SIBA Membership UPDATE

SIBA’S REGIONAL MEETINGS

Regional Meetings offers Supplier Associates the opportunity to and fellow Supplier Associates. There are also a limited amount at these meetings for Supplier Associates. If you are interested

New Look Siba Regional Meetings

After a very successful trial of our new Regional Meeting format earlier this year, SIBA will be rolling out the format across the UK in 2023, with many meetings featuring industry guest speakers, or updates on key subjects such as lobbying, strategy, marketing and more.

SIBA is also inviting Supplier Associate members to come on board as sponsors for one or multiple meetings throughout the year, which allows us to offer complimentary beer and food at most meetings, creating a great networking environment for all members.

Regional Meetings are an essential part of SIBA as a membership organisation, which is why we’re putting time and investment into making sure meetings are as interesting, valuable and well-attended as possible moving forwards. Where other parts of the industry are moving online, we believe that face-to-face meetings (and hybrid where possible) are absolutely essential - getting together to highlight issues and discuss opportunities with colleagues over a beer is more important now than ever.

Membership Recruitment

If there’s one thing which we come back to again and again when discussing SIBA Membership, it is that as brewers we really are stronger together. Whether it is the work that SIBA does on members’ behalf in Westminster and the devolved administrations, or representing the best interests of independent breweries in the industry – the more breweries involved, the louder our voice will become.

That’s why we want your help in recruiting more breweries to become SIBA Members and drive forward the future of British independent brewing.

SIBA’s Business Development Officer Charlie, who many of you will have hopefully met at SIBA Regional Meetings and Beer Awards, is also on-hand to speak to any prospective members –so if you have any suggestions of brewers near you who may be interested in SIBA membership drop him a line via membership@siba.co.uk

Equally if you have any questions or suggestions regarding your own membership or the benefits you receive then feel to drop us a line via the same address.

Specialist Subject Webinars

Legal Helpline

Free Advice From Experienced Solicitors

Our focus at Regional Meetings is discussion, debate and engagement, making it the wrong place for lengthy presentations or in-depth presentations on specific subjects. But sometimes 20 minutes just isn’t enough time for our team, or guest speakers, to truly explore and explain a subject, which is why we have also committed to delivering more online webinars for members throughout 2023.

As with all manufacturing industries, breweries and their suppliers open to a variety of legal issues. To help protect your brewing business Members, Napthens solicitors offer members the best advice from wealth of experience. All members are eligible for one hour’s free there’s no limit on the number of times you can use this service

Already this year we have had webinars on the Deposit Return Scheme, the Alcohol Duty Review, and BeerFlex, and have future webinars in the planning on Utilising Social Media Advertising, the Drink Cask Fresh campaign, and much more. Much in the same way BeerX is used to offer deep-dives into specialist subjects or areas of interest, our webinars will throughout the year offer opportunities to learn something new.

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New Member Benefits And Monthly Supplier Focus

SIBA’s Supplier Associate Members offer hugely valuable insight and expertise in a range of areas – from hops, malt and yeast, to design, marketing or legal advice. In order to ensure all member breweries are making use of the specialist advice and offers these companies provide we are currently working with our Gold and Silver suppliers to create a range of new member benefits and services which will be available via the Toolbox this year.

Whether it’s a SIBA-member discount or access to free training and advice, this new initiative seeks to ensure all members are making the most from the exclusive service offered from Supplier Associates to SIBA Breweries.

From October 2023 SIBA will also be expanding the number of Gold Members from 8 to 12 and launching a new monthly focus for the Brewing in Brief e-newsletter, offering advice, insight and special offers from our most-valued supplier associate members.