Not all aging is bad. 175 year old family brewery – ROBINSONS – has proved it still has what it takes when it comes to brewing excellence after being named ‘BEER CHAMPION’ 2013 at this year’s BBPA awards; fighting off fierce competition from the likes of Marstons, Thwaites and Molson Coors. Held at the Park […]
A Lancashire craft brewery has scooped three top awards at a regional beer competition last week. Cross Bay Brewery based in Morecambe more than held their own in the SIBA North West competition, winning three awards in the 15 categories on the night. Over 70 judges voted on the day selecting from almost 200 cask […]
After two great years of working together on one of the first music beer collaborations in the UK, Robinsons and elbow have decided that it’s last orders for ‘build a rocket boys!’ beer. Multi-platinum selling Manchester band elbow has recently announced a new studio album to be released in March 2014. To coincide with the […]
On 24th October 2008 Hallidays Business Advisers and Accountants combined their two offices in Manchester and Bramhall and moved into purpose built premises at Kings Reach Business Park, Stockport. They are celebrating this anniversary on 7th November with clients, prospects and team members. “Before the move we had already stopped using timesheets and were offering […]
On Saturday 19th October Wye Valley Brewery threw open their doors to the public for a special Open Day in association with h.Energy. Visitors came from as far afield as Oxford and Derby to experience a taste of Wye Valley Brewery hospitality. Over 600 people enjoyed brewery tours, where they were able to see first-hand […]
SEVEN Cumbria breweries have taken top awards in a regional beer competition held in the South Lakes. Coniston, Hawkshead, Stringers of Ulverston, Barngates of Ambleside, Watermill, Keswick and Cumbrian Legendary Ales, picked up 16 awards between them out of the 39 on offer across 15 categories at the North West beer competition, staged in Staveley […]
THE final puffs of steam emanated from locomotive number three at Marston’s Burton brewery in 1967. It was an end of the steam era at the Shobnall Road site as, after 40 years, the company sold the saddletank engine to the Foxfield Light Railway Society based near Uttoxeter. There it was used by members of […]
Robinsons has announced plans to launch a series of apprenticeships, in partnership with Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce and quality assured professional training providers Charnwood, to meet the needs of modern retailing. The Cheshire brewery has spent the last 12 months developing the offer with licensees and will aim to have 130 candidates on the […]
Today’s Propel Morning Briefing carries a comment from SIBA chairman Keith Bott on craft beer SIBA looks at changing ‘local’ to ‘craft’: SIBA, the Society of Independent Brewers, is discussing with its members the possibility of changing the words “local beer” in its logo to “craft beer”. The proposal comes as one leading small brewer, […]
A Cumbrian brewer is on a mission to transform people’s attitudes to drinking by offering up his specialist craft beers at a festival for independent brewers this week. Dave Bailey and his partner Ann Wedgwood, who run Millom’s Hardknott Brewery, will have three of their beers at the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) festival in […]