by Darren | Wednesday, September 6, 2017 | BEER NEWS, BUSINESS NEWS, PUBS AND BARS
The living wage in Scotland has won a huge thumbs-up from Scots, who see it as not only boosting a company’s status but making its products and services more attractive. Three out of four Scots would think more highly of a company which became accredited for...
by Darren | Wednesday, September 6, 2017 | BEER NEWS, BUSINESS NEWS
The brands, domains and customer loyalty app behind the first speciality beer shop in Glasgow are being offered for sale by Metis Partners, a commercial intellectual property consulting firm. The sale of the intellectual property (IP) assets of Hippo Beers Limited (in...
by Darren | Wednesday, September 6, 2017 | BEER NEWS, BUSINESS NEWS
x The world’s largest investment consumer group, L Catterton, has brought a 27.9% stake in Scottish craft beer brewer Innis and Gunn for £15 million. This deal has striking similarities to fellow Scottish brewer BrewDog’s deal with TSG Capital Partners in April this...
by Darren | Tuesday, September 5, 2017 | BEER NEWS, BUSINESS NEWS
Rain across key barley growing areas in England has hampered combining progress over the past few weeks, according to a forecast from Iain Davies, raw materials manager for Bairds Malt. With the winter barley all but tidied up now, the attention is turning to getting...
by Darren | Monday, September 4, 2017 | BEER NEWS, BUSINESS NEWS, EVENTS
One of America’s most celebrated brewers has been announced as the keynote speaker at a new national conference and trade show, which addresses the business of brewing in Scotland and abroad. Garrett Oliver (pictured), brewmaster at Brooklyn Brewery, is one of the...
by Darren | Monday, September 4, 2017 | BEER NEWS, BUSINESS NEWS, CORNWALL NEWS
Left to right: Carey Thomas, of the sponsorship and community team at Camborne RFC; Sharp’s Brewery area sales manager, Richard Coad; and Camborne RFC president, Bill Hussey Camborne RFC, in Cornwall, has announced a new partnership with Rock-based...
by Darren | Monday, September 4, 2017 | BUSINESS NEWS, PUBS AND BARS
C&C Group, which owns brands including Magners and Tennents, has partnered with Proprium Capital Partners and Admiral management to acquire the entire issued share capital of pubco Admiral Taverns. The equity investment by C&C is £37m representing 47% of the...
by Darren | Monday, September 4, 2017 | BEER NEWS, BUSINESS NEWS
Norfolk-based Woodforde’s Brewery has announced a re-branding linking with the legacy of the county’s favourite son, and one of Britain’s greatest military heroes, Admiral Lord Nelson. In the 17 months since directors James Hughes and Nick Dolan took on the...
by Darren | Monday, September 4, 2017 | BUSINESS NEWS, PUBS AND BARS
Cumbrian entrepreneur Ian Dutton is celebrating a third award for his Bowness-based bar and eatery the Village Inn, taking most outstanding bar and grill in South Lakeland at the Restaurant and Bar Awards, hosted by LUX Magazine. The awards are given on merit, not...
by Darren | Friday, September 1, 2017 | BEER NEWS, BUSINESS NEWS
The 2017 British hop harvest is looking great, according to Ali Capper, of Stocks Farm, Worcestershire, featured in BBC Breakfast this morning. Reporter Ben Thompson was on the farm as the bines were brought down and the hops prepared for harvest and drying. “Ir...
by Darren | Wednesday, August 30, 2017 | BEER NEWS, BUSINESS NEWS, EVENTS
A limited number of seats are available for the fourth Brewers Lectures event, organised by the Brewers Journal, in Bristol on October 16. The session will feature a host of brewing luminaries across two sessions, with a beer tasting in between. The first session will...
by Darren | Tuesday, August 29, 2017 | BEER NEWS, BUSINESS NEWS
Wild Card Brewery is on the crowdfunding trail to expand capacity at its North London site and improve its bar offering. The company has 25 days left to raise £250,000 on Crowdcube, but has already passed the £125,000 mark thanks to £178 investors. In their pitch, the...
