FORMER brewery chief Jim Botur clashed with his old employer, Matthew Brown, over plans to put the Lion name on his own brew.

Senior management of the Scottish and Newcastle-owned company were angry with his plans to use the Lion brand name, but Jim said he planned to call the new company Lion Original Beers Ltd.

He said: "They are not happy about me using this name but there is no copyright on the word lion."

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