{"id":45485,"date":"2014-12-10T14:22:47","date_gmt":"2014-12-10T14:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/?p=45485"},"modified":"2021-05-24T11:38:31","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T10:38:31","slug":"simply-business-startups-business-of-the-year-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/simply-business-startups-business-of-the-year-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Simply Business Startups Business of the Year 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45496\" alt=\"SG-0079\" src=\"https:\/\/images.startups.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/12\/Startups-Awards-2014-Simply-Business-Startups-Business-of-the-Year-Beer52.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.startups.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/12\/Startups-Awards-2014-Simply-Business-Startups-Business-of-the-Year-Beer52.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.startups.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/12\/Startups-Awards-2014-Simply-Business-Startups-Business-of-the-Year-Beer52-320x195.jpg 320w, https:\/\/images.startups.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/12\/Startups-Awards-2014-Simply-Business-Startups-Business-of-the-Year-Beer52-200x122.jpg 200w, https:\/\/images.startups.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/12\/Startups-Awards-2014-Simply-Business-Startups-Business-of-the-Year-Beer52-525x320.jpg 525w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\"><\/p>\n<p><b>Start-up name:<\/b> Beer52<br><b>Founder:<\/b> James Brown, 24<br><b>Started in:<\/b> 2013<br><b>Based in:<\/b> Edinburgh<br><b>Business description:<\/b> Craft beer club<\/p>\n<p>&lt;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-44352 alignright\" alt=\"Beer52\" src=\"https:\/\/images.startups.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/Beer52-200x148.png\" width=\"200\" height=\"148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.startups.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/Beer52-200x148.png 200w, https:\/\/images.startups.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/Beer52-150x112.png 150w, https:\/\/images.startups.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/Beer52.png 281w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\">The look on Beer52 founder James Brown&rsquo;s face upon winning the Simply Business Startups Business of the Year was a picture. A humble but highly impressive Edinburgh-based entrepreneur, winning the overall title &ndash; the champion of champions &ndash; clearly came as a shock.<\/p>\n<p>But for anyone who has taken a close look at the craft beer subscription service&rsquo;s business model and success-to-date the win was very well-earned.<\/p>\n<p>First year sales in excess of &pound;1m and very nicely profitable, with expectations of more than doubling revenue in year two, Beer52 is a business on the rise.<\/p>\n<p>There are more than 1,300 microbreweries in the UK alone with 12,000 worldwide. Like the best parties, there&rsquo;s no danger of the beer running out either, with each microbrewery typically producing four beers in their range. And Beer52 only features a fraction of them.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of beer lovers pay &pound;24 per month for a variety of microbrewery ales, with the fledgling independent brands recognising the marketing benefits of Beer52&rsquo;s distribution model and returning for more.<\/p>\n<p>Smart, slickly branded, and with a band of advisers that include SuperJam entrepreneur Fraser Doherty, the Naked Wines co-founder Ben Hopkins, the CEO of Harviestoun Brewery, and the head of analytics at eBay, there&rsquo;s every reason to be excited. James Brown may share his name with the legendary soul singer, but he&rsquo;s rapidly making a name for himself. Cheers!<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Start-up name: Beer52Founder: James Brown, 24Started in: 2013Based in: EdinburghBusiness description: Craft beer club &lt;The look on Beer52 founder James Brown&rsquo;s face upon winning the Simply Business Startups Business of the Year was a picture. A humble but highly impressive Edinburgh-based entrepreneur, winning the overall title &ndash; the champion of champions &ndash; clearly came as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91469,"featured_media":45520,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,205],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-winners","category-winners-2014"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n<title>Simply Business Startups Business of the Year 2014 - Startups.co.uk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/simply-business-startups-business-of-the-year-2014\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Simply Business Startups Business of the Year 2014 - Startups.co.uk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Start-up name: Beer52Founder: James Brown, 24Started in: 2013Based in: EdinburghBusiness description: Craft beer club &lt;The look on Beer52 founder James Brown&rsquo;s face upon winning the Simply Business Startups Business of the Year was a picture. 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