by Darren | Thursday, November 15, 2018 | BEER NEWS, BUSINESS NEWS
Clipper Logistics is to provide Adnams with end-to-end supply chain management, packing, storage and online order fulfilment capabilities. The Suffolk-based brewery has been operating from the same site for more than 670 years. The location, however, has led to...
by Darren | Wednesday, November 14, 2018 | BEER NEWS, BUSINESS NEWS
Petainer is launching new 30-litre and 20-litre slimline petainerKeg hybrid kegs at this year’s Brau Beviale, currently being staged in Germany. The new formats complement the standard 20-litre hybrid, which is already in use around the world. Hybrid is the first...
by Darren | Monday, November 12, 2018 | BEER NEWS, BUSINESS NEWS
The Liverpool-based Mad Hatter Brewing Company has ceased trading and is being placed into liquidation. The business, which was launched in 2013, supplied licensed premises throughout the country and as far afield as Australia. Penny Lane Pale Ale , Toxteth IPA and...
by Darren | Monday, November 12, 2018 | BEER NEWS, BUSINESS NEWS
Former Kopparberg global sales director, Adrian Hirst (pictured), has announced that he is joining Manchester-based Skinny Brands. In his new role as sales director, he will be working with the board, driving on- and off-trade sales across the UK and EU markets. He...
by Darren | Monday, November 12, 2018 | BEER NEWS, BUSINESS NEWS
Online seller and superstore Beers of Europe, based in Norfolk, has launched a new-look website featuring more than 5,000 products. The company says: “After listening to our customers, we have taken all comments and suggestions on board and, after a year of...
by Darren | Friday, November 9, 2018 | BEER NEWS, BUSINESS NEWS
Chancellor Philip Hammond pulls a pint at Fuller’s watched by BBPA chief executive, Brigid Simmonds, and Fuller’s chief executive, Simon Emeny Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, has visited Fuller’s Brewery, in London, where he was...
by Darren | Wednesday, November 7, 2018 | BEER NEWS, BUSINESS NEWS
Scotland’s leading exporter of craft beer and spirits has embarked on an ambitious two-week trade visit to China, looking to build on a series of export deals. The trip by Glasgow-based export consolidator JW Filshill International will take in the Chinese cities of...
by Darren | Tuesday, November 6, 2018 | BEER NEWS, BUSINESS NEWS
BrewDog has appointed David Gates as managing director of BrewDog Distilling, bringing 27 years of experience in the industry to the burgeoning team. BrewDog wants to redefine the spirits industry, establishing a new standard for distillation, with craft and quality...
by Darren | Tuesday, November 6, 2018 | BEER NEWS, BUSINESS NEWS, PUBS AND BARS
The board of Greene King has announced that Rooney Anand (pictured right) is to step down from the role of chief executive at the end of the financial year (April 2019). It says the process to appoint his successor is well advanced, and a further announcement...
by Darren | Monday, November 5, 2018 | BEER NEWS, BUSINESS NEWS
Signature Brew accepts the brewery business of the year award earlier this year The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) has opened entries for its 2019 business awards, to be presented at its BeerX event, in Liverpool, in March. The awards, which have a January...
by Darren | Monday, November 5, 2018 | BEER NEWS, BUSINESS NEWS
Molson Coors’ UK turnover rose 5.5% to £1.42bn in the year ended December 31, 2017, but pre-tax profit fell to £56.8m. This was due to pricing pressure reducing margins, and the increasing cost of commodities. In irs report filed at Companies House, the firm...
by Darren | Saturday, November 3, 2018 | BEER NEWS, BUSINESS NEWS
Stockport-based Robinsons Brewery has worked with The Label Makers, to create a new look for its award-winning Unicorn Copper Ale, together with three new premium bottled beers — Mash Out, Kettlehead and Hopnik. In a departure from previous styles, the labels’...
