Buxton Brewery - Administration

Buxton Brewery, a Derbyshire-based producer and retailer of craft ales, entered administration on 20 May.

Founded in 2009, the company supplies several supermarkets and pub chains nationally, as well as exporting overseas through a number of export partners. In addition, it also operates four taprooms and bars located in Buxton, alongside a pop-up bottle shop and online store.

In common with many other craft breweries, Buxton Brewery had experienced financial pressures in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, which were then exacerbated in more recent times by high-cost inflation and increases to interest rates.

Rick Harrison and Howard Smith of Interpath Advisory were appointed joint administrators and have sold certain of the business and assets of the company to Happy Place Investors Limited. The deal safeguards the future of the brewery and the employment of all circa 50 members of staff.