The Indie Beer Awards categories in the seperate Cask, Keg, and Bottle & Can Awards are reviewed annually by the SIBA Competitions Committee following feedback from entrants and judges throughout the year, and following this process there are a small number of important changes for 2026, which are summarised below. The SIBA Competitions Committee is […]
Finalists in the SIBA Business Awards 2026 have today been revealed, highlighting the independent breweries, taprooms, retailers, pubs and beer industry businesses in the running to be named the best in the UK. The SIBA Business Awards presentation takes place at BeerX UK in Liverpool in just under two week’s time and seeks to congratulate […]
BeerX UK, organised by the Society of Independent Brewers and Associates (SIBA), has been named ‘Event of the Year’ at the Trade Association Forum (TAF) Awards 2026 for ‘bringing together brewers, suppliers and policymakers in a dynamic programme of exhibitions, talks and awards’. The UK’s biggest brewing industry event, BeerX has gone from strength to […]
The entry deadline for the SIBA Business Awards 2026 has been extended to Monday 16th February 2026 – with breweries, retailers, pubs and taprooms urged to get their entries in now for the prestigious industry awards. The SIBA Business Awards, presented in association with Napthens Solicitors, seek to congratulate excellence in the brewing industry across a variety […]
Premium supermarket chain Waitrose have thrown their weight behind a campaign to promote beer from genuine independent breweries, with a new ‘Indie Beer’ section on Waitrose.com and planned in-store promotions. Beers from independent breweries now appear in a new Indie Beer section of the Waitrose online store, reserved exclusively for beers from genuine independent breweries and excluding […]
“SIBA welcomes the announcement from Government they’re backing Britain’s pubs and the breweries which supply them. On the basis the further 15% cut announced today applies to the business rates bills that were due in April this is good news for pubs and brewers, and will allay some of their worst fears. At the heart […]
According to new figures released today by the SIBA UK Brewery Tracker, brewery closure rates increased dramatically during 2025 compared to previous years, with a 37% spike compared to the previous year. The UK now has just 1578 individual breweries as of 1st January 2026, compared to 1715 at the start of 2025, 1815 in 2024 and […]
BeerX, the UK’s biggest beer and brewing trade event which attracts over 3,500 attendees from the beer industry, has today announced new Headline Supporter ekeg – the UK and Ireland’s leading keg and cask management ecosystem. SIBA CEO Andy Slee welcomed ekeg on-board as BeerX Headline Supporter for the next three years; “The support of […]
A UK-wide beer week promoting ‘independent beer, pubs and people’ is returning for a second year, with a string of events set to take place in pubs, bars and brewery taprooms. Indie Beer Week 2026 will take place from the 10th to the 19th April (taking in two weekends), with pubs, breweries and beer retailers running meet the brewer events, tap […]
The Society of Independent Brewers and Associates (SIBA) has joined industry calls for urgent pub specific relief on Business Rates following the changes announced in the Autumn Budget. Without immediate support community pubs face significant and growing costs which ratchet up over three years, with an average pub seeing a 76% increase in Business Rates. […]