SIBA has purchased a majority shareholding in Flying Firkin Distribution Ltd (FFD) as part of its commercial strategy to develop routes to market opportunities for its 850 craft brewery members. FFD has been a specialist distributor of craft cask ale for...
Marston’s has announced its preliminary results for the 52 weeks to 30th September 2017, describing the year in which it acquired the Charles Wells Beer Business as having been a “solid performance”. Highlights: • Turnover up 10% to...
Greene King has published its interim results for the 24 weeks to 15 October 2017. Business highlights Further outperformance from Local Pubs, Pub Partners and Brewing & Brands in a challenging first half Strong cost mitigation: on track to deliver £40-45m of cost...
A drian Tierney-Jones has been named Beer Writer of the Year 2017 at the British Guild of Beer Writers’ annual awards ceremony, staged on 29 November. Beer Writer of the Year is the top award in the Guild’s annual competition for writing about beer and pubs, which...
CAMRA North London will be hosting the first ever competition to find the best low alcohol beer brewed in London at the London Drinker Beer & Cider Festival in March in Camden. The competition is open to any beer of 3% ABV or lower with the aim of showing that a...