St Austell Brewery has appointed Paola Leather as its new quality manager. Paola’s role will be to ensure the continued quality and consistency of the Brewery’s award-winning beer brands, including Tribute Pale Ale and Proper Job IPA. Paola – who previously worked in...

Independent pub operator, Punch, has launched its very own Quality Drinks award in partnership with Cask Marque, to further improve and recognise drinks quality and best practice in Punch pubs across the UK. The initiative will enable its pubs to be assessed and...

Shepherd Neame’s first Cask Club beer of 2020 will be Crossfire (4.2% ABV), an English IPA bursting with apricot and citrus notes. The Cask Club initiative was launched by Shepherd Neame last year and highlights Britain’s oldest brewer’s continued passion for...

Entries are now open for the 2020 BII Licensee of the Year award, sponsored by Sky. The BII are celebrating all that is good about the licensed retail sector and can’t wait to recognise the top licensees operating in the industry in 2020. The competition is open to...

SIBA has responded to the news that Chancellor Sajid Javid’s first budget will take place on the 11th March, a day when around a thousand representatives from the beer and brewing industry will be waiting to hear the ruling on the future of Small Breweries’ Relief....

As millions of people embark on a Dry January, new research from independent alcohol education charity Drinkaware reveals that two-thirds (66%) of midlife drinkers - aged 45 to 64 - have drunk, or would try, lower strength alcoholic drinks - an increase of 15 per cent...

​PubAid, the organisation dedicated to promoting pubs as a force for good, has appointed Keith Bott MBE as its first ever President. The founder of Titanic Brewery and former chairman of the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) takes up the position in January 2020,...