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Up-rate business rate reviews, says BBPA
By: JimOldfield
July 10th, 2016
The British Beer & Pub Association is backing a Government proposal to smarten up business rate revaluations to at least a three-yearly cycle. In a proposal to the Government, the BBPA has set out a plan for a new, more flexible self-assessment model, to help avoid extra costs for the pub sector. The call comes Read the full post…
Mass brew at Hawkshead’s 10th ale festival
By: JimOldfield
July 10th, 2016
The Lake District’s Hawkshead Brewery is set to hold a three-day celebration of northern craft ales – complete with a mass brew – to mark its 10th summer beer festival. Hawkshead has gathered some of the most innovative independent brewers across the region for the event, which runs from July 21-23. Some 80 ales, from Read the full post…
Forget self-drive cars… robot beer is here!
By: JimOldfield
July 9th, 2016
As the first robot cars appear on our roads, stand by for… robot beer. The first Artifiial Intelligence ales are now being brewed in the UK – made by robots, to your specifications! IntelligentX is the first brewery in the UK to design a series of algorithms that will tweak and improve a given ale Read the full post…
Brewers eat brewers…
By: JimOldfield
July 9th, 2016
Like dog-eat dog, brewers eat brewers… and others eat them two. This week has seen two large businesses in the throes of changing assets across England and the Channel Islands. In one move, Leeds Brewery has offloaded its entire stock of seven pubs to fellow brewing giant Camerons, for an undisclosed fee. The 150-year-old Hartlepool Read the full post…
Couple take home-brew to a new level by turning home into a brewery!
By: JimOldfield
July 8th, 2016
Ian and Emma Palmer have taken home-brew a bit far… by turning their HOME into a BREWERY! The Stoke-upon-Trent couple have spent £9,500 on building a fully-functioning brewhouse inside their home… complete with kegs and tasting area. They are now supplying a number of Staffordshire pubs and shops with their aptly named Bike Shed Brewery Read the full post…
Hand-Pumped news: pub roundup
By: JimOldfield
July 8th, 2016
The White Horse, in the tiny Lincolnshire village of Marshchapel, hosts its fourth annual beer and music festival this weekend. The fest – in aid of the Lincolnshire & Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance Trust – runs on Saturday and Sunday, with more than 1,000 people expected to turn up. A total of 18 beers and ciders Read the full post…
Scarborough launches an ale festival
By: JimOldfield
July 8th, 2016
CAMRA’s Scarborough branch is about to launch its inaugural Scarborough Real Ale, Cider & Arts Festival, in conjunction with The Campaign for Real Art. The fest will take place from October 13-15 in the Old Parcels Office at the town’s station. The organisers are thinking big, with a planned list of 60 real ales and Read the full post…
Young’s revenues rise
By: JimOldfield
July 7th, 2016
Pub group and brewer, Young’s, has made a good start to the year – despite Brexit and the weather – says chairman Nick Bryan. In the first quarter of the finanacial year, he reported, managed house revenues were up 6.5%, and up 4.1% on a like-for-like basis, achieved against good figures a year earlier. Young’s Read the full post…
Wylam Brewery finds a home in a palace
By: JimOldfield
July 7th, 2016
Newcastle’s Wylam Brewery has a fabulous new home, after completion of the £1.8m restoration of the iconic former Palace of Arts in the city. After a decade of dereliction, the palace is now fully operational as a brewery, bar, kitchen and events hall which hosts live music, weddings and events. The palace is the Read the full post…
Stonegate shows no sluggishness in profits
By: JimOldfield
July 7th, 2016
The Stonegate Pub Company – which owns Yates and the Slug and Lettuce chain – has posted excellent new revenue growth figures for the first half of the year. Total revenue across Stonegate’s 660 managed pubs and bars was up 12.8 per cent to £342m for the period to April 10, up from £303m on Read the full post…
