Click here to enter the SIBA Homebrew Beer Awards 2025 Important Information: For the 2025 SIBA Homebrew Beer Awards, SIBA has teamed up with malt specialists Crisp Malt, The Malt Miller and leading London brewery Five Points to challenge homebrewing members to brew the UK’s most alluring British Dark Beer. This could be a Dark […]
HIT Training Ltd was announced the winner of ‘Best Training Provider’ in the Apprenticeship Guide Awards. Recognised for spearheading ground-breaking initiatives such as the Government SEND pilot, HIT impressed judges with its dedication to advancing accessibility to apprenticeships and creating life-changing opportunities for vulnerable learners where other training providers see barriers. They were also praised […]
Guest article from HMRC This year will see the biggest reform of alcohol duties for more than 140 years. The government will introduce a new, simplified alcohol duty system based on the principle of taxing alcoholic drinks by their alcohol content (ABV). This will modernise the existing alcohol duty system, reduce administrative burdens on businesses, […]
Leading industry figures that collectively represent the majority of Welsh pubs, hospitality, drinks producers and glass manufacturers have joined forces to urge the Welsh Government to avoid risking a trade barrier with the rest of the UK through the design of its forthcoming Deposit Return Scheme (DRS). DRS applies a deposit to drinks containers sold […]
Along with the fantastic range of benefits you’d expect from an apprenticeship it is a great opportunity to learn new skills, develop professional careers and earn a salary from day one. Apprentices are supported to gain qualifications to help them advance in their career and gain support from a training provider and line manager, supporting […]
In response to today’s announcement by the Government of the Energy Price Guarantee, Chairman of the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) Roy Allkin said: “Small independent breweries have faced some of the most challenging circumstances in the past few months with energy prices skyrocketing, CO2 costs rising and shortages of supplies along with a cost […]
Purity Brewing Company’s director of brewing Flo Vialan has been named ‘Brewer of the Year’ at the All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group Beer Awards. The highly-prized and prestigious award is one of only a small number handed out annually by the government-related All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group. The fantastic Frenchman, who hails from Lyon and has been […]
SIBA, the Society of Independent Brewers, has today announced that its BeerX 2017 event, which took place 16th-17th March at iceSheffield in Sheffield, recorded its biggest attendance since the event was launched in 2013. BeerX, SIBA’s flagship event, hosts both SIBA’s Trade Show, which consists of the association’s AGM, a brewing supplier exhibition, a programme […]
Heineken-owned Star Pubs & Bars is to join the Society of Independent Brewers’ (SIBA’s) Beerflex* scheme offering licensees a wider choice of local cask ales. Under the agreement, Star licensees with Cask Marque* accredited pubs will be able to order local cask ales brewed by Beerflex participants within a 30-mile radius of their pubs. With […]