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2nd August 2017

BRISTOL BEER FACTORY ATTRACTS INDUSTRY ‘STAR’ INVESTORS

Bristol Beer Factory’s growing success has attracted 2 high profile local investors to Bristol’s leading independent brewery. The Newell and Eggleton families, both key industry influencers, have invested to help deliver exciting new plans for the Brewery joining the original co – joint founders Simon Bartlett and George Ferguson and the other current directors Sam Burrows and Natasha Miller.
BBC Food & Farming Award winners, Bristol Beer Factory have been producing great beer for over 14 years with 6 beers in their current core portfolio and a great variety of guest beers, with more specials coming over the coming weeks. The investment is to help develop the brewery, focusing on quality, innovation, production expansion and distribution.
Guy and Becky Newell with Josh and the Eggleton family come in at an exciting time for the Brewery. Built on an enviable national award-winning core range including Independence, Milk Stout and Southville Hop, they have also recently launched the Brewery Taproom on North Street, The Beer Club and their great new 4% session ale, Fortitude. With their first Cider venture launching in the Autumn it is certainly a busy year for the team.
Simon Bartlett, MD and Co-Founder of Bristol Beer Factory says: ‘We have reached a crucial stage in our development of needing investment to reach our full potential and chose to reach out to potential investors with the right experience to help the business grow without losing our focus on quality, service and innovation. Both George Ferguson and I have had great respect for Guy and Josh for many years and to have them as part of our forward thinking creative team is better than we could have hoped for.’
Guy and Becky led the acquisition of Butcombe Brewery back in 2003, and prior to that were the leaders of national wholesaler, The Beer Seller. They bring a huge wealth of experience to Bristol Beer Factory and comment: Bristol is a city that loves a “Taste of Independence.” With Butcombe and Bath Ales, previously the city’s two main independent breweries having been taken over by the Liberation Group and St. Austell respectively, it is left to Bristol Beer Factory to fly the independent flag. It is a very exciting time for the city of Bristol, and indeed for Bristol Beer Factory…..We are thrilled to be involved.
With star chef Josh Eggleton excited about the future, he comments: ‘Bristol Beer Factory was a great fit for me and my business portfolio. Fiercely independent, rooted in Bristol but with ambitious plans and the people involved are down to earth but hugely experienced. We are looking forward to working together to expand and grow this already amazing business’.
With Bristol Beer Factory directors Simon, Sam and Natasha at the core, and the introduction of Guy and Josh joining Chairman George Ferguson as Non-Executive Directors, it makes a formidable team and brings a further boost to this great Bristol brand.
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For more information, please contact Hannah Atkinson
hannah@bristolbeerfactory.co.uk / 0789 9922071 NOTES TO EDITORS: For more information, visit www.bristolbeerfactory.co.uk