date:Sep 10, 2015
eries are attracted by the growing consumer appetite for their products.
Craft beer is viewed as an increasingly aspirational leisure accessory - so the profit margins available can be very attractive.
The recent success of small brewers across the UK also offers encouragement to budding entrepreneurs and investors.
The Government's Small Breweries Relief Scheme, introduced in 2002, provides tax relief for brewers producing less than 10.6 million pints of beer a year. Tax relief is based on o