Cornwall based Sharp’s Brewery today reveals that its flagship beer, Doom Bar (4.3% ABV), is now the number one single bottled ale in terms of value sales in the off-trade. The top spot has been achieved through growing customer demand, with one bottle of Doom Bar now sold every four seconds across the UK. The announcement follows Doom Bar’s continued success in the … [Read more...]
Restaurant and pub groups report strong sales in May
Eating and drinking-out was up in May, with leading managed pub and restaurant groups seeing collective like-for-likes sales grow by 2.1% against the same month last year, according to latest data from the Coffer Peach Business Tracker. The strong trading numbers follow a tougher start to 2015, with like-for-like sales among the 30 companies that make up the Tracker cohort … [Read more...]
BrewDog announces new concepts, new bars, new distillery
Scottish craft brewery, BrewDog, celebrated its AGM last weekend, with over 6,000 Equity Punks (BrewDog fans who invested in the brewery as part of its record-breaking crowdfunding scheme Equity for Punks) attending its rip-roaring celebration of beer, food and music. Co-founders James Watt and Martin Dickie were on stage to deliver the financial reports for 2014 as well as … [Read more...]
New Commercial and Membership Director for ALMR
The ALMR has announced the arrival of Simon Bull as its new Commercial & Membership Director. Simon will drive the Association’s membership and marketing along with the ALMR’s commercial income streams, and has extensive experience working with membership organisations across a range of sectors, joining the ALMR from the Energy Industries Council where he held the … [Read more...]
CAMRA presents cider petition to Downing Street
CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale, has handed in a petition with over 26,000 signatures to 10 Downing Street, calling on the Government to support the cider sector by rejecting an EU tax on small producers. Damaging small-scale cider production The EU has demanded that the Government remove an existing tax exemption for small cider makers who produce fewer than 70 HL of … [Read more...]