{"id":16125,"date":"2026-01-27T09:23:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T09:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=16125"},"modified":"2026-01-27T09:23:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T09:23:33","slug":"watt-linked-to-move-on-regaining-brewdog-control-daily-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=16125","title":{"rendered":"Watt linked to move on regaining BrewDog control \u2013 Daily Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BrewDog-Lothian-Road.png\" alt=\"BrewDog Lothian Road\" class=\"wp-image-158552 lazyload\" style=\"width:838px;height:auto\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"794\" height=\"483\" src=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BrewDog-Lothian-Road.png\" alt=\"BrewDog Lothian Road\" class=\"wp-image-158552 lazyload\" style=\"width:838px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BrewDog-Lothian-Road.png 794w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BrewDog-Lothian-Road-300x182.png 300w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BrewDog-Lothian-Road-768x467.png 768w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BrewDog-Lothian-Road-600x365.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 794px) 100vw, 794px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>BrewDog is controlled by a US firm (pic: Terry Murden)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">BrewDog co-founder James Watt is said to be interested in buying back control of the brewery and pubs chain he set up with Martin Dickie in 2007. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">They bagged \u00a3213 million in 2017 selling a 22.5% stake to US-based investment firm TSG Consumer Partners which is believed to be working with advisers on its future options.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Reports in the trade press suggest Mr Watt is interested in a return to the Aberdeenshire business. Brewdog \u201cdeclined to comment\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">In October the company announced job cuts across \u201cseveral departments\u201d as the new management team attempts to turn round the business.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">This came weeks after it announced a \u00a336.6 million\u00a0loss in 2024, down from \u00a359.2m in the previous year and TSG has agreed to lend the company a further \u00a320m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Unite the union said the job losses were a \u201cdeeply worrying sign\u201d for the company\u2019s future. It has announced a number of pub closures in the UK and the US.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Mr Dickie has left the company and set up a new business, while Mr Watt quit as chief executive but retains the role of \u201ccaptain\u201d. He is engaged in several ventures including attempts to help other entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Brewdog managing director James Taylor recently said he was enacting \u201csensible financial discipline\u201d with regard to running the company.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Simple Share Buttons Adder (8.5.3) simplesharebuttons.com -->           \t            <\/div>\n<p><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\nif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\nn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script',\n'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n fbq('init', '1192059580980274'); \nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script>#Watt #linked #move #regaining #BrewDog #control #Daily #Business<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BrewDog is controlled by a US &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16126,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[3130,266,7153,265,10645,7866,233,10647,10646],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16125"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}