A leading supplier of drinks dispense systems to the hospitality industry, City Dispense, has increased its number of vans by 50% in the last 12 months to facilitate growth in 2017. The Greater Manchester based company has increased the size of its fleet in order to extend the reach of its technicians across the UK. City Dispenses’ technicians reach call-outs within 2 hours on average and are dedicated to maintaining all of their clients around the country. This news comes just a few months after City Dispense announced it had taken on ten new employees to align service improvements with growth in 2017. Andy Fletcher, managing director at City Dispense, said: “We pride ourselves in our ability to reach any call-out on average with 2 hours and we wouldn’t be able to do so without our dedicated team of technicians. With an increased number of vans we’ll be able to reach any call-outs much faster and efficiently. “A key part of our ethos is to continually improve the breadth and depth of our services, assisting our customers whether they need a new system or full maintenance service. Our coverage spans across all of the country so it’s vital that we increase our fleet to match the growing demand. “We dedicate ourselves to providing a reliable service and the increase in vans for our technicians means we can continue to provide expert support all across the country.” Established more than 25 years ago, the Greater-Manchester-based company has worked with high-profile clients such as Greene King, Young’s Pub Co., Air Products, Molson Coors, Bibendum-Instil Drinks and Meantime Brewing Company throughout the UK. As part of a five-million-pound expansion, West Berkshire Brewery (WBB) will be offering contract packaging to other brewers on its top-of-the-range kit which can package into can, bottle, keg, and cask. WBB will be able to accommodate contract packaging in volumes from 30HL to 210HL. The automated packaging line comes from well- respected industry leaders, CFT of Parma, Italy, who have in the past installed lines for AB Inbev, Heineken, Camden Town and Beavertown Brewery. This high specification line has the ability to run 5,000 bottles or 12,000 cans per hour. All bottle label configurations are available; Front, back, wrap and neck, as well as a full can wrap option. WBB can then package beer into 4 different bottle varieties or 3 different can sizes as well as being able to rack into keg or cask. The production run can also be split so that one brew can be packed into the four different formats as required. WBB Packaging will be providing options for customers to choose the level of finish on their beer. Investment in the equipment includes; a Westfalia centrifuge/separator, 3 stage depth filtration to 0.45 micron, and a Venturi carbonator. In addition, the brew team at WBB will be providing full product analysis for customers in their newly installed brewery laboratory. Final preparations are underway and the brewery is aiming to be fully operational in its purpose built new facility by mid-August 2017. For more information or prices on WBB packaging please contact Simon Lewis on packaging@wbbrew.co.uk Pictured left: The new line under construction 34 BREWING & BEVERAGE INDUSTRIES BUSINESS Contract packaging facility Drinks dispense firm boosts van fleet News SERVICES www.citydispense.co.uk For more information visit: Drink-IT is staffing up Drink-IT, a leading provider of beverage industry software solutions, is staffing up its sales and marketing organisation interna- tionally to meet growing demands from the beverage industry. Sonia Defreitas (above) is Drink-IT’s new Business Development Manager in the UK. Sonia, who joins from a leading UK IT company, is a “highly driven business developer who brings a wealth of knowledge and passion for industry specific ERP and CRM.” www.wbbrew.com For more information visit: www.drink-it.com For more information visit: 34_Layout 1 16/05/2017 14:15 Page 1