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SIBA Technical Helpline – A Summary of progress
Posted by admin in member benefits on November 23, 2009
The SIBA Technical helpline was started in September 2009 and provides 20 minutes free technical advice from an expert in the field at Brewing Research International (part of the Campden BRI Group).
The service has started well. There has been a wide range of enquiries; these have included, for example, questions on:
- how to set up a quality system to meet the requirements of supermarkets
- giving an example of a typical HACCP plan for a brewery
- new product development
- problems with finings
- problems with fermentability of wort
- gas levels in cask beer
The Helpline can also offer advice on compliance with legislation on food and feed safety, customs and excise regulations, labelling of beers, flavour defects in raw materials, in-process or final products and microbial aspects of brewing.
If you have a technical enquiry then please use the helpline service by clicking the helpline button on the menu bar above.
SIBA Brewing Helpline
Posted by admin in Technical/Legislation, member benefits on September 28, 2009
The SIBA Technical Helpline provides 20 minutes free technical advice from an expert at Campden BRI. It offers advice on a range of subjects including: technical and scientific aspects of brewing; compliance with legislation on food and feed safety; flavours in raw materials, in-process or final products and microbial aspects of brewing.
Benefits of the Helpline
The key benefits to SIBA members are:
- the service is free to SIBA members
- your enquiry is confidential
- your query will be dealt with by an expert in that topic; Campden BRI is a
world renowned centre of excellence for the brewing industry
- we will assure a speedy response to your problem
How to Use the Helpline
Via the SIBA Website:
You can send an email via the SIBA website using the links below. Your enquiry will be automatically sent to an expert in that topic and you will receive a reply by E-mail.
Initially, members will receive 20 minutes of free on-line advice, with an option to continue on a paid-for basis if required.
By email:
You can email directly to: d.fordyce@bri-advantage.com
By Post:
To: David Fordyce
Head of Membership Services
Campden BRI
Centenary Hall
Coopers Hill Road
Nutfield
Surrey RH1 4HY
By Phone:
Please phone David Fordyce on 01737 824205
Click the heading to submit your query:
SIBA TECHNICAL HELPLINE – FEQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
The SIBA technical Helpline enables SIBA members to contact Campden BRI and get 20 minutes free advice from a technical expert.
We have experts in brewery processes, beer tasting, microbiology, analysis, HACCP and other disciplines to help you. The Helpline has already received a wide range of technical enquiries.
About a fifth of all enquiries are concerned with problems in the brewhouse. These include problems with liquor treatment, adjustment of pH and aeration / oxygenation of wort. A further 11% of enquiries were problems with fermentation; typically these were about yeast management, storage and repitching.
The most enquiries (23%) were about beer in cask or bottle. This included problems with finings, haze, gas content and washing of containers.
Another area of concern was HACCP (17% of enquiries) – many were from brewers who are under pressure from retailers or local authorities to implement HACCP. For these we were able to give guidance on a generic HACCP plan. Related enquiries (6%) were about compliance with supermarket requirements (such as implementing SALSA or an equivalent scheme).
Problems with effluent accounted for just 6% of enquiries but these tended to be quite urgent since they involved high levels of COD or treatment of effluent.
Other areas of concern were flavour issues and compliance with animal feed requirements.
In each case we were able to provide answers by phone or E-mail.
If you require technical help or advice then you can contact us via:
- E-mail (sibahelp@bri-advantage.com)
- phone (David Fordyce on 01737 824205)
- post (David Fordyce, Head of Membership Services, Campden BRI, Centenary Hall, Coopers Hill Road, Nutfield, Surrey,RH1 4HY).
Siba and BRI launch brewers helpline
Posted by admin in Technical/Legislation, member benefits on August 11, 2009
Don Burgess, Technical Director of SIBA has worked with Gordon Jackson of Campden BRI to develop an online helpline for small brewers which will be launching on 1 Sept 2009.
The aim of the helpline is to put professional technical advice and support at the keyboard of every SIBA member. BRI will publish a helpline email address for Siba members who can then ask their questions online, the answer will come one of BRIs research departments.
If the enquiry should need further in depth investigation, then there will be a charge payable by arrangement between the brewer and BRI. It is hoped that as the service develops, a brewers “FAQ”[Frequently Asked Questions] can be developed so that the answers to some of the more common problems identified can have a ready answer available on the internet and technical articles published in the Siba journal where it is felt that it would be useful to the membership in general.
