Carlsberg Marston's Brewing Company (CMBC) has announced that it will close the Banks's Brewery in Wolverhampton next year, citing the lower demand for cask ale and the loss of the contract to brew Sam Miguel to A B Inbev. CMBC say that Banks's beers will continue to be brewed at Marston's Brewery at Burton-on-Trent and that a £6m plus investment at Burton over the next two years will enable a wider range of cask ales in modern hop-forward styles to be brewed. Redeployment of the 97 Banks's staff to elsewhere in the CMBC group is being considered in talks with their union.