Press Releases – SHIEL PORTER

Festive fare hit by long hot summer, warns Lynx Purchasing

Hospitality businesses could find themselves at the back of the queue for Christmas menu supplies as farmers and growers count the cost of the long hot summer. Purchasing specialist Lynx Purchasing is warning that fierce competition for available supplies from retailers and food manufacturers could leave restaurants, pubs and cafés asked to pay premium prices for weather-impacted fresh produce.

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Raise a glass to Cask Ale Week with free tasters, new brews and ale trails

John Porter

More pubs than ever are taking part in Cask Ale Week, the annual celebration of Britain’s national drink, as which starts this Thursday, 17th September and runs through to Sunday 27th.

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Hogs Back to brew Brakspear cask ales

John Porter

Brakspear cask ales including the flagship Brakspear Original Gravity bitter are now being brewed at Hogs Back Brewery in Tongham, Surrey. The move will lead to a significant investment in installing traditional “double drop” brewing vessels at the Hogs Back site.

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Gen Z prefer their parents’ pints

John Porter

Younger beer drinkers are increasingly ordering the cask ales they remember their parents and grandparents drinking at the pub.

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Brakspear delivers 16% turnover growth as investment in pub estate continues

John Porter

J T Davies & Sons Holdings Limited, the parent company of Henley based pub operator Brakspear, has reported turnover of £47.9m for the year ended 28 December 2025, an increase of 16% on 2024. EBITDA before exceptional items increased by 6% to £11.4m, while operating profit remained stable at £7.2m.

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One Million ‘Try Before You Buy’ Free Tasters For Cask Ale Week

John Porter

Britain’s pubs will be offering one million free ‘Try Before You Buy’ tasters of beer during Cask Ale Week in September this year.

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SAVE THE DATE: CASK ALE WEEK 2026

John Porter

A celebration of cask ale, involving around 10,000 pubs, bars and brewery taps across the country. Think extra cask ales on bars, free tasters of ale, brewery tours – even a pub quiz to test cask trivia knowledge.

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Brakspear Cotswold Walkers Raise £5000 for MND Charity

John Porter

A two-day marathon sponsored walk through the Cotswolds by charity fundraisers from pub operator Brakspear’s Honeycomb Houses managed division has raised £5000 to help tackle Motor Neurone Disease (MND).

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Inflation is the oncoming storm for hospitality, warns Lynx Purchasing

John Porter

A sharp rise is inflation is inevitable as a result of the fuel crisis driven by the conflict in Iran and the wider Middle East, warns hospitality purchasing specialist Lynx Purchasing.

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Outland craft beer range gets a new look, launching renamed beers

John Porter

Craft beer brand Outland is adopting a new, more colourful design, for the first time since its launch in 2023, to strengthen its appeal as a ‘mainstream craft’ brand.

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Exmoor Brewery new branding pouring first pint May 26

Exmoor Brewery toasts new look as sales grow

John Porter

Somerset’s Exmoor Brewery is sporting a proud new look on the bar, marking a year since new investment in the business rescued brewing in its home town of Wiveliscombe.

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‘Decimated’ independent schools must control costs, warns Lynx Purchasing

John Porter

As new research shows the UK’s independent schools have lost almost one in ten pupils since the imposition of VAT on fees, purchasing specialist Lynx Purchasing warns many schools are still wasting money through inefficiency and duplication.

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