Jim Rankin presents the trophy to Jim Harrison & Alex Buchanan

Congratulations to the team at Thornbridge Brewery who were worthy winners of Best Customer Service category at the SIBA Business Awards 2010.

Other categories included, best business innovation, best green business and, new for 2010, the design award, which recognises the best designs for bottle labels, pump clips and point-of-sale.

SIBA chief executive Julian Grocock said: “The Business Awards have grown in credibility and stature, with the number of entries climbing every year.

The awards are now in their fifth year, and are open to all SIBA full brewing members.

Trophy for Best Bitters

Rankin was delighted to sponsor the category for the Best Bitters at the SIBA North Region Beer Competition held in Manchester on 28th Oct 2010. And the winners were……..

• Gold for Admiral brewed by The Bowland Beer Co
• Silver for Windermere Pale brewed by The Bowland Beer Co
• Bronze for Guzzler brewed by York Brewery

Congratulations to the winners and to all that took part in this great competition.

Rankin is proud to be supporting this years International Brewing Convention which will be held at Manchester Central over 3 days from Mon 18th to Weds 20th Oct.

The three day conference programme, complimented by an exhibition of industry suppliers encompassing the entire supply chain, delivers an invaluable opportunity for delegates and exhibitors to explore and exchange ideas in order to develop successful business strategies for the future.

Come and join us on Stand D15. We’ll be demonstrating shive and keystone application and we’ll talk you through a wide range of closure specifications available for bottle, cask or keg.

With branches in Covent Garden & Chelsea, Sophies Steakhouses have established themselves as premium value venues for steak dining in London and they have a reputation for using only the choicest cuts. To accompany their steaks, they developed their now legendary Sophie’s Steak Sauce….a mouth watering tomato based sweet & sour sauce with a subtle kick. We’re delighted that Sophie choose Rankin to develop a branded wood top stopper cork and printed sleeve to dress her sauce bottle.

Sophie says……“the stopper and sleeve look great and both items have helped us re-in force the quality and provenance of Sophie’s Steak Sauce. Samples were developed quickly and once we’d decided on the look, our order was handled with great efficiency and delivery was on time’’

If you’re in London and fancy a steak why not visit Sophies Steakhouse

Jim Rankin says:

Knowing Steve from my rowing days, I am delighted to be able to help out in his next adventure. Such a challenge requires a robust back-up team and that’s where I’ll be helping – I will take my camera and will post some shots as soon as it’s over.”

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Race Across America is Sir Steve’s latest challenge. Joined by a team of former rowers and friends Steve and his team are competing in the toughest cycle race in the world. Crossing from Oceanside, California to Annapolis, Maryland, a distance of 3,000 miles in just 8 days, crossing 14 States, 2 mountain ranges, 100,000ft of climbing (that’s more than 3 times the height of Mt Everest!) and every extreme of weather; this is the ultimate cycling challenge.

Read more about this challenge here.