Shepherd Neame

Record beer volumes fuel Shepherd Neame

18-Mar-2010 By Ewan Turney

Shepherd Neame has reported record turnover and record beer volumes for the half-year to 26 December. However, the Kent-based brewer and pub...

Spring time at Shepherd Neame

15-Mar-2010 By Sonya Hook

Spring has arrived at last courtesy of Shepherd Neame, which is this week launching its seasonal ale for April and May. The brewer is bringing back...

Shepherd Neame scoops regional family business award

17-Feb-2010 By Hamish Champ

Kent brewer Shepherd Neame has been named 'Best UK Family Business' in Southern England and Wales. The Faversham-headquartered group won the regional...

Shepherd Neame to sell 35 bottom end pubs in estate re-jig

07-Oct-2009 By Hamish Champ

Kent brewer and pub operator Shepherd Neame is looking to sell nearly 10 per cent of its estate - 35 sites - to focus on its better performing...

Profits slide at Shepherd Neame

07-Oct-2009 By Ewan Turney

Kent brewer and operator Shepherd Neame has reported a 24.6% drop in operating profit as it faced "one of the most challenging and difficult years"...

Barhub acquires second site

29-Sep-2009 By Claire Dodd Claire

Pub operator Barhub has expanded with the purchase of its second site after agreeing a deal with Shepherd Neame to take on the leasehold of the Grove...

Praise for pubs in Good Food Guide awards

08-Sep-2009

The importance of pub food to the eating-out market has been highlighted by recognition for pubs in the annual Good Food Guide Editors' Awards. The...

News Sheps tenancy deal: more details emerge

04-Sep-2009 By Gemma McKenna

Shepherd Neame has revealed details of plans for more flexible tenancy agreements as part of a new package of measures for licensee support. The...

Punters and pet save pub from fire disaster

28-Aug-2009 By Matt Eley Matt

An alert dog and a kind-hearted community ensured a disaster was averted when fire struck at a historic Shepherd Neame pub. The blaze started in the...

Sheps freezes beer prices for its tenants

27-Aug-2009 By Gemma McKenna

Kent brewer Shepherd Neame is freezing beer prices for its tenants until January 2011 as part of a support package for existing and new tenants. The...

Shepherd Neame plays tactical game at Hastings

09-Jul-2009 By John Harrington

Shepherd Neame has agreed to new licence conditions at three Hastings pubs to stave off licence suspensions, the removal of a licensee and hardline...

Jonathan Neame

28-May-2009 By The PMA Team

Jonathan Neame chief executive, Shepherd Neame (13) Why he is on the list: Increasingly high-profile boss of regional brewer and pub operator...

Shepherd Neame buys 13 Punch pubs for £15m

08-May-2009 By Hamish Champ

Shepherd Neame, the Kent brewer, has announced it has bought 13 freehold pubs from Punch Taverns for £14.9m in cash. The pubs, three managed and 10...

Shepherd Neame buys 13 pubs from Punch

08-May-2009 By Ewan Turney

Kent brewer and operator Shepherd Neame has bought 13 freehold pubs from Punch Taverns for £14.86m. The sale is due to be completed on 26 May and...

London pubs give Shepherd Neame a boost

24-Mar-2009 By Hamish Champ

Kent brewer Shepherd Neame said its London pubs continued to drive growth across its pub estate, despite the current recessionary environment.The...

'Neame calls on government to stand up for pubs'

24-Nov-2008

In a column for The Times Shepherd Neame boss Jonathan Neame writes: " Most people in the country want to have a strong, vibrant pub near them,...

Sheps invests £3m in its pubs

29-Oct-2008 By John Harrington

Kent brewer and pub operator Shepherd Neame is to invest £3m over the next year "to help see its licensees through the economic downturn".  The...

City Diary: 16 October

16-Oct-2008 By The PMA Team

All the latest gossip from the City.

Shepherd Neame targets younger drinkers with new beer

12-Aug-2008

Shepherd Neame used the Great British Beer Festival (GBBF) to launch a low ABV national beer brand brewed and marketed to appeal to younger drinkers...

Asahi is a rising star

28-Jul-2008

FOR DECADES family and regional brewers, whose main interest was always in ale, also brewed lager under licence. But rather than use it as a means of...

Spitfire is official beer of European Open

01-Jul-2008 By Ewan Turney

Shepherd Neame's Spitfire ale is to be the official beer of the European Open golf tournament to be held at the London Golf Club near Brands Hatch,...

Keeping quality in Czech

05-Jun-2008

Some brewers are concerned that smaller companies are just using the country of origin as a badge of quality, rather than maintaining the standard of...

13 Jonathan Neame

29-May-2008

chief executive, Shepherd Neame (new entry)

Inns and outs

01-May-2008

Pubcos and tenants are investing wisely to make the most of their outside areas. Nigel Huddleston reports Pub companies, their managers and tenants,...

Moves

24-Apr-2008

Wellstead steps into corporate finance Colin Wellstead, formerly director and head of public houses and restaurants at Christie+Co, has been...

