Young's beer garden top up

SUNSHINE GIVES BREWER 9% BOOST

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BRITS flocking to pubs to make the most of the spring weather have helped brewer Young & Co's post merrier sales.

The group, which has 277 pubs, said sales were up 9.4 per cent in the last nine weeks as the unseasonably warm weather in April and May and a late Easter saw customers swamp its pub gardens and riverside locations.

This is despite the brewery noting "elements" of consumer uncertainty.