Brewery creating more than 30 jobs after £70m investment

BUDWEISER Brewing Group is creating more than 30 jobs at its Magor brewery in south Wales after a £70m investment to increase production capacity.

The new roles range from operations and logistics to more specialist roles including opportunities in automated engineering.

The Magor brewery, which brews beers including Budweiser, Stella

Artois and Bud Light, currently employs 500 people. There has been brewing on the site since 1979.

Budweiser Brewing Group UK & Ireland, part of AB InBev, is also investing in its long-term apprenticeship programme, with 12 new hires this year as part of the latest expansion of the workforce.

Over the past six years seven apprentices have completed the programme and now work as engineers, with four apprentices currently in different stages of the four-year programme.

The latest apprentices to come through the programme include the brewery’s first female automation engineer.

The expansion forms part of a £115m investment by Budweiser Brewing Group, which also covers its other UK brewery site in Lancashire.

Lloyd Manship, brewery manager at Magor Brewery, said: “We are delighted to grow our brewery team and to offer opportunities to more young, talented apprentices. When the brewery grows, south Wales grows with it, and these jobs are a sign of this progress. It’s an exciting time for our business and we want to bring ambitious people on board who can develop their careers.”

Jessica Morden, Labour MP for Newport East, said: “The Budweiser Brewing Group brewery at Magor plays an important role in the local community and I’m delighted Budweiser are making such a significant investment which will increase the number of skilled jobs and apprenticeships. It represents a real vote of confidence in our community.”