
Team
Our Team

Nick Baird
Chair

Matt Lambert
Chief Executive

Laura Demorais
Director of Regulatory Affairs

David Saer
Director of External Affairs

Alison Munro
Senior Regulatory Affairs Manager – Code Advice and Training

Katie Coakes
Senior Communications Manager

Katie Wrighton
Regulatory Affairs Executive

Jacob Coad
Policy and Public Affairs Executive

Laura Blackmore
Advice and Training Executive
If you would like to learn more about our culture and benefits, or perhaps want to join us, learn more here.

24 October 2024
Blogs
Review shows more health information present on labels for consumers than ever before

15 July 2024
Blogs
Responsible summer marketing: A hat trick of top tips

21 February 2024
Blogs
Portman Group and YouGov Low and No Alcohol Consumer Trends Report: A New Era of Mindful Consumption

13 December 2023
Blogs
Stuff the turkey…not your marketing compliance! Our top tips to have a compliant Christmas

7 November 2023
Blogs
Pump up the… compliance – ensuring your marketing is compliant for the on-trade

31 October 2023
Blogs
Partnerships for change: continuing the moderate drinking trend

19 October 2023
Blogs
Code rule 3.2(f) quick read – a quick easy way to ensure your marketing doesn’t encourage immoderate, irresponsible, or illegal consumption

3 October 2023
Blogs
Partnerships for change: tackling binge drinking and alcohol related crime

2 August 2023
Blogs
Partnerships for change: reducing underage drinking

26 July 2023
Blogs
A guide to how to avoid appealing to kids in your marketing

4 July 2023
Blogs
Assisting, Restoring and Developing the drinks and hospitality industry workforce

26 June 2023
Blogs
Keep your marketing decent (the top 3 ways to cause serious or widespread offence, and how to avoid doing so)

26 May 2023
Blogs
Further enhancing protection for under-18s – Code Review of rule 3.2(h): Particular appeal to under-18s

26 May 2023
Blogs
Video: Naming, Packaging and Promotion Code

17 April 2023
Blogs
Independent Complaints Panel member review – Claire Fowler

27 March 2023
Blogs
Advisory Service Q+A – retail placement and retail price

28 February 2023
Blogs
Portman Group research highlights how low and no alcohol alternatives have become ingrained in consumer responsible drinking

14 December 2022
Blogs
The Holidays are here – and so is our 2022 Taking Responsibility Regulation Report!

29 November 2022
Blogs
Driving the changes to our guidance – sample it here!

15 November 2022
Blogs
Selling Alcohol Responsibly through the off trade

6 October 2022
Blogs
Video: Did you know the Portman Group regulates alcohol sponsorship?

27 September 2022
Blogs
Caffeinated Alcohol Beverages– how to ensure your marketing is stimulatingly compliant

26 July 2022
COVID-19
Response to Sheffield University’s post COVID-19 model

6 July 2022
Blogs
Sun, Sea, and Responsible Marketing – how to do this summer right!

8 June 2022
Blogs
Responsible Retailing

25 May 2022
Blogs
Get your sampling right this Platinum Jubilee bank holiday with our four top tips

28 April 2022
Blogs
Launching our new training courses

17 March 2022
Blogs
Helping drinks workers when they hit hard times

22 February 2022
COVID-19
Response to Public Health Scotland’s alcohol sales and harm in Scotland during the COVID-19 pandemic report

31 January 2022
Blogs
Portman Group research shows a significant increase in consumer appetite for low and no alcohol

12 January 2022
Blogs
25 Years of Responsible Alcohol Regulation and Portman Group in 2021

20 December 2021
Blogs
A year as Panel Chair

25 November 2021
Blogs
Is mandatory alcohol labelling needed?

21 October 2021
Press Releases
Supporting the work of Only A Pavement Away

13 October 2021
Blogs
What happens if I complain?

7 October 2021
Blogs
UK Government changes how it tracks alcohol health trends as drinking rates fall

24 September 2021
Blogs
Portman Group calls on WHO for renewed focus on harmful drinking and to recognise the industry as a constructive partner

