Yorkshire coast brewery wins award for export
Directors and staff at a Yorkshire coast brewery are celebrating after winning an award for its export success.
Wold Top Brewery Directors Gill Mellor and daughter, Kate Balchin, were presented with the prize for Emerging Exporter at theInsider's Yorkshire International Trade Awards 2015 last week.
The Wold Newton brewery was lauded by the judges as having done extremely well to grow in a difficult market. Wold Top developed the business into overseas markets to capitalise on the popularity of English style beers and benefit from favourable duty and vat rates. It now exports a range of bottled beers to nine countries and export sales make up 14 per cent of turnover.
Export Manager, Kate Balchin was delighted to receive the award: "We've worked hard to develop partnerships with our export customers and it's very rewarding for our efforts to be recognized with this award."
The awards dinner was held at the Royal International Museum, Royal Armouries Hall and attended by over 100 representatives from Yorkshire businesses.
Farm based Wold Top Brewery is part of the Higher Level Stewardship (HLS) scheme for environmental initiatives and is also working closely with the RSPB to promote its birdlife. Its range of award winning ales is also available through the website, independent and multiple retailers, farm shops, delis, hotels, pubs and off licences.
Ends
Photo caption; Gill Mellor, left and Kate Mellor Photo by Dan Oxtoby
For more information or to arrange an interview with Gill Mellor or Kate Balchin from Wold Top Brewery, please contact Tracey Baty at three60 marketing on
Direct line: 01430 871360
Mobile: 07971 961574
E mail:traceybaty@three60 marketing.co.uk
Web:www.three60marketing.co.uk
Notes to editors
For more information about Wold Top Brewery, please visitwww.woldtopbrewery.co.uk
For more information aboutInsider media,please visithttp://goo.gl/gNi8yN
The Mellor family have farmed 600 acres high on the Wolds for generations and the farm diversification brewery project began in 2003 when they required another form of income from the farm.
The Wold Top Brewery range includes Wold Top Beer, Wold Gold blonde beer, Headland Red, Anglers Reward, Scarborough Fair IPA, Wold Top Against the Grain and Scarborough Fair gluten free beer. More information on the range of beers can be found herehttp://www.woldtopbrewery.co.uk/beers/
Please call the brewery on 01723 892222 for an up-to-date list of retailers.