The web based contact and help system will be reviewed regularly by SIBA and BRI to ensure that the SIBA membership is receiving the best value for money and suitably targeted advice. It is hoped by Don and Gordon to be the start of greater communication between SIBA and one of the leading brewing technical centres of excellence in the UK, and from this small beginning greater benefits to SIBA members for technical development of their businesses and their beers will result.
Contacts for further information:
Don Burgess,
SIBA,
07768 296 360
gastronaut2001@yahoo.co.uk
Gordon Jackson,
Campden BRI
Coopers Hill Road
Nutfield
Surrey
RH1 4HY
United Kingdom
G.Jackson@bri-advantage.com
Tel: +44 (0) 1737 822 272 (Reception)
Tel: +44 (0) 1737 824 255 (Direct dial)
Going Green with SIBA and Biopac!
Posted by admin in Marketing, member benefits on July 10, 2009
SIBA(Society of Independent Brewers Association) was started in the 1980’s to help emerging and small independent brewers. Now there is no limit to the size or brewery that joins. SIBA has one simple mission “To campaign on behalf of independent brewers to ensure they have the best possible opportunity to bring their goods to market!”
With this in mind SIBA and Biopac a leading environmentally responsible disposables company, have recently joined forces to produce a branded tumbler specifically for use by SIBA members. The tumbler is 100% compostable, biodegradable and sustainable, making it the product of the future. The tumblers are branded with the SIBA logo together with a statement stating the green credentials of the tumbler.
Biopac have worked with many companies in the past producing branded tumblers. Mark Brigden MD of Biopac says “It was a great experience working with SIBA, especially helping raise the profile of an important and influential organisation. We at Biopac feel that is worthwhile raising a Tumbler to!”
If you want to find out any more about the above contact SIBA on 0845 337 9158 or Biopac on 01386 555 777 alternatively go to www.siba.co.uk or www.biopac.co.uk.
Avoiding Depression in a Recession
Posted by admin in member benefits on February 2, 2009
Avoiding Depression in a Recession
A Seminar open to BFBi and SIBA Members and their employees. The aim is to give companies the information needed during the deepening credit crunch, from debt collection, redundancy laws through to patent protection and how to positively deal with sudden changes to payment terms/contract terms.
Croner is the UK’s leading provider of workplace information and consultancy services. This seminar is an ideal opportunity for employees of Member Companies (and SIBA Members) to ask specific questions and learn how other companies are working with the credit crunch.
Venue: Croner Consulting, Hinkley, Leicestershire, LE10 1YG
Date: 17th March 2009
Cost: to cover catering – £11.50 including VAT
Programme:
1st – Legal – Changes in contract terms – how to respond and address them proactively. To cover all changes in terms especially extension on payment terms.
2nd – Copyright – Overview on how to obtain it and what to do if someone is using your copyright patent product or logo etc
3rd – Redundancy – What employers can do if they are facing having to make employees redundant.
4th – New Government Loans for SME’s – What is the criteria and how would they be able to progress further
5th – HR – Brief overview of HR and issue/problems or changes in laws etc
6th – Debt Collection – What is the process and how to be successful in as painless a way as possible
For further information email charlotte@bfbi.org.uk or telephone 01902 422303.
Avoiding Depression in a Recession
Posted by admin in Events Calendar, member benefits on February 2, 2009
| March 17, 2009 |
Avoiding Depression in a Recession
A Seminar open to BFBi and SIBA Members and their employees. The aim is to give companies the information needed during the deepening credit crunch, from debt collection, redundancy laws through to patent protection and how to positively deal with sudden changes to payment terms/contract terms.
Croner is the UK’s leading provider of workplace information and consultancy services. This seminar is an ideal opportunity for employees of Member Companies (and SIBA Members) to ask specific questions and learn how other companies are working with the credit crunch.
Venue: Croner Consulting, Hinkley, Leicestershire, LE10 1YG
Date: 17th March 2009
Cost: to cover catering – £11.50 including VAT
Programme:
1st – Legal – Changes in contract terms – how to respond and address them proactively. To cover all changes in terms especially extension on payment terms.
2nd – Copyright – Overview on how to obtain it and what to do if someone is using your copyright patent product or logo etc
3rd – Redundancy – What employers can do if they are facing having to make employees redundant.
