FTSE starts week down as beer consumption falls

UK stocks fell this morning, paced by brewers Scottish & Newcastle and SABMiller. The benchmark FTSE 100 is currently down with 32.80 points to 4,127.30. Scottish & Newcastle shed 6p to 393p. Britain's largest brewer fell after Heineken said that different factors were having a negative effect on beer consumption. SABMiller also dropped 13.5p to 415p. Chelsfield advanced 5p to 311p after it was indicated that the real estate company may get a £1bn bid from its chairman and his management team. UBC Media Group, a supplier of radio programs to commercial s...