Scottish craft beer group BrewDog has closed all of its bars for a day as it seeks to finalise the sale of the business, marking a pivotal moment for one of Britain’s most high-profile independent brewers.
The Aberdeenshire-founded company confirmed that none of its sites would open on Monday to allow staff to attend company-wide meetings and to comply with licensing requirements linked to an anticipated change of ownership.
Chief executive James Taylor told employees in an internal email that the temporary shutdown was necessary to ensure colleagues across the global business could be briefed directly on the next phase of the process.
“We appreciate this is an unsettling time for everyone, and we want to ensure that all colleagues have the opportunity to hear directly from us about what happens next,” he wrote.
“To enable everyone to attend, and to comply with licensing issues arising from an anticipated change of ownership, we have taken the decision that none of our bars will open tomorrow.”
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