Budweiser Brewing Group UK&I is the trading name of AB InBev UK Limited, a subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch InBev, a publicly traded company based in Leuven, Belgium. The brewer’s well-known beers include global brands Budweiser®, Corona® and Stella Artois®; international brands Bud Light®, Michelob Ultra®, Beck’s®, Leffe®, and Hoegaarden®; and local champions Bass® and Boddingtons®. They champion Britain’s iconic beer culture, from barley farmers to pubs and retail and are a founding member of the Portman Group, member of the British Beer and Pub Association and supporter of the Drinkaware Trust as well as being Corporate Members of the Trust.

Founded in 1849 as an independent family business, Everards beers can now be enjoyed in more than 175 pubs across the East Midlands. Now based at Optimus Point in Glenfield, the new home of their logistics centre and the temporary home of their whole team while they plan the Everards Meadows Development. In 2017 the business was rewarded the ‘”Publican Pub Company of the Year” award for the 4th time and in 2019 they will celebrate their 170th Anniversary.

Fuller, Smith & Turner PLC is the premium pubs and hotels business. We aim to create experiences that nourish the soul. Fuller’s has 185 managed businesses, with 1,025 boutique bedrooms, and 154 Tenanted Inns from Brighton to Birmingham and from Bristol to the Greenwich Peninsula. Our estate includes Cotswold Inns & Hotels – seven stunning hotels in the Cotswolds, Bel & The Dragon – six English inns with boutique rooms located in the Home Counties, and Lovely Pubs – seven beautiful village inns in Warwickshire. In summary, Fuller’s is the home of great pubs, outstanding hospitality and passionate people, where everyone is welcome and leaves that bit happier than they arrived.

Greene King is the country’s leading pub company and brewer with c.2,600 pubs, restaurants and hotels across England, Wales and Scotland. As a brewer, Greene King has been crafting quality beers from its historic breweries for over 200 years. The Westgate brewery, in Bury St Edmunds, has been the home of Greene King since 1799 and its leading cask ales are brewed here, including Greene King IPA, Abbot Ale and Old Speckled Hen, as well as a range of seasonal and speciality beers. The Belhaven Brewery, in Dunbar, is Scotland’s oldest working brewery and brews Scotland’s best-selling ale, Belhaven Best, along with other award-winning favourites. In 2022, the brewer launched its craft beer portfolio with Level Head and Flint Eye, with an additional two new IPAs, Hazy Day and Prior Life, joining in 2024 along with other beer launches across the brewer’s wider brands.

Brewing since 1849 in their 5 storey Victorian Tower Brewery, Hook Norton Brewery takes the very best of it’s brewing heritage and combines it with a thoroughly modern approach to create a range of cask, keg and bottled ales, lagers and stouts. Brewing in the original buildings, take a tour and experience the unique sights, sounds and smells of a historic brewery at work. Enjoy the brewery shop, free museum, Malthouse cafe and meet their famous Shire Horses.

In 2002 Coor’s aquired the England and Wales based business of Bass Brewers and created Coors Brewers Ltd., the UK’s second largest brewer. As a result of this acquisition it acquired the then named Bass Museum, changing its name in 2003 to the Coors Visitor Centre. Over the ensuing period the company has continued to expand via acquisition to the point where it is now the third largest global brewer.

In 1794, Dorset rope and net makers – the Gundry family – built the Old Brewery on the banks of the River Brit in Bridport. Since then, there’s been non-stop brewing on this site. Generations of Palmers have kept the brews bubbling. In the late 19th century, two Palmers brothers – John Cleeves and Robert Henry – bought the brewery and gave it their names: JC & RH Palmer. Today, their great grandsons, John and Cleeves Palmer, work in the company. As Palmers Brewery, it remains among the best of small independent brewers.

Shepherd Neame has been based in the market town of Faversham, Kent for over 300 years. Perhaps best known for great British classic ales such as Spitfire Amber, which carries the Royal Warrant, its diverse portfolio includes Bear Island East Coast Pale Ale and Bear Island Triple Hopped Lager, and the Whitstable Bay Collection. It also brews international lagers under licence including premium Thai lager Singha. The independent family business boasts an award-winning visitor centre and more than 300 pubs and hotels throughout London and the South East, from the historic heart of the City to the Kent coastline.

Timothy Taylor’s is one of the UK’s oldest family-owned breweries with over 160 years’ heritage of brewing award-winning ales, with their Landlord winning more awards than any other beer, winning both CAMRA Champion Beer of Britain and the Brewing Industry Awards Gold Medal four times. Established in 1858 when Timothy Taylor began brewing in Keighley, the company remains in the family and is the last independent brewery of its type left in West Yorkshire.

Thornbridge beers were first brewed in early 2005 using a 10 barrel brewery in the grounds of Thornbridge Hall. The initial focus was on a range of cask beers that used traditional recipes but provided a modern twist through the use of a wide range of hops, malts and the innovation and passion of the brewing team. After winning a succession of awards (now over 400 national and international awards)  a new, fully automated, brewery and bottling line was opened at Bakewell in September 2009. A new canning line has since been added, with the further addition of a hugely popular Taproom. Thornbridge also operate a group of pubs across the country.

Punch Taverns plc is a pub and bar operator in the United Kingdom, with around 3,500 leased and tenanted pubs. It is headquartered in the traditional brewing centre of Burton upon Trent in Staffordshire. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE SmallCap Index.

Town Centre Inns, based in Gipsy Hill, Crystal Palace was established in 2002 and now owns and operates the largest portfolio of independent pubs in London and the South East.  The pubs offer a mix of sports food, music and games and all supply a wide selection of beers, lagers, wines and spirits.

