Robinsons Brewery is to move from its historic home in Stockport town centre after nearly 200 years. The much-loved family business plans to relocate its brewing and head office operations from Lower Hillgate to its packaging centre in Bredbury.
The £12m project, expected to be completed by 2025, includes the installation of a new brewhouse together with purpose-built office accommodation. READ MORE : How a run down part of Stockport's Merseyway shopping centre will be transformed It means that everything the firm does - from brewing, cask racking and kegging, to bottling lines and logistics - will be housed at one site for the first time since 1949, fulfilling a long-held ambition of the Robinson family.
Directors William and Oliver Robinson acknowledge it has been a difficult decision to take. In a joint statement, they said: “It will be a wrench.
The business has a long history in the town centre and we are very respectful of the company's role in the Lower Hillgate area.
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