A Yorkshire Wolds brewery and events business are raising valuable funds for a leading cancer charity. Hunmanby based Wold Top Brewery and sister company Muddy Souls Events are supporting Macmillan Cancer Support as their chosen charity of the year. The charity provides practical, emotional and personal support to people affected by cancer
Breweries
Rotherham’s new micro-bar opens its doors in former Post Office building
A former Post Office in Rotherham has undergone a total transformation and reopened as a micro-bar thanks to funding from UK Steel Enterprise’s (UKSE) Kickstart Fund – serving locally sourced real ale, craft beer and ciders. The newest addition to Rotherham’s Parkgate suburb, The Little Haven capitalises on a growing trend
National veg box scheme turn their back on single-use plastic
Riverford Organic Farmers, which has a northern farm at Newby Wiske, near Northallerton, has spent months intensely researching more sustainable packaging options for its veg boxes due to frustration with the state of nationwide recycling policies. A survey completed by more than 10,000 customers has revealed that 82.5% of them compost
North Brewing Co heads east with China export wins
Leeds brewer North Brewing Co has secured £96,000 worth of export orders from Chinese customers after exhibiting at China’s biggest trade show for the food and hospitality industry, Food & Hotel China (FHC). The brewery attended the show on a Northern Powerhouse trade mission organised as part of the Food is
East Yorkshire chicken business announced as a finalist in Great British Food Awards
Chicken from a Middleton on the Wolds business has attracted the judges' attention in the Great British Food Awards. Soanes Poultry's Free Range Chicken has been named as a finalist in the Fresh Meat category in the annual awards that celebrate the country's home-grown ingredients and producers. The Yorkshire Wolds reared free
Yorkshire’s first malt whisky distillery launches a third Maturing Malt
The team at Yorkshire's first malt whisky distillery has launched the third of its distillery projects ahead of the first bottling of its premium single malt whisky in 2019. Sprit of Yorkshire's Distillery Projects 003 is a limited edition Maturing Malt and offers a taste of the maturing casks at the
North Yorkshire sausage firm gets starring role in Lloyds Bank ad campaign
A family-owned North Yorkshire sausage business has been chosen to feature in Lloyds Bank’s latest national print, radio and online advertising campaign. Running over the next four months. Heck Food feature in a radio ad being broadcast across UK commercial stations. The thirty second clip introduces the team behind the success
Trinity Leeds and White Rose Announce “Refill Me” initiative
Trinity Leeds and White Rose Shopping Centre, both owned and managed by Landsec, have unveiled a new green initiative, Refill Me, which allows guests to easily identify where reusable water bottles can be refilled with no obligation to purchase. Since the campaign launched last week, a total of 37 shops at
Yorkshire Wolds brewery wins Great Taste Awards for two of its beers
Wakefield “Willy Wonka” opening chocolate factories around the world
A master chocolatier from Wakefield, who supplies budding "Willy Wonkas" around the world with the equipment and expertise needed to run their own chocolate factories, is looking to double his international activity in the next two years. David Greenwood-Haigh, who trades under Coeur de Xocolat, has received support from the Department