Chancellor George Osborne enjoyed a pint of Pennies From 11 - a beer created by his local brewer, Tatton Brewery, to commemorate the historic beer duty cut announced in this year’s Budget.
Chancellor George Osbourne and a treasury minister influential in getting the duty escalator abolished have both been rewarded with their very own beers.
So, it’s finally been halted. Chancellor George Osborne has hit the ‘emergency stop’ button on the hated beer duty escalator – something that was going nowhere except to the ruination of Britain’s brewing and pub industries.
Chancellor George Osborne has told his Labour predecessor Alistair Darling that he’ll take both sides of the arguments about alcohol taxation into account for this year’s Budget on 20 March.
Pub property agents are looking for “bold decisions” in the Budget next week, with action on beer duty, national insurance and supermarket prices high on their wish lists.
So last week, following a concerted effort by many publicans, industry personnel and beer lovers to generate a near religious movement on sites such as Twitter that saw an e-petition receive over 100’000 digital signatures, MPs finally had a debate about...
Well, in the case of the Budget, no news is bad news. In just seconds, the Chancellor merely said: “Today I have no further changes to make to the main duty rates set out by my predecessor.” Short but certainly not sweet for British beer and pubs.
JD Wetherspoon (JDW) chairman Tim Martin has described comments made by Enterprise Inns chief executive Ted Tuppen on tax and regulation as “confused thinking”.
The price of a pint in Scotland could rise by fifty pence if the Scottish government pushes ahead with plans to introduce minimum unit pricing on alcohol, and takes over alcohol excise duties from Westminster.
"There is a real sense of fury in the trade concerning the Chancellor's colossal increase in beer duty in his recent Budget. For those of us close to...
Chancellor Gordon Brown announced a 1p rise on beer duty, a 5p rise on a bottle of wine, 7p rise on sparkling wine, cider to rise by 1p a litre and a...
Chancellor Gordon Brown has announced a 1p increase in duty on beer and a 4p rise on wine. Despite calls from the BBPA and CAMRA for a freeze on beer...
Beer duty was expected to rise by at least 1p in yesterday's Budget, forcing licensees to add 5p to the price of a pint. Wines and spirits were also...
Busy location on coastal main road
Extensively renovated detached public house
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Sizeable refurbished 4-5 bedroom accommodation
Newly created beer garden (125)
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