NORTH West contract brewing and packaging group Thomas Hardy Holdings, which has sites in Kendal and Warrington, has reported a surge in sales and profits.The strong trading performance for the year to the end of September was be overshadowed by the death of founder and managing director Peter Ward last December aged 67.Mr Ward, a former executve director at national brewer Courage,  led a management buyout of Dorset-based brewer Eldridge Pope in 1997, before agreeing a second deal, this time with Warrington-based Burtonwood B......for the full story register now for free or login below...