Focus Outdoors: Battling the planners

29-Feb-2008

It's said that every picture tells a story. But the photos here of recently completed Shepherd Neame outdoor developments in Kent fail to reveal the...

A special relationship

28-Feb-2008

They couldn't be more different if they tried. In fact, not since Jack Straw and Condoleeza Rice got all hot under the collar has there been such an...

Sheps creates beer for war heroes

17-Dec-2007

Heroes from Britain's armed forces gathered at the Shepherd Neame brewery last week to launch Help for Heroes Spitfire Ale - which will raise funds...

MyNewPub

13-Dec-2007

Sun Inn Feering, Essex Andrew Howard has become Shepherd Neame's youngest licensee, taking over the helm at the Sun Inn, in Essex, at the age of 20....

BrandsBriefs

01-Nov-2007

Neame's festive fare UK's oldest brewer, Shepherd Neame, has launched its seasonal Christmas Ale and claims it is a perfect accompaniment to...

Runway success

01-Nov-2007

Nigel Huddleston explores the renaissance of a Kent pub, based on the theme of early aviation pioneers The Aviator, Queenborough Corner,...

Famous Status Quo pub closed

23-Oct-2007 By Ewan Turney

A Surrey live music pub where bands such as Status Quo and Genesis once played has been forced to shut because it can only host one gig a week. The...

Green growth

15-Oct-2007 By Hamish Champ

Green, as everyone knows by now, is the new black. Businesses are paying heed to environmental issues, and it's not just about appeasing tree-hugging...

Neame buys 12 pubs

11-Oct-2007 By The PMA Team

Kent-based brewer and retailer Shepherd Neame has bought 12 pubs on an individual basis in a single year - the highest number for a decade. The...

Two Shepherd Neame pubs win garden awards

15-Aug-2007 By Eleanor Goodman

Two Shepherd Neame pubs have been rewarded for their gardens in the brewer's annual Pub Awards.The Generals Arms at Little Baddow, Chelmsford was...

Shepherd Neame

28-Jun-2007

George Barnes Property & tenanted trade director How many pubs do you operate? 378. How many of those outlets are already smoke free? 12. How...

South East Focus: Local sourcing

28-Jun-2007

The link between farming and brewing goes back a long way. Once early man had started cultivating fields and producing crops, the very next item on...

Still brewing for Britain

18-Jun-2007 By Hamish Champ

The year 1698 was peppered with some pretty colourful events. In France, a vintner by the name of Dom Pierre Pérignon was perfecting a special cork...

Preparing for success

22-Mar-2007

Licensees and industry experts gathered at Shepherd Neame's Blue Anchor pub in Crowborough, East Sussex, to pick up valuable advice before the...

ASA gives finger to Shepherd Neame

25-Oct-2006 By Tony Halstead

Brewer Shepherd Neame has had its knuckles rapped for a Bishop's Finger Kentish Ale ad which was judged likely to link alcohol with sexual activity.

Shepherd Neame sees double digit profit growth

03-Oct-2006 By Hamish Champ

Kent brewer Shepherd Neame has recorded its 31st consecutive year of growth, seeing pre-tax profits up 13.9 per cent at £11.2mAnnouncing its results...

Bobby's golden rule

10-Aug-2006

After 50 years as chairman of Shepherd Neame,

Shepherd Neame ages 150 years overnight

25-Jul-2006

Kent family brewer Shepherd Neame may have to rethink its entire marketing strategy, after newly discovered documents pushed the date of the historic...

Bridge the divide

16-Jun-2006 By Hamish Champ

Crisps are a natural accompaniment to a good cask ale. The finely balanced flavours of wafer-thin slices of potato dance about the palate before...

The great outdoors

04-May-2006 By Ewan Turney

The innovative £110,000 conversion of a two-storey garage to a terraced patio has given Shepherd Neame's Bricklayers Arms in Bromley, Kent, a new lease of life as summer and the smoking ban approach

Shepherd Neame pub gets potential 'smokeasy'.

10-Apr-2006 By Iain O'Neil

Shepherd Neame has unveiled its first potential 'smokeasy' after a £100,000 refit at one of its pubs. The Bricklayers in Bromley now has a...

Sheps blasted over latest WWII-themed adverts

03-Feb-2006

Shepherd Neame has landed in hot water following the latest advert in its "Bottle of Britain" series.The Faversham-based brewer has run the...

Young's dismisses claims brewing to be outsourced

09-Jan-2006

Young & Co has rebutted suggestions that it is poised to farm out its brewing operations to rivals in order to focus solely on running...

Sheps AGM hears about mystery bid

03-Nov-2005

A mystery bidder offered Shepherd Neame around £100m for its freehold pubs in a share-and-leaseback deal earlier this year - but the offer was...

Sheps nets a new

20-Oct-2005

era for rural pubs by Ewan Turney Kent brewer and pub operator Shepherd Neame has reinforced its position at the heart of the rural community by...