Records of Scottish Brewers Ltd, brewers, Edinburgh, Scotland

• Corporate records 1931-1960;
• Shareholding records 1931-1955;
• Financial records 1931-1967;
• Production records 1944-1960;
• Staff records 1936-1953;
• Licensed premises records 1931-1959;
• Property records 1935-1973;
• Public relations 1960-1993.

Scottish Brewers Ltd was registered in 1931  as a limited liability company to acquire William McEwan & Co Ltd , brewers, Edinburgh, Scotland , and William Younger & Co Ltd , brewers, Edinburgh. The company took over Red Tower Lager Brewery Ltd , Manchester, England , in 1956, Thomas & James Bernard Ltd , brewers, Edinburgh, and J & J Morison Ltd , Edinburgh and Robert Younger Ltd , brewers, Edinburgh, in 1960. It merged with Newcastle Breweries Ltd , Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England , in 1960 and changed its name to Scottish & Newcastle Breweries Ltd .

Source: Richmond, Lesley and Turton, Alison (eds). The Brewing Industry. A Guide to Historical Records ( Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press, 1990 )

The material is arranged according to the Scottish Brewing Archive classification scheme used within all SBA collections.

Academic and personal research only, subject to the Data Protection Act 1998.

Scottish & Newcastle plc

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This material has been appraised in line with standard GB 0248 procedures

The collection was previously housed with the rest of the Scottish Brewing Archive at Heriot-Watt University. It moved to the University of Glasgow in 1991. Custody of the Scottish Brewing Archive was transferred to Glasgow University Archive Services in 2008.

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GB 0248 ARTEFACTS: Scottish Brewing Archive Artefacts Collection

GB 0248 SNB: Records of Scottish & Newcastle plc

GB 0248 SNM: Records of William McEwan & Co Ltd

GB 0248 WY: Records of William Younger & Co Ltd

GB 0248 TJB: Records of T & J Bernard Ltd

GB 0248 JJM: Records of J & J Morison Ltd

GB 0248 RY: Records of Robert Younger Ltd

GB 0183 1463: Records of Newcastle Breweries Ltd (Tyne and Wear Archives Service)

Ritchie, Berry . Good Company. The Story of Scottish & Newcastle ( London: James & James, 1999 )

This material is original

Fonds level description compiled by Natalie Milne, Archive Assistant (Hub), Tuesday 20 November 2001. Catalogue converted to Encoded Archival Description, 8 June 2005. Catalogue revised and administrative history added by Wiebke Redlich, Archive Assistant (Hub), 02 April 2002. Catalogue revised by Emma Yan, Assistant Archivist, 09 January 2009; and Michelle Kaye, Archives Assistant, 11 May 2012.