Brewery Closure Rate Slows In Third Quarter Of 2024 With Two Regions Now In Growth
For the first time in 2024 some regions of the UK have seen their overall brewery number rise, with the overall net closure rate across…
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Breweries
Drinkers Bowled Over After Historic Stockport Pub Reopens Following £250k Investment
Hydes Brewery has re-opened the doors of its popular Stockport pub, The Nursery Inn, following a £250K refurbishment. The refurbishment of the 1939-built pub, a…
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CMBC Announces Proposal To Close Banks’s Brewery In 2025
Carlsberg Marston’s Brewing Company (CMBC) has announced its proposal to close Banks’s Brewery in Wolverhampton in Autumn 2025, as part of a restructuring of its…
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Cracking Christmas On The Cards For Family-Owned Brewery
North West-based brewer and pub retailer Hydes is gearing up for a bumper festive period with bookings for 2024 already at maximum capacity for Christmas…
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CAMRA Warns That UK Brewing Is Under Threat, As Good Beer Guide 2025 Is Published
The Campaign for Real Ale’s (CAMRA) Good Beer Guide 2025 reveals a worrying trend that was also present in the 2024 edition. Breweries are struggling…
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Brewer And Pub Operator Wells & Co. Joins Expanding Zero Carbon Forum Member Roster
Wells & Co., the Bedfordshire based, family-owned brewery, which operates 200 pubs across England and France, is the latest member to join Zero Carbon Forum,…
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Zero Carbon Forum And BBPA Awarded A Grant To Uncover Effects Of Climate Change On Brewing
The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) and Zero Carbon Forum have been awarded a grant to research the climate risks facing UK brewing supply…
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Hall & Woodhouse Sees Profits Rise By 50% Year-On-Year
Dorset based brewer Hall & Woodhouse has announced underlying profit before tax has increased by nearly 50 per cent. The pre-tax profit increased by approximately…
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Women in Beer Unveils its Biggest Festival
Women in Beer, the Scottish women-who-beer community, has launched its largest festival yet, with five days of events in Edinburgh running from 23-27 October. Launched…
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BBPA Issues Protest Advice to Pubs, Landlords, and Brewers
As the current unrest in towns and cities shows no signs of abating trade bodies have issued advice to businesses which may have been impacted….
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Independent Breweries Call On Government To Confirm Review Of Alcohol Duty System One Year On
Independent breweries are today calling on the Labour Government to confirm that the new Alcohol Duty System will be reviewed after three years, as research…
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St Austell Brewery Supports RNLI’s 200th Anniversary
St Austell Brewery in Cornwall has created a limited-edition beer to celebrate the 200 years of the RNLI. Summer Sun is a pale 4.5% fruity…
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Marston’s Plc To Dispose Of 40% Stake In Brewing To Become A Focused Pub Business
Marston’s PLC has announced the sale of its remaining non-core brewing assets to create a business entirely focused on pubs, with a binding agreement to…
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Shepherd Neame Announces New Partnership With Air Ambulance Charity
Independent family brewer and pub company Shepherd Neame has named Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex (KSS) as its Charity of the Year for 2024/25….
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Shepherd Neame Signs Partnership Deal With Leyton Orient Football Club
Pub company Shepherd Neame has signed a new multi-year pouring rights partnership deal with EFL League One club Leyton Orient. The Faversham-based brewer, which has…
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