duncan in Marketing consider the best outlets for Carling C2