Scottish Courage

Type
Internal restructuring
Country
United Kingdom
Region
North East (England); Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear; Tyneside
Location of affected unit(s)
Newcastle
Sector
Manufacturing
(10 - 11) Manufacture of food and beverage
11.0 - Manufacture of beverages
11.05 - Manufacture of beer
110 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
22 April 2004
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date

Description

Scottish Courage has decided to close its Tyne brewery in Newcastle and move production of Newcastle Brown Ale to Dunston in neighbouring Gateshead. Brewing of 500,000 barrels of ale will move to the Federation Brewery in Dunston, bought for £7.2m from NCFB, an ailing cooperative owned by about 300 working men's clubs in the north-east. There will be 110 job losses across the combined workforces.

Sources

  • 23 April 2004: The Guardian

Citation

Eurofound (2004), Scottish Courage, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 60318, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/60318.