There has been understandable anger and concern expressed by many small brewers and commentators following this week’s Treasury announcement that the threshold for reduction in Small Brewers Beer Duty Relief (SBR) will be reduced from 5000hl annual production to 2100hl from, it is understood, 2022. However, no details surrounding the rate of withdrawal of relief […]
SIBA has, along with a broad range of drinks industry bodies, co-signed a letter to the Treasury asking for “a deferment of excise duty payments required for a period of at least 3 months as a matter of urgency.” You can read the letter in full here.
SIBA has received much needed clarification on the new guidance from HMRC on the destruction of spoilt beer. HMRC has introduced a temporary measure to help brewers with the destruction of spoilt beer in pub cellars. This permits designated pub personnel to carry out the destruction of spoilt beer on their own premises without the […]
Responding to today’s announcement that the Scottish Cabinet Secretary for the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform has laid the final regulations for the Scottish Deposit Return Scheme (DRS), James Calder, SIBA’s Chief Executive said: “In a time of great uncertainty for the industry with Coronavirus and Brexit, small breweries will feel the brunt of […]
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 […]
Small brewers from across Northern Ireland have come together to call for changes to outdated and unfair alcohol laws which prevent them selling beer directly to the public.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 […]
After the recent General Election, SIBA’s Chief Executive, James Calder, has written to key ministers in the new Government outlining the challenges and opportunities for independent craft brewers over the next year. Alongside the letters, each minister was sent a copy of SIBA’s latest manifesto which outlines 15 policies to turbocharge independent brewing in the […]
A group of small brewers from across Scotland have today (10 December 2019) written an open letter to the Scottish Government on the proposed Deposit Return Scheme (DRS). This comes as the consultation for the regulations on DRS is due to close today. As currently designed the Scottish DRS will have major implications for small […]
The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) has today set out its manifesto to turbocharge independent brewing in the UK. Ahead of the General Election on 12 December 2019, SIBA urges the next Government to adopt 15 policies, covering five key areas, which will encourage growth and sustainability for the UK’s craft brewers. The UK has […]