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Brewdog Plc

  • Tuesday, 19 November, 2024
    BrewDog shuts Mumbai bars in blow to India expansion plans

    Supply problems and regulatory issues disrupt UK craft-beer maker’s aim to open 100 outlets in the country

    Tins of BrewDog Punk IPA beer
  • Wednesday, 8 May, 2024
    BrewDog co-founder steps down as chief executive after 17 years

    James Watt turned brewer into UK’s biggest craft beer brand but was accused of ‘toxic’ workplace culture

    James Watt
  • Wednesday, 10 January, 2024
    BrewDog drops pledge to pay all staff the UK living wage

    Move by country’s largest craft beer brewer points to broader cooling of wage pressures across economy

    BrewDog beers at the company’s brewery in Scotland
  • Monday, 20 February, 2023
    BrewDog to expand in China after Budweiser tie-up

    Maker of Punk IPA says it wants to take advantage of Chinese drinkers’ growing interest in craft beer

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  • Saturday, 19 November, 2022
    Interview
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    Entrepreneur lays groundwork for US domination after tumultuous period for craft brewer

    James Watt, CEO of Brewdog
  • Tuesday, 3 May, 2022
    Food & Beverage
    BrewDog chief to hand £100mn of his personal stake to staff

    Employees in line for payouts of up to £120,000 as brewer looks to move on from claims of ‘toxic’ culture

    Brewdog chief James Watt
  • Tuesday, 25 January, 2022
    Coronavirus economic impact
    Pubs gear up for bumper weekend as UK lifts Covid restrictions

    Bar chains expect rush of sales as people spend long-awaited January pay packets

  • Monday, 13 September, 2021
    BrewDog names Allan Leighton as chair

    Appointment comes after former staff claimed craft brewer operated ‘culture of fear’

    A person pours a can of BrewDog beer into a glass
  • Sunday, 5 September, 2021
    Food & Beverage
    BrewDog agrees tie-up with Japan’s Asahi to boost sales

    Deal comes as UK’s largest craft brewer plans London IPO

    BrewDog beer in a glass
  • Friday, 25 June, 2021
    News in-depth
    Punk rebellion: BrewDog’s crowdfunding investors start to lose faith

    UK’s largest craft brewer under fire for prioritising PE backers and creating ‘toxic’ workplace

  • Thursday, 10 June, 2021
    Former BrewDog staff accuse company of ‘culture of fear’ and misogyny

    Craft brewer apologises after more than 60 ex-workers hit out in open letter

  • Saturday, 27 February, 2021
    Climate change
    Saplings fly off the shelves as consumer brands turn green

    ‘Buy one, get one tree’ retail initiatives are proliferating despite not all re-planting schemes being equal

  • Thursday, 11 July, 2019
    FT AlphavilleJemima Kelly
    BrewDog scrapes the bitcoin barrel

    Anyone for a pint of “Intergalactic liquid currency”?

  • Friday, 1 March, 2019
    Investments
    Crowdfunding in search of the next Apple or Facebook

    How young people are piling their savings into start-ups in search of business ‘unicorns’

  • Monday, 23 October, 2017
    FT AlphavilleKadhim Shubber
    Can Brewdog keep on delivering?
  • Thursday, 31 August, 2017
    FT AlphavilleKadhim Shubber
    Brewdog’s ambitious projected profits
  • Thursday, 10 August, 2017
    Jude Webber
    Trump’s Nafta negotiations set to be dogged by divisions

    Mexico draws clear red lines on trade and tariffs as countries prepare to face off

    SAN DIEGO, CA - MAY 11: Freight trucks, as seen from a helicopter, pass through Mexican Customs before entering the United States at the Otay Mesa port of entry on May 11, 2017 in San Diego, California. President Donald Trump has vowed to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and reduce the U.S. trade deficit with Mexico. The border spans almost 2,000 miles from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean and is fenced for some 700 miles of it's total length. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
  • Friday, 28 April, 2017
    Millennial MoneyAime Williams
    Small investors risk being lost in the crowd

    BrewDog model shows the problem of buying debt rather than shares

    Employee talk near a Brewdog neon sign in the reception at the Brewdog Plc brewery and headquarters near Aberdeen, U.K., on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015. The craft beer brewers have raised more than £10 million in a crowdfunding project in which more than 35,000 people have invested, according to a statement on the company's website. Photographer: Matthew Lloyd/Bloomberg
  • Saturday, 8 April, 2017
    FT AlphavilleKadhim Shubber
    Brewdog raises £100m from American private equity firm
  • Wednesday, 5 April, 2017
    Special ReportTomorrow’s Global Business: Raising Capital
    Security concerns take fizz out of frothy ‘mini-bond’ market

    Crowdfunding debt is attractive for start-ups, but investor rewards are less clear

    Not so small beer: BrewDog has tapped the bond market for £10m
  • Wednesday, 15 March, 2017
    FT AlphavilleKadhim Shubber
    Brewdog’s investors discover dilution
  • Wednesday, 11 January, 2017
    Investments
    UK investors thirsty for BrewDog, but US may prove a tougher sell

    ‘Risk is hard to measure’ for 7.5% mini bond

    Scottish brewery BrewDog opens in Sao Paulo...epa04075602 A bartender serves beer at the newly open pub of Scottish brewery BrewDog in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 13 February 2014. The pub is the first establishment that the brewery inaugurated outside Europe.  EPA/SEBASTIAO MOREIRA
  • Sunday, 1 May, 2016
    News in-depthUK companies
    Pub groups wake up and smell the coffee

    The line between bars and coffee shops is increasingly blurred

    A JD Wetherspoon Plc employee uses a coffee machine to make a hot drink for a customer inside one of the company's pubs in London, U.K., on Friday, Sept. 13, 2013. JD Wetherspoon, who reported full year sales today, are planning to move into the Irish market next year, Chairman Tim Martin said in a recent interview. Photographer: Matthew Lloyd/Bloomberg
  • Sunday, 10 April, 2016
    Small Talk - CompaniesSharlene Goff
    Punks, bands and cheap beer? It must be time for the AGM

    BrewDog’s army of ‘equity punks’ enjoy perks but financial rewards are less clear

    A glass of draught pale ale sits on a table at Brewdog Plc's bar in Shoreditch, London, U.K., on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015
  • Thursday, 24 March, 2016
    Business education
    Edinburgh’s entrepreneurs offer a taste of start-up culture
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