4th – New Government Loans for SME’s – What is the criteria and how would they be able to progress further
5th – HR – Brief overview of HR and issue/problems or changes in laws etc
6th – Debt Collection – What is the process and how to be successful in as painless a way as possible
For further information email charlotte@bfbi.org.uk or telephone 01902 422303.
SIBA DDS Technical Services
Posted by admin in member benefits on January 2, 2009
UPDATE – SIBA DDS Technical Services – more support to help you develop your business!
As you will be aware, Technical Services (TS) support is provided to pubs owned by national Pub Co’s in a number of different ways, ranging from a single contractor to a large number of individual brand owners.
SIBA DDS, on behalf of member brewers, has always taken a positive approach to its responsibilities in this area, and has recently taken a further important step.
From the beginning of December 2008, SIBA DDS has begun working with Innserve, the national TS contractor, and it is expected that a full contractual relationship will be established by the beginning of March 2009. Innserve was originally created from the merger of the Carlsberg and S&N technical services functions and now also numbers M&B and JD Wetherspoon among its clients.
Where Pub Cos require individual brewers to provide technical service support to their own brands, SIBA DDS is now in a position to deliver this on your behalf.
Initially this support will be restricted to maintenance and repair, but will develop to include installation of SIBA-owned equipment, in both DDS customers and member brewers’ free trade, in existing and the “Must Buy Must Sell” arrangement operated by the industry – more details to follow!
SIBA DDS is now beginning to accept calls from pubs belonging to Pub Co’s which use DDS requesting maintenance help with SIBA brewers’ products:
· Where the brand owner is responsible, SIBA DDS will refer the call to Innserve for resolution at our cost. This currently covers Admiral Taverns and about one-third of Enterprise pubs.
· Where the Pub Co has a separate TS arrangement, with either a contractor or a single brewer, then the call will be referred back to the pubco (Punch, Orchid, remaining Enterprise pubs) for action. SIBA DDS will continue to make a contribution to the Pub Co for the cost of technical services support.
Please keep an eye on the message board on your DDS Account ‘Log ON’ and the DDS section of the SIBA website for more information as things develop.
Contact SIBA Technical Services on 01765 641950
Online Auction Site Launches
Posted by admin in member benefits on December 12, 2008
| 28 March 2008 at 16:01 |
| Auctions ‘On-Line’ for the ‘On-Trade’…and it’s customers Huge Discounts to SIBA members This week sees the official launch of pubnclubsupermarket.com. All registered and recognised SIBA members www.pubnclubsupermarket.com We will design and create one auction template per auction type free of charge. We will design and create a shopfront @ £49 (50% discount to normal price, £99) The concept is quite ‘Green’ as it provides an opportunity to re-cycle goods and equipment across the UK ‘on-trade’. To see more details click here |
Croner Solutions issue 45 December
Posted by admin in member benefits on December 12, 2008
| 04 December 2007 at 15:16 |
| click here for Solutions 45 Don’t forget Croner provide the following services as a complimentary benefit of SIBA membership:
• Telephone access to expert commercial and legal advice SIBA has arranged this service with Croner Consulting, one of the UK’s leading providers of legal and commercial advice to member organisations. Croner’s consultants are renowned for the level of expertise and support they provide. They are recruited for their ability to draw on their own extensive experience to provide tailored practical and realistic solutions using everyday language. Telephone Helpline 08445 618 133 Available during weekdays between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. the Helpline should be your first port of call with issues relating to queries on the following: • Commercial and contract law There are no time limits on calls to the Helpline and it is free to SIBA members. The team includes solicitors, chartered accountants and personnel managers all of who will provide straightforward answers in clear language with no legal jargon. For expert advice as and when it’s needed call the Business Support Helpline on 08707 454545 and quote SIBA. Factsheets In addition to the Business Support Helpline you will have exclusive internet access to a wide range of factsheets by the end of July. These factsheets will help you deal with issues such as absence control and unfair dismissal. E-bulletins Ad hoc press releases from Croner on highly topical issues will be included in SIBA Commercial newsletters from August so will you be kept furnished with the latest facts and overviews in order for you to make the most of the Business Support Helpline. Quarterly newsletter Every quarter an informative Croner newsletter will be made available. This will include a summary of major forthcoming legislation, frequently asked questions and articles offering practical business advice. SIBA recognises that it is vital you have access to support and guidance to help you deal with business-related problems as they arise, leaving you to get on with what you do best – running your business! All of these services are free of charge and are yet another example of the fabulous value of SIBA membership
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