NZPA wins another medal, this time with a Taste Cumbria Gold Award. It was one of 40 Gold’s given to producers in Cumbria as part of the 2013 Cumbria Life Food & Drink Awards. Around 200 products, across 7 categories (meat, dairy, bread, desserts, condiments, beer & miscellaneous) were judged by a panel in November, […]
Two accountants from Hallidays Accountants LLP, helped to raise money for the Seashell Trust this Christmas by packing bags at Marks and Spencers in Handforth, Wilmslow. Natalie Bryan and Liz Ridley, along with other Seashell Trust volunteers, kindly donated their time during the festive period to help busy shoppers with their bag packing. Liz, an […]
« Purity appoints new chairman to its board of directors « Simon Brown joins the team as of 01 January 2013 Warwickshire-based Purity Brewing Co recently appointed a new chairman to its board of directors. Simon Brown joined the company on 01 January, bringing with him a wealth of industry expertise. The timing of the […]
Hawkshead Brewery in the Lake District reports a 17.5% increase in production in 2012, comprehensively bucking the economic trend. Production rose to 5,250 barrels (190,000 gallons or 1.5 million pints). This level of growth was made possible by the brewery’s second major investment in plant and equipment in its ten year life. Hawkshead’s Alex Brodie […]
Sapporo Breweries-backed study shows that beer contains chemicals that could counter colds As the majority of us continue to trudge through the cold, virus-heavy winter months, sniffling and sneezing, a warm ray of hope shines out from Japan. Sapporo Breweries, one of the country’s oldest beer makers, funded a study that has discovered that hops […]
MEMBERS ONLY Venue: The Westward Arms, Unit 1, Latitude 51, Westward Ho! Bideford, EX39 1GW Time: 12 Noon
MEMBERS ONLY South West Regional Meeting Venue :The Knight’s Rest (formally The Drawing Room), Castle Green, Taunton,TA1 4AD Arrival: 12pm Lunch: 12:30pm Meeting: 1pm
MEMBERS ONLY Two Bridges Hotel, Nr Princetown, Devon, PL20 6 SW Full details / directions at http://www.twobridges.co.uk/hotel/dartmoor-devon on Friday 7th June 2013 12 noon lunch at 12.30pm, the meeting will start at 1.00pm prompt This is being hosted by Dartmoor Brewery who are also very happy to show anyone around their brewery (about a mile […]
REAL ale is recognised as the only growing market in the struggling pubs and beer industry and drinkers in East Lancashire are blessed with a myriad of brewers. But sticking out among a wide range of micro-breweries and craft brewers are the long-established Thwaites and Moorhouse’s. Both have only recently concentrated more efforts into bottling […]
* British companies exporting food and drink to the United States need to quickly re-register with the US Government after it overhauled its licensing rules. * The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has said that every foreign and domestic food company must sign up again by 31 January otherwise they will temporarily lose access […]