Scottish & Newcastle Breweries Ltd
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Scottish & Newcastle PLC, 111 Holyrood Road, Edinburgh
Scottish & Newcastle Breweries Ltd were created in 1960 as a result of a merger between:
In July 1986, they acquired Home Brewery Co. Ltd of Daybrook, Nottingham with 447 public houses. They closed Home Brewery in 1996.
They acquired Matthew Brown & Co. Ltd of Blackburn in October 1987 with 550 tied houses. Brewing ceased at Blackburn in 1991.
In 1995, they acquired the brewing operations of Courage & Co. Ltd from the Australian brewers Fosters.
The new company traded as Scottish Courage.
Now owned by Heineken.