Trevor Heywood, Payroll and HR Manager at Hallidays Business Advisors and Accountants in Stockport, has retired after 8 years with the company. Trevor, 64, joined Hallidays in 2005 bringing over 35 years experience of working in private sector industry to the role. During his time at Hallidays, Trevor has worked on the payroll team ensuring […]
The chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group Andrew Griffiths has derided VAT-cut campaigners as “deluded”, and embarking on an “exercise in fantasy politics”. http://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/General-News/Beer-group-chairman-Andrew-Griffiths-labels-VAT-cut-campaigners-as-deluded
The torches were out at the recent SIBA South West Maltings beer competition, but this was no witch hunt as 3 of Moor Beer’s unfined ‘natural’ beers won medals. This was the first time the updated competition rules took effect, and the judges had a clear feeling about what makes a great beer. Apparently clarity […]
A series of underage sales prevention courses designed to help those working in the licensed and retail sectors support socially responsible alcohol sales will launch in May. http://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/General-News/Underage-sales-prevention-courses-to-be-launched
The International Beer Challenge (IBC) is Europe’s premier packaged beer competition and each year, the IBC discovers and rewards the finest beers from across the globe. The IBC attracts a wide variety of entrants including brewers, shippers, agents, independent retailers, retail chains, supermarkets and wholesalers. Being part of the IBC carries a number of significant […]
The Albion in Ampthill, is celebrating winning the Bedfordshire CAMRA Pub of the Year award after fighting off tough local competition for the second year in a row. The pub had already won the title of South Bedfordshire CAMRA Pub of the Year through public votes, and went up against the North and East Bedfordshire […]
The BII (British Institute of Innkeeping) has moved to clarify what it calls “misinterpreted data” in the Government’s consultation document on a statutory code for the relationship between pub companies and their tenants. http://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/General-News/Statutory-code-BII-clarifies-misinterpreted-data-in-consultation-paper
It’s often said that beer and beards go together but the new beer from Thornbridge puts a different light on the combination. Simon Webster, Thornbridge’s Director, explains “Mark Bull is a well known local film producer and we recently worked with him in filming our collaboration brew with Sierra Nevada brewery. When Mark mentioned that […]
By PETER RANSCOMBE Published on 25/04/2013 00:00 ARRAN Brewery managing director Gerald Michaluk is to lobby Chancellor George Osborne to give more help to Britain’s thriving beer companies. Micro-breweries that produce less than 500,000 litres of beer a year pay only 50 per cent duty under the small brewers’ relief introduced in 2003 by Chancellor […]
WharfeBank Brewery is launching the Master Cellar Club (MCC) a unique loyalty scheme designed to build long term relationships with Yorkshire publicans and to celebrate the brewery is creating its 500th brew –‘D’ (roman numerals for 500) a 6.6% ABV American IPA style beer. In 2008 the Wharfebank brewing team started out in a Leeds […]