NEW head brewer Jim Kerr, below, may only have been at Cains for a few weeks, but his pride in the brewery is already obvious.

Just before getting his picture taken by LDP Business, he looked at the metal tops of the brewhouse kettles – the copper whirlpools – which quickly get dusty when the nearby grain mills are working.

“They need to be hosed down before the photos,” he declared.

And so, while Trading Gossip waited, he rushed to turn on a hose so managing director Sudarghara Dusanj could soak the metal domes, leaving them shining for their moment in the spotlight.

JOBS can dictate where people take their holidays, according to a survey by Virgin Atlantic.

It says bankers are likely to head to New York and estate agents to Spain.

The study also revealed that doctors and airline cabin crew are most likely to holiday in the Caribbean and lawyers mainly go to France.

Shopaholics feed their spending bug in the US, while farmers often switch domestic animals for wild ones on a Kenyan safari. We at Trading Gossip prefer a caravan in Talacre – as befits our status.