Brewery encourages shoppers to be true to local shops this Valentine's Day

An East Yorkshire micro brewery is encouraging people to support local shops and markets when buying their Valentine's Day gifts this year.

Wold Top Brewery sells one third of its award-winning bottled ales through farmers' markets, farm shops and independent off licences and retailers within a 40 mile radius of its Wold Newton based brewery and is keen to promote the great work of the small businesses that support local economies.

Wold Top's Gill Mellor said; "Each year in Britain, we spend around £503m on cards, flowers, chocolates and other gifts for Valentine's Day. It would be good if some of that revenue could stay with the Yorkshire independent retailers that support us all so well."