Jonathan Wallace (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Gateshead Council has just finished meeting. On the agenda was a motion calling on Scottish and Newcastle Breweries to retain the production of Brown Ale at the Dunston plant in Gateshead. (The company wants to move production to Tadcaster.) There was general unanimity and interestingly when I spoke, I was not heckled, interrupted or prevented from finishing what I had to say. One Labour
Edinburgh Evening News (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
TWO former directors of drinks giant Scottish and Newcastle have set up a new company based in the Capital that helps reduce the environmental impact of pubs.
Gateshead News (Free subscription) | 25/10/2009
LIBERAL Democrats in Blaydon constituency have launched a petition to Scottish and Newcastle in a bid to get the company to keep Brown Ale production on Tyneside.Members agreed to launch the petition when they discussed the brewery’s plans at their meeting held in Ryton on Saturday 24th October.“Newcastle Brown Ale is as much an emblem of Tyneside as the Eiffel Tower is of Paris,”...
Jonathan Wallace (Free subscription) | 25/10/2009
Newcastle Brown Ale is as much an icon of Tyneside as the Eiffel Tower is of Paris. So the idea that brewing Broon should be transferred by Scottish and Newcastle to Tadcaster in Yorkshire is not being universally welcomed on my home patch. So we are launching a petition to the company asking them to think again.I met up with some of my colleagues this morning to launch the campaign outside the
Drinking During the Game (Free subscription) | 25/10/2009
After winning promotion at a Wembley final in May, Gillingham had their second "cup final" of 2009 yesterday when they entertained the famous Charlton Athletic. That might sound a tad arrogant but that's precisely how their fans saw it yesterday. Their largest crowd of the season, up 25% on their previous best at just over 10,000 squeezed into the Priestfield to see the action. A measure...
Vagablond (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
The royal taste of ‘Tutankhamun Ale’ is completely credited to the secret kitchen of Queen Nefertiti hidden away from the world in the Sun Temple. The legendary recipe and the magic of the ‘Scottish and Newcastle Breweries’ including the efforts of the University of Cambridge archaeologists/Egyptologists’ team, has made ‘Tutankhamun Ale’ the most expensive...
Curly's Corner Shop, the blog! (Free subscription) | 14/10/2009
Famous brew exported to Yorkshire. Well that’s it then the top brass at Scottish and Newcastle have decided that the region’s favourite exported ale is to be exported permanently by shifting production from Dunston, Gateshead, to the John Smith brewery in Tadcaster, Yorkshire. Broon will no longer be regarded as the regions best bottled beer and [...]
5pm Blog (Free subscription) | 02/10/2009
Former Beanscene head honcho Gordon Richardson has plans to launch two new ventures in Paisley and Ayr later this month which he hopes will redefine the pub. He has teamed up with Scottish and Newcastle Pub Enterprises to open Caffe Luna on Paisley’s High Street and Libertine on Ayr’s River Street. The two venues will be run [...]
Chris Leithead Imaging (Free subscription) | 24/08/2009
Broonfields Originally uploaded by Chris Leithead Once the home of the World famous Newcastle Brown Ale, Scottish and Newcastle Brewery Ltd is now a decommissioned 22 acre site for a science development named 'Science City'.
Edinburgh Evening News (Free subscription) | 09/07/2009
WARM weather has boosted sales for cider firm C&C, which is headed by former Scottish and Newcastle chief executive John Dunsmore.
Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine (Free subscription) | 07/07/2009
Scottish and Newcastle's new ad for its Strongbow Cider appears to be a hilarious and poignant populist parable for our time, one that celebrates the virtue of the working man while castigating the ruling class that has taken unfair advantage of him. The ad, which the company released on YouTube last week, opens on a field at sunset. A blue-collar worker is addressing his grime-covered comrades after...
Brew Wales (Free subscription) | 05/07/2009
Wales' largest real ale brewer SA Brain have signed an 8 year contract, worth an estimated £12 million, with Tradeteam. Under the agreement Tradeteam, part of DHL, will be responsible for delivering products, including beers, soft drinks and wine, to 'trade outlets' (Ed- they mean 'pubs') and also for managing stock levels throughout the tied pub estate of around 260 pubs. Localy Tradeteam operates...
The Herald (Free subscription) | 13/06/2009
Heineken announced yesterday that Stefan Orlowski, an Australian lawyer and a member of the Dutch brewer's global executive committee, has been appointed managing director of Scottish and Newcastle UK in Edinburgh.
Latest Oasis News With stopcryingyo (Free subscription) | 03/06/2009
Concert-goers heading to see Oasis and Take That over the coming days will be well fed and watered, according to bosses at the Stadium of Light. In a bid to ensure the 160,000 music fans descending on the city get served quickly, stadium bosses have recruited the help of the fastest pint dispensing pump on the market Standard beer taps take up to 16 seconds to pour a pint, but the new £50,000...
Edinburgh Evening News (Free subscription) | 25/05/2009
THE Dutch influence at Edinburgh-based brewer Scottish and Newcastle UK is set to increase with the company's finance director Ronald den Elzen tipped to replace Jeremy B
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