The SIBA Business Awards 2020 will for the first time ever feature an award for theUK’s Best Independent Craft Beer Taproom, following huge growth in the number of breweries opening their doors and serving beer on-site. Over a quarter of independent craft breweries* now have Taprooms on-site, serving the freshest possible beer and engaging with […]
SIBA Chief Executive James Calder writes in BusinessGreen on the proposed Deposit Return Schemes. Britain has stood at the forefront of the craft revolution in beer. Our country’s independent craft brewers constantly innovate to bring drinkers new, exciting and refreshing beer styles from fruity saisons to Double IPAs to our bars, pubs and bottle shops. […]
The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) is partnering with the Michelin Guide to bring an exciting range of independent craft beers to the exclusive Michelin Star Revelation event next month. SIBA, which was invited to partner on the event by Michelin, will be pouring twenty-five different craft beers to the some five-hundred chefs and restaurant […]
The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) has appointed Barry Watts as its new Head of Public Affairs and Policy. Barry joins SIBA from the Royal Economic Society and brings to the role significant public affairs and communications experience having worked in Parliament and financial regulation. He also ran his own brewing company. Welcoming Barry’s appointment, […]
Dear Tim Beer Pricing Your commitment to deliver value to your customers is admirable. Making quality independent beer accessible to the widest range of people is something we should all strive towards. As a category, you are a huge supporter of cask beer. SIBA and J D Wetherspoon have worked successfully together on ensuring quality beer […]
Raspberry Wheat Beer by Milestone Brewery and Oxford Dark Blue by White Horse Brewery have taken home the two top spots at the SIBA Midlands Independent Beer Awards 2019, winning overall Gold in “Cask” and “Bottle & Can” at the prestigious awards. The “Brewers’ Choice” awards, run by the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) and […]
SIBA’s Head of PR & Marketing Neil Walker talks to the press ahead of his Single Hop Beer Tasting at Imbibe Live 2019.
Commenting on the publication of Advancing our health: prevention in the 2020s, the Department of Health’s consultation on strategy for prevention, James Calder, Chief Executive of SIBA said: “It is great to see that the Department of Health recognise that for the vast majority of people who drink, they do so responsibly. More needs to […]
Today, the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) has written to the two Conservative leadership contenders Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt calling on them to back small British independent brewers. SIBA has written to the contenders asking them to rule out any reductions in Small Breweries’ Relief (SBR) and back positive reform, which is currently being […]
Are you a committed campaigner? Do you have the fight, attitude and drive to stand up for independent craft brewers? Do you have proven public affairs and policy experience? A vacancy has arisen to join SIBA as our Head of Public Affairs and Policy. In this exciting role you will lead SIBA’s campaigning activities across taxation, sustainability […]