by Darren | Friday, February 14, 2020 | Beer News, Business News
Firebrand Brewing has undergone a rebrand, with award-winning design agency Kingdom and Sparrow, which is set to officially launch on February 27. Brewery owner, Joe Thomson (pictured below), said: “I started the brewery in 2013 and we have grown a lot since...
by Darren | Thursday, February 13, 2020 | Business News, Pubs and Bars
The Royal Castle Hotel, Dartmouth St Austell Brewery has acquired two hotels in Devon, as part of its ongoing strategy to expand and develop its pubs, inns, and hotels business. Dartmouth’s Royal Castle Hotel and The Royal Seven Stars, in Totnes, will be managed as...
by Darren | Tuesday, February 11, 2020 | Beer News, Business News
Oliver, Tom and Ian Fozard in the sample room. Photograph: Mark Newton Photography Rooster’s Brewing Co has completed an £850,000 investment in a new, state-of-the-art brewery and taproom, three times the size of its previous premises, as it looks to keep up with...
by Darren | Monday, February 10, 2020 | Beer News, Business News
MPs from across the political divide have called on the Chancellor to back the 250,000 supporters of the Long Live the Local campaign and cut beer duty at the upcoming Budget. MPs supported the campaign in a Westminster Hall debate on taxation on beer and pubs,...
by Darren | Sunday, February 9, 2020 | Beer News, Business News
As it moves into its 13th year of trading, BrewDog has unveiled a new visual identity, and a renewed purpose for the next chapter in its story. BrewDog Tomorrow is a plan that outlines actions and BrewDog’s commitment to ensuring ‘‘we have a planet to make beer for in...
by Darren | Thursday, February 6, 2020 | Business News, Pubs and Bars
The Scottish Beer and Pub Association (SBPA) has urged the Scottish government to deliver a deposit return scheme (DRS) that works for the environment, the brewing industry, and the country’s pubs, ahead of the finalised regulations being released. The scheme as...
by Darren | Thursday, February 6, 2020 | Beer News, Business News
Lee Williams, of Moorhouse’s Brewery, with Sovereign Beverage Company’s Craig Johnstone Burnley-based Moorhouse’s Brewery has appointed Blackburn’s Sovereign Beverage Company as its new export agent. Sovereign’s remit is to grow Moorhouse’s sales around...
by Darren | Tuesday, February 4, 2020 | Business News, Pubs and Bars
The One Elm, in Stratford Peach Pubs has announced the sale of the freeholds of four of its estate in a deal that secures further investment in its 19-strong portfolio and paves the way for the next stage of its growth. Freeholds of The Rose and Crown in Warwick, The...
by Darren | Tuesday, February 4, 2020 | Business News, Pubs and Bars
BBPA chief executive, Emma McClarkin, at the Cabbage Patch, Twickenham, with pub manager Stuart Green The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has predicted that seven million extra pints of beer will be sold in pubs during the Guinness Six Nations Rugby...
by Darren | Sunday, February 2, 2020 | Beer News, Business News, Pubs and Bars
Wells & Co has announced its results from a successful 2019. An increase in sales saw operating profit rise to £5.3m, an increase of 5.2% over 12 months. The company has continued significant investment into its 190-strong estate of pubs by doubling its UK managed...
by Darren | Sunday, February 2, 2020 | Beer News, Business News
WooHa Brewing founder and chief executive, Heather McDonald Scotland’s WooHa Brewing Company has raised more than £600,000 in just 19 days from its crowdfunding campaign. The campaign has raised £612,780 from 199 investors. The money, from WooHa’s second...
by Darren | Sunday, February 2, 2020 | Beer News, Business News
Wishbone Brewery has launched a crowdfunding campaign to open a taproom in its home town of Keighley. Director and head brewer, Adrian Chapman, said: “We realise our town has an illustrious history around beer, Timothy Taylor’s heading the charge with a...
