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It’s not all doom and gloom
The last 12 months have been tough for Simple Things Fermentations, owner Phil Sissons hopes next year will be easier Around this time last year I was...
Real ale hero Tony Eastwood dies
Much-loved Small Beer chairman Tony Eastwood has died at the age of 72. Together with his wife Jude, they opened Small Beer off-licence in Lincoln in...
North Brewing Leeds the way
As North Brewing celebrates its fifth birthday it unveils its new multi-million pound home in North Leeds. Springwell, located in a former tannery on...
West country brewer sells 21 pubs
The ambitious Liberation brewery has snapped up 21 pubs put up for sale by West country brewer Wadworth. It’s been a difficult year for the Devizes ba...
VAT rate reduction… good news for pubs and customers both?
The Chancellor has cut VAT to 5 per cent on certain aspects of the hospitality industry. Nick Metcalfe looks at the implications. On 8 July the Chance...
Industry insider: flexibility in a post-Covid age
Des de Moor In early 2020, as I was finishing off the text of the new edition of London’s Best Beer, Pubs and Bars, in blissful ignorance of the impen...
Lockdown threatens future of many breweries
Harrogate brewer Ian Fozard fears many breweries will not survive beyond Christmas unless they receive Government help. Fozard who is boss of Rooster’...
Heavenly brew from Harviestoun
Pubs might be having a hard time but that hasn’t stopped a Scottish brewery from launching its first new beer of 2020. Heaven Cent, at 4.6 per cent AB...
The future of cask ale
Has there ever been more choice for the discerning beer drinker asks Mike Unsworth From sours and lambics through to craft beers and world lagers, the...
Sheps will survive the lockdown
Kent brewer pub group Shepherd Neame vows it will not only survive the lockdown but come back in position of strength. Chief executive Jonathan Neame...
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