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Posted in BRITISH NEWS | Posted by darren | 12.05.2012 | 1 Comment
Despite the best and combined efforts of brewers, bar owners, consumers, politicians, citizens and celebrities over the last six weeks, the French Parliament last night approved a bill to hike French beer tax by a massive 160%. The French Senate had twice sendt the law back to Parliament with a modest amendment — proposing a still
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Posted in BRITISH NEWS | Posted by darren | 11.30.2012 | 0 Comments
The Brewers of Europe have appointed Demetrio Carceller as their new president, succeeding Alberto da Ponte. Demetrio, executive chairman and chief executive of SA Damm and Corporación Damm SA in Spain, firmly believes in the unique part the brewing sector — from the smallest breweries to international companies with long-established, local roots — plays in Europe’s socio-economic
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Posted in BRITISH NEWS | Posted by darren | 11.02.2012 | 0 Comments
The Brewers of Europe are arguing that a proposed French law to raise the tax on beer by 160%, which passed through the National Assembly on Tuesday and is due before the Senate next week, would strike a death blow to thousands of jobs the sector supports and have called on policymakers to reject the
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