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The Publican's Morning Advertiser is backing an industry-wide campaign to scrap the beer duty escalator, which puts up tax on beer by 2% above inflation every year, threatening the future of British pubs and the people they employ. Sign the petition at Save Your Pint

CAMRA to lobby for lower duty on 3.5% beers

16-Feb-2011 - CAMRA hopes to work with the Government to secure a change in EU rules to allow a lower duty rate on beers below 3.5% abv.

Pub fails with Tesco objection

16-Feb-2011 - A licensee has had his objection to a local Tesco's application to increase its licensing hours disregarded as "not relevant". Tony Blows of the Dog...

Impose higher tax on spirits, advisor tells MPs

10-Feb-2011 - A tax on alcohol should be applied in accordance with its strength to crackdown on preloading, an alcohol advisor told MPs at Parliament yesterday. Professor...

Stores' drink way above duty + VAT

27-Jan-2011 - Average prices of drinks sold in major supermarkets are up to four times greater than "cost price" as defined by the Government, a new...

Scottish Parliament to discuss 'supermarket tax'

26-Jan-2011 - Members of the Scottish Parliament will today hear evidence on proposals for a large retailer levy. Scottish finance secretary John Swinney, who proposed the levy,...

Seminars to consider test purchase problems

25-Jan-2011 - A series of seminars will be held at the end of March to discuss a solution to test purchasing and the control of age-restricted products. ...

SIBA chief: drop VAT to help pubs

24-Jan-2011 - A brewers' trade group has urged the Government to halve VAT for the hospitality industry as a positive way to rejuvenate the sector. Julian Grocock,...

Concern over duty rises to set minimum price

19-Jan-2011 - Concerns have been raised that the Government will use duty rises as a way of setting a minimum price for alcohol. It comes as the...

Supermarkets could still sell beer for 38p

18-Jan-2011 - Supermarkets could still sell cans of lager for 38p and litre bottles of vodka for £10.71 under its plan to ban "below-cost" alcohol sales, the...

Booker to stay open over Christmas

23-Dec-2010 - Food and drink wholesaler Booker plans to stay open throughout the Christmas period, including Boxing day and both bank holidays. The company will only close...

Kent off-licences revoked over duty fraud

16-Dec-2010 - Two off-licences have had their licences revoked and five others suspended in Thanet, Kent over duty fraud. In total 11 off-licences and convenience stores in...

MPs: stop sale of cheap supermarket booze

14-Dec-2010 - MPs from all three main parties have called for action on cheap alcohol sold through supermarkets. Several MPs stressed that there must be greater regulation...

'Tax too blunt to deal with binge drinkers'

08-Dec-2010 - Minimum price advocate Greene King has stressed that using tax to increase supermarket prices is a "blunt instrument" and inherently "risky". The Suffolk-based brewer and...

Mulholland quizzes minister on below-cost sales

07-Dec-2010 - Pro-pub MP Greg Mulholland has written to Home Office minister James Brokenshire asking how the Government plans to ban below-cost alcohol sales. The measure was...

Government explains off-trade inaction

07-Dec-2010 - Concerns over price fixing, commercial confidentiality and enforcement led to the below-cost ban on alcohol being dropped from the new Bill.

FLVA calls for quick resolution on cheap booze

06-Dec-2010 - The FLVA has called for a quick resolution to the issue of below cost sales of alcohol in the off-trade.

Supermarket deals damaging alcohol brand building

03-Dec-2010 - Cheap supermarket deals on alcohol are damaging to alcohol brand building and are reducing the value of Christmas to the alcohol industry.

Government fails to address below cost ban

01-Dec-2010 - The below cost ban on alcohol has been excluded from the Social Responsibility and Policing Bill. The promised ban on below cost sales of alcohol...

Booze pricing not on talks agenda

25-Nov-2010 - Alcohol pricing is not up for discussion in talks between the trade and Government to thrash out a "Responsibility Deal" with the industry, the MA...

Top cop: minimum pricing needed to curb off-trade deals

24-Nov-2010 - One of Britain's top cops has backed calls for a minimum price on alcohol to bring an end to cut price deals in the off-trade. ...

'Off-trade to eat up beer sales by 2018'

18-Nov-2010 - The off-trade is set to account for 70% of beer sales by 2018, according to Molson Coors chief executive Mark Hunter. That represents a significant...

Tesco: discounting not needed at Xmas but we'll do it

17-Nov-2010 - Tesco is to slash the price of spirits in the run-up to Christmas — despite admitting it is not necessary and is financially damaging. Supermarket...

Stats on 24-hour pubs are 'misleading'

15-Nov-2010 - New figures showing a rise in the number of pubs and clubs with 24-hour licences has been labeled misleading by one trade chief. The survey...

MSPs reject pub promos ban but fears remain

11-Nov-2010 - MSPs have rejected new restrictions on pub drinks promotions in Scotland but paved the way for the controversial social responsibility fee and compulsory Challenge 25. ...