Beer Duty Escalator

The Big Interview: Julian Grocock, SIBA chief executive

10-Sep-2012 By Mike Berry

The boss of the Society of Independent Brewers tells the PMA’s Mike Berry that he has as much passion now for beer as he did in his formative drinking years as an undergraduate in Leeds.

Treasury says removing beer duty escalator 'would cost £105m'

03-Jul-2012 By John Harrington, M&C Report

The alcohol duty escalator is an integral part of the Government’s plan to reduce debt and removing it would cost the Exchequer £105m over two years, a Government minister has told Parliament.

MPs set to debate beer duty escalator

25-Jun-2012 By John Harrington, M&C Report

MPs are to debate proposals to abandon the beer duty escalator in Parliament.

Pre-tax profits rise 7.5% for Theakston

23-May-2012 By John Harrington, M&C Report

Theakston, the North Yorkshire brewer, saw pre-tax profits rise 7.5% to £1.45m last year, despite seeing its duty bill increase to 48.3% of gross turnover.

Surrey pub landlord slams industry ‘apathy’ over beer duty escalator petition

11-May-2012 By Helen Gilbert

A licensee has blasted the sector for its “apathetic” attitude towards the industry petition calling for an end to the duty escalator.

Time to prove that beer is more popular than pasties - Sign the petition

02-May-2012 By Rob Willock

Nearly 500,000 people in the UK have signed petitions against the so-called ‘pasty tax’, which will see a 20% rate of VAT applied to heated pasties and pies. Meanwhile, at the time of writing, the ‘Stop the Beer Duty Escalator’ petition had managed to...

Budget 2012: Osborne announces a range of measures

21-Mar-2012

The team at the Publican's Morning Advertiser are providing in depth coverage of the Budget 2012 as it happens.

MPs support calls for beer duty escalator to be scrapped

19-Mar-2012 By Michelle Perrett

More than 100 MPs have supported calls for the beer duty escalator to be suspended in the Budget on 21 March.

Hobgoblin launches campaign to scrap beer duty escalator

23-Feb-2012 By Mike Berry

Beer brand Hobgoblin is launching a campaign calling on the Government to scrap the beer duty escalator.

Net rate of pub closures hits 18 per week as beer duty escalator debate hits Parliament

01-Feb-2012 By Michelle Perrett

The net rate of pubs closures has increased by 50% with 18 pubs a week closing - up from the previous figures of 12 per week - the latest CGA-CAMRA Pub Tracker has revealed.

Molson Coors urges MP barley farmers support

09-Dec-2011 By Adam Pescod

Molson Coors has written a letter to 60 MPs across the UK to encourage support for barley farmers and to highlight the crucial relationship between farming and brewing.

Tuppen: Supermarkets may need to be "bullied"

18-Nov-2011 By Adam Pescod

Supermarkets may need to be “bullied” into adopting a responsible pricing strategy on alcohol according to Enterprise Inns chief executive Ted Tuppen.

Pete Brown: Let's defend pubs in language politicians understand

06-Jan-2011

I think we can safely say that anyone hoping for a better deal for pubs after the general election is now disappointed. From Theresa May's completely...

Pete Brown: Protest or be damned

02-Apr-2010

Frustration. Anger. Disgust. Despair. The reaction to the Budget from the beer, cider and pub industries was pretty uniform, and entirely...