Building on the success of their independent craft brewer seal SIBA have today launched a brand new consumer-focussed campaign that asks people to support the future of small breweries by opting for independent craft beer. It’s the first consumer-focussed advertising campaign undertaken by the trade association, and comes as online beer sales and local delivery […]
Responding to the Prime Minister’s roadmap out of lockdown James Calder, SIBA Chief Executive said: “The Prime Minister’s statement this evening gave us a starting point and a methodology for how we will come out of lockdown. We need to see the detail of which sectors are included within ‘step 3’ but at this stage […]
The Government has less than 24 hours left to defer this month’s beer duty payments amid concerns that the time to pay arrangements are not working for many brewers. The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) has been calling on the Treasury to suspend beer duty payments due on 25 April and for the next quarter to […]
Results released today from a survey of small independent breweries across the UK show on average beer sales are down by 82% since the outbreak of Covid-19, with many businesses struggling to survive. 8 out of 10 brewers do not believe the Government is doing enough to support them with more than half (54%) of […]
SIBA has, along with a broad range of drinks industry bodies, co-signed a letter to the Treasury asking for “a deferment of excise duty payments required for a period of at least 3 months as a matter of urgency.” You can read the letter in full here.
SIBA has received much needed clarification on the new guidance from HMRC on the destruction of spoilt beer. HMRC has introduced a temporary measure to help brewers with the destruction of spoilt beer in pub cellars. This permits designated pub personnel to carry out the destruction of spoilt beer on their own premises without the […]
Dear Tim Coronavirus and the impact on small brewers It goes without saying that we are in the most challenging period the brewing and pub industry has ever faced. I am writing to urge you to reconsider the decision communicated in an email by East West Ales to small brewers, sent today. In that email […]
The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) has today called the Chancellor’s decision to collect March’s Beer Duty payments as ‘incredibly disappointing’ and a ‘huge blow for the UK’s small independent brewers. Brewers have been calling on the Chancellor to unilaterally cancel the payment, due to be debited from bank accounts tomorrow (Wednesday 25th), in the […]
Pressure is mounting on Government to cancel this Wednesday’s Beer Tax bill for breweries struggling to stay afloat during the Covid-19 pandemic. The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA), who represent around 750 independent craft breweries across the UK, say the monthly tax bill due to be automatically taken from brewers’ bank accounts this Wednesday (25th) […]
As SIBA Members will be aware from the Chairman’s address at the AGM last week the Board is committed to keeping members updated on the future of Flying Firkin Distribution Limited. For those of you who either weren’t at the AGM, or who haven’t caught up on what was discussed and need reminding about SIBA’s ownership, […]