Shepherd Neame

Shepherd Neame is Britain's Oldest Brewer, based in Kent since 1698. It is a family business with strong family involvement and a balance of Neame family members and non-family members on the Board of Directors. The Company brews widely acclaimed premium ales including 'Spitfire', 'Whitstable Bay Pale Ale' and 'Bishops Finger', as well as internationally renowned lagers such as 'Asahi Super Dry' and 'Samuel Adams Boston Lager' from its brewery in Faversham. These beers are sold through various channels across the South East of England and nationally, and have a growing presence in international markets. The Company owns and operates 338 high quality pubs and hotels throughout the South East of England, the majority of which are freehold sites. These pubs are a mixture of 286 tenanted and 52 managed operations where the Company's beer products are sold alongside wine and food and a growing accommodation business that totals around 500 letting rooms. Our pubs provide numerous jobs and are important assets in their local communities. The Company also owns various unlicensed properties and small landholdings, the largest of which is the 44 acre residual holding of the Queen Court farm in Ospringe near Faversham, where hop farming was carried out until 1986, and a separate 9 acre holding on the edge of Faversham.