by Darren | Saturday, April 13, 2019 | BEER NEWS, BUSINESS NEWS
Westerham Brewery has launched a new design for its delivery vans, unveiled at a photoshoot with a Spitfire at the Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar. The design features a modified Spitfire to make it appear as though the drivers are piloting the legendary aircraft when...
by Darren | Saturday, April 13, 2019 | BUSINESS NEWS, PUBS AND BARS
Shepherd Neame has acquired another central London pub — the Compton Cross, on the corner of Old Compton Street and Charing Cross Road, in Soho. The pub is recorded as trading as early as 1731, making it one of the area’s oldest, and is grade II listed. It is due to...
by Darren | Thursday, April 11, 2019 | BEER NEWS, BUSINESS NEWS, CORNWALL NEWS, PUBS AND BARS
St Austell Brewery has announced that Kevin Georgel will be appointed as its new chief executive when current CEO James Staughton retires in January 2020. Kevin (pictured), who has been a non-executive board member at St Austell Brewery for four years, has announced...
by Darren | Monday, April 8, 2019 | BEER NEWS, BUSINESS NEWS
Despite the recent craft beer boom, the cost of tax relief claimed through small brewers’ relief (SBR) has increased only 9% over the last five years, to £60 million in 2018-19, up from £55 million in 2014-15. That’s according to new figures from UHY...
by Darren | Monday, April 8, 2019 | BEER NEWS, BUSINESS NEWS
Fresh from acquiring Stone Brewing’s Berlin taproom and brewery, BrewDog has announced a new round of fundraising. The Scottish company is looking for £7m initially, which could stretch to £50m, to fund a London hotel — similar to its Doghouse venue in Ohio —...
by Darren | Friday, April 5, 2019 | BUSINESS NEWS, PUBS AND BARS
The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has welcomed a report by the House of Lords select committee on Regenerating Seaside Towns and Communities. The report, which BBPA chief executive, Brigid Simmonds, contributed to through a select committee hearing, notes...
by Darren | Wednesday, April 3, 2019 | BEER NEWS, BUSINESS NEWS
Originally constructed as a Joint Venture operation, Muntons has completed the full purchase of a malted ingredients vacuum band drying manufacturing plant in Thailand. The plant is now wholly owned by Muntons plc and the facility is called Muntons Ingredients...
by Darren | Tuesday, April 2, 2019 | BEER NEWS, BUSINESS NEWS
Online craft beer distributor EeBriaTrade has released the first of two parts of industry research, using data from more than 600 craft breweries. One of the biggest trends to come out of the report is the exponential growth in no- and low-alcohol (less than 2.8% ABV)...
by Darren | Monday, April 1, 2019 | BEER NEWS, BUSINESS NEWS
The Arran Brewery has announced plans to sell a 45% stake in its Loch Earn brewery, hotel and visitor centre. The spectacular Victorian former hotel is situated in the village of St Fillans, in Perthshire, at the east end of the Loch. The plans for the site include a...
by Darren | Monday, April 1, 2019 | BUSINESS NEWS, PUBS AND BARS
The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) is alerting publicans that they need to act quickly in response to a looming letter from the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) about their rateable valuation, if they want to avoid fines and unnecessary red tape. The call...
by Darren | Sunday, March 31, 2019 | BEER NEWS, BUSINESS NEWS
Brewing brothers Keith and Dave Bott have been honoured for their dedication to business and the brewing industry. The Titanic Brewery owners were presented with the lifetime achievement honour at the culmination of the Sentinel Business Awards, a long-standing,...
by Darren | Friday, March 29, 2019 | BEER NEWS, BUSINESS NEWS
Australian-based food and beverage company Lion has acquired 100% of the UK’s Magic Rock Brewing Company Ltd. The acquisition fuels a “shared promise to keep making great beer, on a bigger scale”, according to Magic Rock’s co-founder and managing director,...
