The number of independent breweries in Britain declined at its fastest rate in 2024, figures from the ‘indie beer’ trade body suggest.
The UK had 1,715 breweries at the end of 2024, 100 fewer than at the start of the year, according to the data released by Siba, which represents independent brewing companies. The overall fall the previous year was just eight.
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NAM Implications:
- Nice while it lasted…
- i.e. the reality of open market behaviour was suspended by tax allowances…
- …and, to an extent, low borrowing costs.
- All negated by a return to the normal uncertainties of competition…
- There will now follow a concentration of brewery numbers until a profitable balance of supply and demand is reached.
- Regrettably…