Stocking the largest range of hop varieties in the UK from across the continents, in both nitrogen flushed leaf, T45 and Type 90 pellets. Continuously innovative and championing sustainability worldwide, they have their own dedicated development programme producing new and exclusive varieties every year. Faram’s also offer a full range of brewing products and brewing aids including malts, yeasts, closures, sensory training kits, purees, flavourings, and lab equipment aimed at providing maximum diversity for breweries around the world.

Established in 1827, Darley is one of the UK’s most famous names in print, packaging & bespoke design solutions, specialising in wet glue labels for the food and drinks industries. It’s also the largest producer of bottle labels in the country. Appropriately enough, Darley is based at the heart of the brewing industry in Burton upon Trent. Darley recently gifted the Trust a set of pre war bottle labels that have been converted into quality coasters for sale in the Trust’s on line shop.

James Eadie (1827-1904) was a Scottish brewer who founded an eponymous brewery in Burton on Trent which operated for 90 years before being acquired by Bass, Ratcliffe & Gretton in 1933. Aside from beer, the Eadie family had their own recipe for a Blended Scotch whisky. Only a few bottles of the original James Eadie whisky remain, all believed to be in family hands. Eadie’s brewing interests are now dormant but they remain as specialists in single cask and small batch bottlings. James Eadie whiskies include malts from Speyside, Highland and Islay.

Thomas Hardy is a unique, family owned, service company started in 1997 that is dedicated to bottling and packaging customers’ own premium brands under confidential contracts.  They have long term plans to invest in quality plant and qualified people to service customers’ needs and offer a complete production and packaging service.

Founded in 1862, Simpsons Malt is a fifth-generation, family business and Certified B Corporation with the capacity to produce around 315,000 tonnes of malt per year at its two malting sites in Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, and Tivetshall St Margaret, Norfolk. The company’s passion is a focus on making malts with taste, flavour and consistently high quality with the world’s best brewers and distillers in mind, helping them to craft the finest beers and whiskies. 

The Brewers’ Company is one of the ancient Livery Companies of the City of London. Once responsible for governing the beer trade the City, the Company today remains closely connected to the brewing industry through its members, who between them brew over 90% of the beer sold in the UK.  In addition to promoting the brewing industry, the Brewers’ Company is responsible for administering 11 charities, which collectively distribute around £2 million annually, supporting four schools, as well as providing grants for young people and the needy.

The BBPA is the voice of pubs and brewers, offering insight and policy thinking to government, political stakeholders and media alike to help ensure that there is an in-depth understanding of both the opportunities and challenges faced by the sector and the policy solutions to bring about the optimal economic and policy framework that will underpin a thriving pub and brewing sector in the UK. 

The BFBi is the only international trade association representing the entire value chain supplying the food & drink industry worldwide, from seed merchants, barley growers, maltsters, hop merchants, suppliers of raw materials through to production and packaging machinery manufacturers and suppliers and dispense/point of sale suppliers, manufacturers and installers.

The Brewery History Society was founded in 1972 to promote research into all aspects of the brewing industry, to encourage the interchange of information about breweries, allied trades and brewing, and to collect photographic and other archive information about brewery history. Membership is open to all individuals, archives and businesses with a shared interest.

Briggs of Burton (BRIGGS), located in Burton on Trent, England specialises in delivering safe, efficient, and sustainable turnkey projects, stainless steel process equipment and process engineering services to the world’s leading blue-chip, distilling, brewing, food, pharmaceutical and biotech companies. Since 1732, BRIGGS has built on its extensive knowledge and experience to become a leading company in hygienic process engineering, manufacturing, and project management. Today, BRIGGS has over 300 employees who deliver world-class sustainable solutions globally. BRIGGS is committed to environmental sustainability, helping customers globally with decarbonisation and supporting them in achieving their net-zero targets.

The team play in Division One, the third tier of English football. Burton Albion competed in the non-League of English football from their formation in 1950 until 2009, when they were promoted to the Football League. They also operate the Burton Albion Community Trust (BACT), an award winning organisation. BACT deliver programmes across five main themes: Participation, Social Inclusion, Disability, Education and Health. Having such a variety of themed programmes enable BACT to be an influential partner in all aspects of the local community and also allow them to have a wider impact both regionally and nationally.

The Trust is working in partnership with East Staffordshire Borough Council to create a new brewery heritage visitor experience in Burton upon Trent. The Council supports the Trust’s work as part of its strategic priority to protect local heritage.

Hardy Signs is an award-winning signage company delivering innovative and bespoke solutions across the UK for over 30 years. Specialising in a wide range of services, from digital displays and traditional signage to fleet graphics and custom installations, Hardy Signs combines craftsmanship with cutting-edge technology. With a commitment to quality, sustainability and client satisfaction, we partner with businesses across diverse industries to create impactful signage that enhances brand identity and functionality. Our experienced team works closely with clients to bring their vision to life, ensuring every project is delivered on time, on budget and to the highest standards.

“Celebrating 30 years, Salloway Property Consultants are recognised as a leading commercial property agency in the East Midlands providing solutions in all aspects of commercial and industrial property agency including disposals, acquisitions, investments, land and development. Offering dedicated professional services in valuation, lease negotiations, compensation and property audit.

Readycrest Ltd was established in 1989 as a service and hardware driven company who specialise in providing IT solutions to SME clients. In the mid 1990’s, they expanded into the telecommunications sector offering the same high quality service they offered in the IT sector. With the growing convergence of data and voice, Readycrest have proactively expanded their portfolio to include voice and data services, access control, IP CCTV, audio visual and infrastructure solutions and always offer valuable solutions and advice.