Queen's award for Enterprise for St Peter's

April 23, 2006: St Peter’s Brewery, based at Bungay in East Anglia, has had its success in selling in overseas markets recognised by a Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the International Trade category.

Managing director Colin Cordy said: “Recently we were pleased to be named drinks exporter of the year by Food from Britain, and to follow this up with the Queen’s Award is an enormous honour and thrill for all of us.

"Over 50 per cent of our total production is now exported. We trade in 17 countries and have a strong presence in important overseas markets including the USA, Canada, Scandinavia, Russia and Japan.

"We have put a lot of effort into developing special beers for overseas markets. For example, our award-winning English Ale - a fully-hopped ale using all organic materials - is a top seller in the US, while Honey Porter is a favourite in Finland and Cream Stout is popular in Russia. Sales to Export markets have increased by 83 per cent in the last two years”

Company chairman John Murphy added: “I would like to thank our magnificent team at St Peter’s Brewery for all their hard work over the years, as well as our loyal overseas importers and agents and, of course, our bankers, advisors and suppliers. This has been truly a team effort and winning this award will spur us on to even greater success in the future