by Darren | Thursday, November 1, 2018 | BUSINESS NEWS, PUBS AND BARS
Continuing its expansion programme for its Pizza, Pots & Pints managed pub concept, Charles Wells has announced the acquisition of four sites from independent pub group The Orange Tree. The pubs are The Orange Trees in Leicester, Loughborough and Nottingham, as...
by Darren | Thursday, November 1, 2018 | BEER NEWS, BUSINESS NEWS, PUBS AND BARS
Shepherd Neame has announced a new and extended financing structure to support the business for the long term and to take advantage of any opportunities that may arise over the next few years. The new structure gives the company £107.5m of committed long-term...
by Darren | Thursday, November 1, 2018 | BEER NEWS, BUSINESS NEWS
George and Freddie Jefferies, of Jeffersons Brewery Jeffersons Brewery, from London, has won a large cash injection, having claimed the winning spot in Liberis’ Boost Your Business competition. The competition targeted SMEs who would otherwise lack the appropriate...
by Darren | Wednesday, October 31, 2018 | BEER NEWS, BUSINESS NEWS
James Buchan (left), managing director Zudu, with Andrew Chapman, director of sales and marketing at Keith Brewery Zudu, a Scotland and China-based company offering a tailored digital marketing strategy to help UK companies break into the Chinese market, has...
by Darren | Tuesday, October 30, 2018 | BEER NEWS, BUSINESS NEWS
Founder Darron Anley with the Siren Craft Brew team Siren Craft Brew — one of Ratebeer’s top 100 breweries in the world — has launched its first crowdfunding campaign through Crowdcube. The brewery, which picked up CAMRA’s champion beer of Britain award this year,...
by Darren | Tuesday, October 30, 2018 | BEER NEWS, BUSINESS NEWS, PUBS AND BARS
There has been a generally warm reaction to the Chancellor’s decision to freeze beer duty in the Budget, after heavy campaigning from industry groups. There was a welcome, too, for news that business rates will be cut by a third for companies with a rateable...
by Darren | Friday, October 26, 2018 | BEER NEWS, BUSINESS NEWS
Organic beer producer Stroud Brewery has announced its certification as a registered B Corporation, joining a global community of 2,600 companies, with just 175 in the UK. B Corporation (B Corps) businesses are those that have been certified by B Lab as having met...
by Darren | Thursday, October 25, 2018 | BEER NEWS, BUSINESS NEWS
Jaclyn and Stuart Bateman Brewer and pub owner Batemans has reported a pre-tax profit of £228,000 in the year to January 31, 2017. This compares with a loss of £186,000 the previous year, due to excptional costs of £292,000. The sale of six properties during the...
by Darren | Thursday, October 25, 2018 | BEER NEWS, BUSINESS NEWS
Revenue at AB InBev grew 4.5% in the third quarter of 2018, the company reports today, with own beer volumes growing by 0.5%. Combined revenues of global brands Budweiser, Stella Artois and Corona continued to grow this quarter, with revenues up 7.7% globally and...
by Darren | Monday, October 22, 2018 | BEER NEWS, BUSINESS NEWS, PUBS AND BARS
Some 3,788 pubs could be at risk of closure if the Chancellor does not extend the £1,000 business rates sector relief for pubs, according to a new report commissioned by the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA). Even if just one-fifth of those pubs at risk were...
by Darren | Saturday, October 20, 2018 | BEER NEWS, BUSINESS NEWS, PUBS AND BARS
Publican Jodie Kidd (pictured) has delivered a petition to 10 Downing Street calling for a cut to devastatingly high beer duty, to help support local pubs. It is forecast that one in ten pubs (12%) could close within five years if the Chancellor does not ease some...
by Darren | Saturday, October 20, 2018 | BEER NEWS, BUSINESS NEWS
At work on Magic Rock’s new canning line. Photographs: Sam Needham Magic Rock Brewing hosted an open day with supplier KHS showcasing its newly commissioned Innofill CAN Compact line, the first line of its type to be installed within the United Kingdom. The...
