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Since 1997 Cask Marque has been ensuring that the cask ale you drink in pubs in the UK is in perfect condition.
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SALSA plus Beer Brewery Accreditation Scheme
We are pleased to announce the launch of SALSA Plus Beer a Brewery Accreditation Scheme for regional and local breweries to demonstrate to buyers their commitment to quality, consistency and legality. The development of the scheme has taken over two years and trials...
SIBA sets out strategy to build opportunity for small brewers from MRO legislation
The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) has set out its strategy in response to the market rent only aspects of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015. As part of its vision to ‘deliver the future of British beer’ SIBA, which represents more than 800...
British Brewers’ confidence is at a high
Three beer duty cuts and a new spirit of entrepreneurship has led to more confidence in Britain’s brewing industry than at any time in the past 25 years; this was the message from BBPA Chairman, Jonathan Neame, when he addressed a seminar at the Milan Expo on ‘Working...
Directors’ Hall of Fame
We have been very lucky over the years to have some extremely high profile members of the industry giving up their time free of charge to sit on the Cask Marque Board as directors. There is nothing in it for them other than helping to improve beer quality in the...
DDS becomes Beerflex
The Society of Independent Brewers’ (SIBA) award winning Direct Delivery Scheme (DDS) is being renamed ‘Beerflex’ to reflect the organisation’s plans to grow the commercial opportunities for its members in a changing beer and pubs market. Launched in 2003, DDS has...
Cask ale continues to grow in 2015
New figures for the first quarter of 2015 obtained by Cask Matters show continued growth for cask ale, particularly premium cask ale. This comes on the back of figures for 2014 which revealed that cask ale was in growth despite the slow down in on-trade beer sales,...
BBPA New Chairman
The BBPA has announced that David Forde, Managing Director of Heineken UK, will be proposed as the next BBPA Chairman at its AGM in December as the successor to Jonathan Neame, Chief Executive of Shepherd Neame. Jonathan has been Chairman of the British Beer & Pub...
Operators rolling out Cask Beer Uncovered
Cask Beer Uncovered, the e-learning programme that builds bar staff’s knowledge of cask beer, is already being actively promoted by 18 pub and bar operators including Stonegate Pub Company, who are rolling the programme out to around 500 of their top cask beer pubs....
Beer Sommelier of the Year Announced
The Beer Academy has awarded Rod Jones of Meantime Brewing Company its Beer Sommelier of the Year title. Rod, who began his career with Meantime as a brewer, now undertakes beer education for both colleagues and customers. He was accredited as a Beer Sommelier in...
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