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East Yorkshire brewery shortlisted in Northern Lights Awards

East Yorkshire brewery shortlisted in Northern Lights Awards

 

A Yorkshire coast brewery has been shortlisted for a prestigious award thathighlights collaboration between companies in the Northern Powerhouse geographical area.

 

Wold Newton based Wold Top Brewery has been shortlisted for the Export Company of the Year category of the Northern Lights Awards that will be announced during the forthcoming UK Northern Powerhouse Conference and Exhibition in Manchester. The other shortlisted businesses aremultinational specialist in distributed power generation solutions,Clarke Energy and car giant, Nissan.

 

Kate Balchin, the brewery's Export and Accounts Manager, said; "We're very proud to be shortlisted, especially given the calibre of the other finalists. It just goes to show that, when it comes to collaboration, size and turnover doesn't matter."

 

The Awards will be judged by the UK Northern Powerhouse Advisory Board and celebrate business collaboration which ultimately leads to growing the Northern Powerhouse and helping to rebalance the economy.

 

Over 1000 guests are expected at the celebration dinner on the 21stFebruary 2017. The awards will be presented by Lord Kerslake and comedian Brian Conley will provide the after dinner entertainment.

 

Farm-based Wold Top Brewery brews award winning beer ale from home and Wolds grown malting barley, hops and pure, chalk-filtered Wolds water. Its beer is available through the Wold Top website, independent and multiple retailers, farm shops, delis, hotels, pubs and off licences throughout Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.

 

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Photo: Kate Balchin

 

For more information or to arrange an interview with Kate Balchin, please contact Tracey Baty at three60 marketing on;

 

Direct line: 01430 871360

Mobile: 07971 961574

E mail:traceybaty@three60marketing.co.uk

Web:www.three60marketing.co.uk

 

Notes for editors

 

  1. For more information about Wold Top Brewery, please visitwww.woldtopbrewery.co.uk

  2. For more information about the Northern Lights Awards, please visitwww.uk-northern-powerhouse.com/awards-2017

  3. You can also find Wold Top Brewery onFacebook,TwitterandInstagram, and you can keep up to date with the brewery's latest newshere. Further information about the Wold Top Brewery Big Sky Beer Festival can also be found online through the social media channels and the website.

  4. Wold Top Brewery was born in 2003 when the Mellor family diversified from farming into beer brewing using the malting barley they produce and the farm's own supply of water.

  5. They also run a wedding and events business,Muddy Souls Events, and also host the famousMoonbeams Wold Top Folk Festival.

  6. Twenty-one varieties of beer make up Wold Top Brewery's award-winning range including Wold Top Beer, Wold Gold blonde beer, Headland Red, Anglers Reward, Scarborough Fair IPA and Wold Top Against the Grain gluten free beer. More information on the range of bottled beers can be found atwww.woldtopbrewery.co.uk/beers.

  7. Please call the brewery on 01723 892222 for an up-to-date list of retailers.