| LICENSEES WIN £30,000 THANKS TO SPITFIRE ALE
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Lucky licensees Geoff and Gina Mountain from the Three Horseshoes in Derbyshire have won £30,000 in Spitfire Ale's Operation Landlord promotion.
They won their rent paid for the year after they took part in an on-cask text-to-win promotion, announced at a prestigious dinner at Shepherd Neame's Kent brewery.
The delighted couple opened their randomly selected box, along with 17 other finalists, to discover that they had scooped the main prize.
The other finalists ¬ including licensees from Kent, Wales, Stockton on Tees and Norfolk - each received a cheque for £250.
Mr Mountain said: "We travelled down with the idea that we would just enjoy the weekend, stay overnight in a Shepherd Neame pub and be happy with £250. When we won, we couldn't believe it."
Licensees were invited to text in a code taken from their casks of Spitfire Ale. The finalists were invited to Shepherd Neame's historic Faversham brewery for a three-course meal and where they each selected a random box, one of which contained the top prize and the others £250.
Mr Mountain said: "In the current climate, any kind of boost is great. We are still doing good business and this win will help."
Chief executive Jonathan Neame said: "So much that we hear about nowadays is negative news about the trade. But people like Geoff are working very hard for themselves, for their families and communities - it's brilliant for them."
