Brewery move blasted.DOZENS of MPs from across the country have blasted controversial plans to move production of Newcastle Brown Ale Newcastle Brown Ale is a brand of dark brown ale. It has been brewed in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, since April 1927 by Newcastle Breweries (now a part of Scottish and Newcastle). In August 2005, Scottish and Newcastle closed the Tyne Brewery. away from Tyneside. The famous ale may be an iconic symbol of the region, but that has not stopped Scottish and Newcastle (S&N) wanting to close its brewery in Dunston, Gateshead, next year with the loss of 63 jobs. Production will be switched to its John Smith's plant in Tadcaster, North Yorkshire North Yorkshire, county (1991 pop. 698,800), 3,209 sq mi (8,313 sq km), N England. The county comprises the districts of Craven, Hambleton, Harrogate, Richmondshire, Ryedale, Scarborough, Selby, and York. , under proposals unveiled by the company owned by Dutch brewing giant Heineken. CONCERN David Newcastle Brown Ale has been brewed in Dunston for the past four years after the former Tyne brewery in Newcastle shut, with the company insisting at the time that production would stay in the North East. Now 25 MPs from across the country have signed a Commons motion tabled by Tyne Bridge's David Clelland David Gordon Clelland (born June 27, 1943) British politician. He is the Labour Member of Parliament for Tyne Bridge. David Clelland was born in Gateshead and educated locally at the Kelvin Grove Boys' School and the Gateshead and Hebburn Technical College. expressing anger at the move. Clelland. They include Scottish Nationalists along with Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats, British political party Liberal Democrats, British political party created in 1988 by the merger of the Liberal party with the Social Democratic party; the party was initially called the Social and Liberal Democratic party. and Labour MPs from the Midlands, Liverpool, the South and Wales Wales, Welsh Cymru, western peninsula and political division (principality) of Great Britain (1991 pop. 2,798,200), 8,016 sq mi (20,761 sq km), west of England; politically united with England since 1536. The capital is Cardiff. . The motion expresses grave concerns about the closure of the Gateshead brewery and "the resultant loss of credibility of the brand name to be detrimental to the future sales". Mr Clelland, Labour MP for Tyne Bridge, said S&N should reconsider with the motion showing the nationwide strength of feeling about Newcastle Brown Ale. CAPTION(S): CONCERN David Clelland. |
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