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Guinness will no longer be promoted as “good for you” and the tradition of the brewery supplying bottles of stout free to blood donors has been discontinued, the company confirmed yesterday, writes TIM O'BRIEN.

A spokeswoman for Diageo, the Guinness group’s global parent, said the decision was in line with Diageo’s corporate strategy.