Hepworth opens new site

The move was made possible with a £2.36 million funding package from HSBC alongside “significant personal investment” from the business owners and grant funding.

The HSBC finance package included a £1.8 million commercial mortgage loan that has allowed the brewery to treble its space and also increase its work force, with local recruitment at the heart of the company’s expansion.

A small proportion of the funding was also used to purchase two state-of-the-art conditioning tanks, which is required to meet the demand for increased production of the company’s own-brand beer and to enable the company to expand its capacity for contract brewing.

Its new site also includes a shop which sells a selection of the brewery’s products and a newly built visitor-centre which will run tours for budding brewers and beer lovers.

Hepworth Brewery also wants to use the facilities to host a series of lectures and training sessions for other local small breweries.

Andy Hepworth, founding member of Hepworth Brewery, said: “Brewing great beer has always been a passion for us and our relocation in West Sussex has allowed us to continue to tap into the great produce from local farmers on our doorstep.

“Sussex farmers are excellent: their skills make our job much, much easier and we can’t wait to brew even more varieties.”

“HSBC attended our launch on Friday, and the bank’s team has been an amazing resource for us during this move. Their support and advice has been invaluable and we hope to continue this great banking relationship with them.”

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