Society of Independent Brewers
The Society of Independent Brewers (originally: Small Independent Brewers Association ) for short: SIBA is a British business association of independent brewers .
SIBA was founded in 1980 with the purpose of combating the brewery ties of British catering establishments; In 1995 the club name was changed. The political campaigns resulted in a large increase in the number of breweries in the UK .
history
The initiator for founding the association was Peter Austin , who was also elected first chairman. Together with the British beer consumer association Campaign for Real Ale , SIBA also advocated the introduction of a progressive beer tax, under which smaller breweries have to pay a lower percentage of taxes than the large industrial breweries. In 2002 this tax system, which corresponds to the beer tax in Germany , was implemented by the government of Gordon Brown .
Web links
- https://www.siba.co.uk/
- http://www.indiecraftbrewers.co.uk/
- https://issuu.com/societyofindependentbrewers
Individual evidence
- ^ Real ale revival led by small breweries . In: Guardian . Guardian News and Media Limited. Retrieved February 5, 2014.