Society Of Independent Brewers

Eight Arch and Yonder win best cask and keg SIBA titles

21-Apr-2023 By Gary Lloyd

Eight Arch Brewing Co and Yonder Brewing have taken home the two Overall Champion awards in the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) South-West Independent Beer Awards, which took place last night (Thursday 20 April) at the MaltingsFest beer festival...

SIBA launches renewal of MaltingsFest

20-Apr-2023 By Gary Lloyd

The south-west of England will be home to a giant beer festival featuring 300 cask ales, craft beers, lagers and ciders from Thursday 20 April until Saturday 22 April.

MPs to debate small breweries’ future

06-Sep-2022 By Nikkie Thatcher

The future of small breweries is being debated today (Tuesday 6 September) as the Small Breweries’ Relief (SBR) marks 20 years since it was announced and the sector is battling the energy crisis.

SIBA boss Calder to step down

28-Jul-2022 By Nikkie Thatcher

The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) chief executive James Calder is stepping down after three years at the helm and five years with the trade body in total.

Opinion

Is Rishi Sunak setting up the UK's independent brewers for another 2 decades of success?

01-Jun-2022 By James Calder, chief executive, SIBA

Two decades ago, a line in Gordon Brown’s Budget sparked the craft beer revolution. On the birthday of Progressive Beer Duty we ask ‘Is Rishi Sunak setting up the UK’s independent brewers for another two decades of success?’

Cask sales ‘under serious threat’

17-Mar-2022 By Nikkie Thatcher

Traditional cask beer is “under serious threat” due to consumer drinking habits changing to ordering online and drinking more at home, according to a new report.

SIBA Business Awards 2022 entry deadline extended

01-Feb-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

The entry deadline for the SIBA Business Awards 2022 has been extended to Sunday 13 February to ensure a wide variety of businesses from across the beer, brewing, hospitality and retail sectors are able to enter.

‘Bitterly disappointed’ trade bodies write to PM demanding further support

16-Jun-2021 By Nikkie Thatcher

Industry associations including the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA), UKHospitality (UKH), the British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) and the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) have written to Boris Johnson calling for further support.

Trade awaits PM announcement about inside service

10-May-2021 By Nikkie Thatcher

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to announce the next stage of relaxation of coronavirus restrictions including allowing pubs to reopen indoors, later today (Monday 10 May).

Spring Budget 2021

Budget ‘does nothing for independent breweries’

05-Mar-2021 By Nikkie Thatcher

Plans outlined in the Chancellor’s Spring Budget, such as the VAT cut extension, will lead to further brewery closures according to one trade body.

Opening pubs with alcohol ban is ‘not reopening at all’

08-Feb-2021 By Nikkie Thatcher

The trade has reacted to rumours that the Government is considering scrapping 10pm curfew and substantial meal measures as well as barring reopened pubs from selling alcohol.

New tiered rules ‘killing Christmas and beyond’ for trade

24-Nov-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

The new restrictions on how pubs can operate in the tiered system once lockdown is eased will mean closures and further job losses, a trade body has said.

SIBA Business Awards to take place during BeerX

05-Jan-2018 By Nikkie Sutton

This year’s Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) Business Awards will happen during the organisation’s BeerX event.

Drinkers demand clarity over craft beer producers

08-Aug-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

Consumers want greater clarity over who is brewing the beer they drink, according to new research commissioned by the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA).

SIBA’s pledge to deliver better deal

30-Jun-2015 By Michelle Perrett

Beerflex, the rebranded delivery scheme from the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA), will provide a better deal for licensees, Nick Stafford commercial director at SIBA has insisted.

Local brewers continue to buck the trend

21-Feb-2011 By James Wilmore

Locally-brewed craft beers are continuing to buck the trend as a new major industry report reveals volumes for independent brewers grew by nearly...

Pubs' beer sales boosted by Cask Ale Week

14-May-2010

Sales of local beers got a significant boost thanks to a £40,000 investment in Cask Ale Week. The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) said sales...

Brewers slam "schizophrenic" government

22-Apr-2009 By Matt Eley Matt

The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) has slammed the government for its "schizophrenic' approach to the local brewing industry. Chief executive...

SIBA launches annual awards

10-Jun-2008

Independent brewers should start readying themselves for a fierce competition as the Society of Independent Brewers launches its third annual brewing...

Keg deposit scheme could start in 2008

13-Sep-2007 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u

Regional brewers are coming round to the idea of charging licensees deposits on kegs, under a proposed scheme that could start in 2008. That is...

SIBA calls on pubcos to go local

05-Feb-2007

Pub companies are not making the most of the opportunity for local beers, according to the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA).The latest annual...

SIBA campaign given weight by government report

19-Jul-2005

The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) has seized on a government report which highlights food transport as one of the fastest growing areas of...

SIBA conference sees rosy future for real ale

01-Apr-2004 By Andrew Pring

SIBA, the Society of Independent Brewers, staged its annual conference at Southport last week, on a wave of optimism for the future of real ale. With...