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15th May 2007
Success of Wentworth Brewery raised in Parliament
The success of local company, Wentworth Brewery, was praised in Parliament last week by local MP and Financial Secretary to the Treasury John Healey. The brewery's work was highlighted in a Parliamentary Debate on Alcohol Duty Rates in which John Healey MP said:
"Small breweries often bring a boost to local economies, many of them in rural areas. They provide valuable employment in those areas, and we calculate that more than 130 new breweries have opened since we introduced the small breweries relief, creating more than 1,000 jobs in the industry."
The MP went on to say:
"I could recommend Wentworth pale ale, which is a product of the Wentworth brewery in my constituency. It is a small brewery that has benefited significantly from the small breweries relief. In fact, Steven Beech, the managing director of Wentworth brewery recently said to me about the small breweries relief:
"This is undoubtedly as far as Wentworth Brewery is concerned a major and very positive step...The brewery has reaped the benefits in an increase in turnover and a corresponding increase to our workforce."
He went on to confirm that turnover has increased by 50 per cent., and the work force have also increased by over a half. That is direct proof, he said, of the effectiveness of the small breweries relief.
Mr Healey concluded by saying:
"I suspect that a number of other members of the Committee have similar breweries in their constituencies."
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1 - For further information: please contact Joanne Wilson, Research Officer to John Healey MP, Tel - (01709) 512463
2 - Small Brewers Relief (SBR) was introduced in June 2002 to help the UK’s smallest brewers to increase profitability, improve market access and compete with regional and larger brewers.
15th May 2007
Success of Wentworth Brewery raised in Parliament
The success of local company, Wentworth Brewery, was praised in Parliament last week by local MP and Financial Secretary to the Treasury John Healey. The brewery's work was highlighted in a Parliamentary Debate on Alcohol Duty Rates in which John Healey MP said:
"Small breweries often bring a boost to local economies, many of them in rural areas. They provide valuable employment in those areas, and we calculate that more than 130 new breweries have opened since we introduced the small breweries relief, creating more than 1,000 jobs in the industry."
The MP went on to say:
"I could recommend Wentworth pale ale, which is a product of the Wentworth brewery in my constituency. It is a small brewery that has benefited significantly from the small breweries relief. In fact, Steven Beech, the managing director of Wentworth brewery recently said to me about the small breweries relief:
"This is undoubtedly as far as Wentworth Brewery is concerned a major and very positive step...The brewery has reaped the benefits in an increase in turnover and a corresponding increase to our workforce."
He went on to confirm that turnover has increased by 50 per cent., and the work force have also increased by over a half. That is direct proof, he said, of the effectiveness of the small breweries relief.
Mr Healey concluded by saying:
"I suspect that a number of other members of the Committee have similar breweries in their constituencies."
- ENDS -
1 - For further information: please contact Joanne Wilson, Research Officer to John Healey MP, Tel - (01709) 512463
2 - Small Brewers Relief (SBR) was introduced in June 2002 to help the UK’s smallest brewers to increase profitability, improve market access and compete with regional and larger brewers.