Buxton Brewery MD leaves to head Great British Drinks Company

Paramount Retail Group has hired Buxton Brewery's MD to caput Great British Drinks Company, location to businesses including Saltaire Brewery and Black Sheep Brewery.

In a station connected LinkedIn, Dominic Metcalfe, the erstwhile MD of section brew concern Buxton Brewery, said helium was starting the caller relation astatine Great British Drinks Company contiguous (6 July).

"I americium incredibly honoured to commencement my caller relation arsenic managing manager of the Great British Drinks Company today," Metcalfe said.

"As a company, we specify ourselves arsenic stewards of unthinkable breweries and brands, galore of which person played a pivotal portion successful my travel done beer."

He added: "I present person the privilege of helping to signifier the aboriginal of these iconic practice brands on with the remainder of the squad astatine GBDC and I could not beryllium much excited to get to work."

Paramount Retail Group bought a clutch of assets from chap UK brew concern Keystone astatine the opening of this year.

The determination came aft Keystone Brewing Group filed a announcement to name administrators successful November.

Great British Drinks Company was formed to location these assets. In January, Paramount described the entity arsenic an "independent subsidiary" and "backed by the household entrepreneurs down Paramount Retail Group".

Paramount acquired Keystone's Black Sheep brewery successful North Yorkshire and its Purity tract successful Alcester successful Warwickshire successful January.

The transaction besides included brands similar Purity Brewing Co, Brew By Numbers and Magic Rock Brewing.

Just Drinks has approached the privately owned UK-based food-and-drink institution for remark connected the appointment.

Metcalfe had been astatine the helm of Buxton since November 2023. He near that presumption past week, helium said connected LinkedIn.

"I permission the concern successful a steadfast presumption – engaged venues successful growth, some apical and bottommost line, caller nationalist and determination market listings, widened export markets, nationalist Pub Co wins and a rapidly increasing e-commerce concern amongst different successes," Metcalfe said past week.

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