by Darren | Tuesday, 14 February, 2023 | Beer and Cider News, Business News
The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) has called for the government to introduce vital support for small brewing businesses in response to further closures. “The brewing industry is the most taxed in the UK and is facing steeply rising costs, and a fall in...
by Darren | Thursday, 2 February, 2023 | Beer and Cider News, Business News, Pubs and Bars News
The Campaign for Real Ale is calling on Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to draw up a support package to save the UK’s pubs and breweries from having to call last orders for good. CAMRA fears that the trend of small breweries going out of business and pubs closing could...
by Darren | Friday, 23 September, 2022 | Beer and Cider News, Business News, Pubs and Bars News
Campaigners have won a concession in forthcoming draught beer duty changes with the chancellor saying the new rates will now apply to smaller beer and cider containers. When a new rate of duty for draught beer and cider was announced by previous chancellor Rishi...
by Darren | Tuesday, 6 September, 2022 | Beer and Cider News, Business News, Pubs and Bars News
MPs will today debate the future for small breweries, as a tax system that defined the modern craft beer industry in the UK comes to its end and the sector comes under increasing pressure from the energy crisis. Twenty years ago, the government introduced Small...
by Darren | Thursday, 21 July, 2022 | Beer and Cider News, Business News, Pubs and Bars News
The government has confirmed that no announcement on alcohol duty reform will be made before the autumn. Plans for alcohol duty reform were announced in the 2021 autumn Budget. A consultation was published which closed on 30th January. “The delay to the alcohol...