Great Newsome Brewery has achieved business expansion thanks to Quickline’s fast, reliable broadband. With improved connectivity, the brewery adapted during the pandemic, grew its online sales, and launched new products, including firewood sales and glamping.
Great Newsome Brewery, based in Winestead, Holderness, East Yorkshire, had invested in a new brewery but was only doing minimal online trading before the Covid-19 pandemic hit.
The family-run business previously suffered from a poor internet connection but, having signed up with Quickline shortly before Covid, it was able to be flexible and adapt to the drastically changing marketplace.
It moved to focus on online trading to survive when the country was forced into lockdown, with online orders rocketing from being just 2% of the business to 90%.
Having come through the pandemic stronger, it has now taken advantage of Quickline’s game-changing broadband to diversify and grow the business.
Great Newsome, which uses barley from its own fields to produce its beer, now also operates a firewood sales business and offers glamping and holiday home retreats on its farm – Great Newsome’s business expansion has been made possible by its improved internet service.
Matthew Hodgson, Director of Great Newsome Brewery, said: “When Covid hit and we went into lockdown, everything changed and the only way we could survive during that period was to deliver straight to our customers.
“Thankfully, we’d switched to Quickline to give us fast, reliable internet. Previously, it had been very patchy at best, and we wouldn’t have survived without the improved service.
“Now, it’s essential to our business. Our software is all Cloud-based and we need broadband for everything from taking orders online, telephone sales and taking payments, to things like social media to promote our businesses.
“It’s also meant we’ve been able to expand to launch our firewood business and glamping and holiday home breaks.
“It really shows the crucial importance of broadband in rural communities like ours.”
Great Newsome Brewery’s business expansion highlights the transformative power of fast and reliable broadband for rural businesses. With Quickline, they are embracing new opportunities in e-commerce, firewood sales, and hospitality. Want to see more success stories? Read more case studies here. Stay connected with the latest updates from Quickline by following us on LinkedIn.