13 September 2021
Blogs
Join us as an Independent Complaints Panel Member

9 September 2021
Blogs
Supporting International FASD Awareness Day 2021

30 July 2021
Blogs
2021 and beyond – a seminar spotlighting industry trends

23 July 2021
Blogs
Community Alcohol Partnerships (CAP) – preventing alcohol harm to young people

15 July 2021
COVID-19
PHE report on alcohol consumption and harm during the COVID-19 pandemic

23 June 2021
COVID-19
Supporting Communities blog series – Goodbye

4 June 2021
Blogs
Low2NoBev Conference – Portman Group to speak at inaugural event

26 May 2021
COVID-19
All Hands to the Pump – supporting pubs and employees to reopen safely

12 May 2021
COVID-19
Only a Pavement Away – The Hospitality Industry Supports Homeless People into Employment

11 May 2021
COVID-19
Portman Group-YouGov research on pandemic drinking and the return to pubs

28 April 2021
COVID-19
Moderate majority continues throughout lockdowns and beyond

28 April 2021
Blogs
Taking Responsibility – ‘Responsible Regulation of Alcohol Seminar’

28 April 2021
COVID-19
Running the Alcohol Recovery Day Programme during COVID-19

21 April 2021
Blogs
Portman Group’s Advisory Service issues guidance on CBD

16 April 2021
Blogs
Portman Group CAP Consultation Response

14 April 2021
COVID-19
Local Pub Supports Local Community

13 April 2021
Blogs
PHE methodology consultation – Portman Group response

1 April 2021
Blogs
Low and No Virtual Conference 2021

30 March 2021
Blogs
The Launch of the Responsible Regulation of Alcohol Seminar Series

17 March 2021
COVID-19
Cooper King Distillery and Hand Sanitiser Production

3 March 2021
COVID-19
The Drinks Trust – Supporting the industry’s work

25 February 2021
Blogs
Portman Group issues first category guidance on hard seltzers

20 February 2021
COVID-19
Supporting Communities Report – Press Release

17 February 2021
COVID-19
Supporting Communities Blog Series – Introduction

8 February 2021
Blogs
Response to Northern Ireland substance use strategy

26 January 2021
Blogs
Regulating Through Change

25 January 2021
Blogs
Portman Group research into consumer interest in Low and No Alcohol

21 December 2020
Blogs
John Timothy Leaves the Portman Group

17 December 2020
Blogs
WHO Consultation

26 October 2020
COVID-19
COVID-19 Blog Series – Goodbye

19 October 2020
COVID-19
Selling Safely Online – Portman Group

15 October 2020
COVID-19
Mindful Drinking in Lockdown – Club Soda

13 October 2020
Blogs
Goodbye from Jenny Watson CBE

12 October 2020
COVID-19
Stockpiling to Sales – Portman Group

8 October 2020
COVID-19
Global Leadership – IARD

5 October 2020
COVID-19
‘Cheers’ Campaign – SAIP

1 October 2020
COVID-19
Community Approaches – UK Spirits Alliance

28 September 2020
COVID-19
Lockdown and Beyond, Pandemic Drinking Trends – Portman Group

24 September 2020
COVID-19
Support for High Risk Drinkers – Drinkaware

21 September 2020
COVID-19
Moderate Lockdown Drinking – Portman Group and YouGov Research

17 September 2020
COVID-19
Whisky and Hand Sanitiser – Scotch Whisky Association

14 September 2020
COVID-19
Producer Actions – Portman Group Members

10 September 2020
COVID-19
Pubs Support Local Communities During Lockdown – British Beer and Pub Association

7 September 2020
COVID-19
COVID-19 Blog Series – Introduction

13 August 2020
Blogs
Clearing the scrutiny – 95% of the industry adhere to the rules

24 June 2020
Blogs
Portman Group research shows Brits continue to moderate their drinking under lockdown

18 June 2020
Blogs
Chair of the Independent Complaints Panel (June 2020)

21 May 2020
Blogs
Alcohol industry continues to step up to help tackle COVID-19 and support local communities
15 May 2020
Blogs
Sampling and promotions under social distancing

4 May 2020
Blogs
Stockpiling fears appear unfounded as lockdown Brits drinking same or less

2 April 2020
Blogs
Alcohol industry steps up action to help tackle COVID-19 and support local communities

17 March 2020
Blogs
How to contact us whilst our team works remotely due to Government advice on Covid-19

3 March 2020
Blogs
How Retailer Alert Bulletins Work

27 February 2020
Blogs
Tackling alcohol harm with Scottish Parliamentarians

25 February 2020
Blogs
How the Independent Complaints Panel Works

13 February 2020
Blogs
Are you the next Chair of the Portman Group?

20 January 2020
Blogs
Meditations on the Mindful Drinking festival

9 January 2020
Blogs
Portman Group survey reminds producers that container choice has impact on drinker perceptions

12 December 2019
Blogs
John Timothy CEO – how to address political challenges to the alcohol sector

7 December 2019
Blogs
Portman Group responds to the Northern Ireland consultation on liquor licensing

9 September 2019
Blogs
The decline of underage drinking in the UK

27 June 2019
Blogs
Supporting the exciting rise of the low and no alcohol category

30 May 2019
Blogs
UK drinking patterns are getting more responsible, let’s make sure this continues!

15 May 2019
Blogs
Alcohol marketing teams, don’t catch a fright this Halloween, be prepared!

16 April 2019
Blogs
Putting the relative risks of alcohol consumption into context

14 March 2017
Blogs
Emojis in Alcohol Marketing