The Winners in the prestigious SIBA Business Awards 2020 have today been revealed, with North Brewing Co in Leeds taking the top gong, winning ‘Brewery Business of the Year 2020’ Award. The awards name the best and brightest brewing businesses, retailers, bars, restaurants and bottle shops across the UK, as well as a new Best […]
This article by James Calder, Chief Executive of SIBA, was reported in the Morning Advertiser We’re a beer loving nation, with a whopping 8 billion pints sold every year. Whether it’s IPAs, stouts, lagers or bitter, beer remains the nations favourite drink. Yet how much of that do you think was made by local independent […]
Today the Government’s emergency COBRA committee met to discuss Coronavirus. The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) recommended that at this stage there is no need to restrict large public gatherings or move to phase two of the plan which includes social distancing measures. SIBA BeerX UK will therefore be going ahead as normal on Wednesday and […]
One of the biggest changes happening within SIBA is the way we communicate. SIBA needs to listen to brewers, understand what you need, transpose that into action and then be accountable to you. Communication and transparency are key. From this point on, I want to communicate to you directly about the things SIBA’s board discusses, […]
The Finalists in the prestigious SIBA Business Awards 2020 have today been revealed, naming the best and brightest brewing businesses, retailers, bars, restaurants and bottle shops across the UK. A new hugely popular Brewery Taproom category was added this year, joining other awards seeking to congratulate excellence in the beer and brewing industry across a […]
The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) are today backing a report published by the All Party Parliamentary Beer Group which highlights ‘pubs’ potential in spearheading high street revival and delivering wide-ranging policy initiatives’, details of which can be found in the embargoed press release below. SIBA Chief Executive James Calder commented: “Quality community pubs and […]
The founder of one of America’s most influential breweries of the last ten years, and a front-runner of the craze for hazy New England IPAs, will deliver the Keynote speech at the UK’s biggest beer & brewing trade event – BeerX UK 2020. Jean-Claude Tetreault (‘JC’) founded the Massachusetts-based Trillium Brewing Co with wife Esther Tetreault in […]
The entry deadline for the SIBA Business Awards 2020 has been extended to the 14th February 2020. The prestigious industry awards are open to entries from breweries, retailers, pubs, bars, restaurants and suppliers, and this year feature a new category for the UK’s Best Independent Craft Brewery Taproom following huge growth in the number of breweries opening their doors […]
Small brewers from across Northern Ireland have come together to call for changes to outdated and unfair alcohol laws which prevent them selling beer directly to the public. Meeting in Belfast on Monday (27 January 2020) the 11 brewers attending discussed forming a new campaign group to make the case for independent beer in […]
Small independent brewers in Scotland have called on the Scottish Government to make changes to the proposed Deposit Return Scheme (DRS), expected to be introduced next year. Meeting in Edinburgh on Thursday (16 January 2020) to discuss the issue, small brewers from across Scotland signed a petition urging the Scottish Cabinet Secretary Roseanna Cunningham to […]