Beer Tax

Candice Brown calls for beer tax cut at Downing Street

24-Oct-2019 By Nikkie Thatcher

Celebrity licensee Candice Brown and fellow publicans have delivered a petition of more than 200,000 signatures to 10 Downing Street.

Former pub champion quits over sex messages to bar staff

16-Jul-2018 By Claire Churchard

Vocal pub campaigner MP Andrew Griffiths has quit his post as small business minister after allegedly propositioning female bar staff in his constituency via social media.

Budget

Beer duty action supported by 72% - but 18% want hike

23-Feb-2016 By Oli Gross

The campaign to cut beer duty has the backing of the public with 72% supporting either a freeze or reduction in tax.

Government still has time to scrap the duty escalator, claims Wetherspoon boss Tim Martin

12-Jun-2012 By Michelle Perrett

The Government still has time to change the Finance Bill and scrap the duty escalator, claims Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin.

Black Sheep disappointed at Budget ‘double whammy’

26-Mar-2012 By Gurjit Degun

Jo Theakston, marketing director at Black Sheep Brewery, estimated that the business will have to pay an extra £400,000 in duty — last year it paid £7.5m on a turnover of £19m.

Beer duty up 5%, cider up 13%

24-Mar-2010 By Ewan Turney

Beer duty will increase by a further 5% — adding 8p a pint at the pumps — as the Chancellor delivered yet another dagger to the heart of the pub trade.

Axe the Tax set for re-launch to raise "political heat

13-Nov-2009 By James Wilmore

A "new phase" of the Axe the Beer Tax - Save the Pub campaign will be launched next week to coincide with the Queen's Speech. The aim of the...

BBPA: cut beer tax to save pubs

29-Oct-2009 By Ewan Turney

The Government needs to cut beer tax when VAT returns to its normal level next year or face the prospect of more pubs closing. The Government missed out on £174m worth of revenue from beer duty in first nine months of year.

48 hours to save the pub

20-Apr-2009 By Matt Eley Matt

The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has warned there are just two days left to save the British pub. The comments were made by chief...

Axe the Tax: 48 hours to save the pub

20-Apr-2009 By Ewan Turney

The beer and pub industry has warned the Chancellor there are just 48 hours to save the pub trade. Industry figures, MPs and celebrities including...

90% of public want axe on beer tax

20-Apr-2009 By Ewan Turney

A whopping 90% of the population believe that beer tax should be frozen of reduced at this week's Budget, according to a new poll. The poll of 1,007...

Majority of MPs against beer tax hikes

15-Apr-2009 By Ewan Turney

Almost six out of ten MPs are against plans to increase beer duty in next week's Budget. A ComRes poll showed that 59% opposed Chancellor Alistair...

'Beer tax an ineffective tool for fighting disorder'

15-Apr-2009 By Ewan Turney

Raising beer tax to stop crime and disorder is like taxing car manufacturers for motorists speeding, says Shepherd Neame boss Jonathan Neame.

Six out of 10 MPs against Budget beer tax rise

15-Apr-2009 By James Wilmore

Six out of 10 MPs are against plans to increase beer tax in next week's Budget, according to a new poll. The survey, conducted by pollsters ComRes,...

Labour MPs unite against beer duty hikes

06-Apr-2009 By Ewan Turney

Over 200 MPs have now called for the Government to scrap its planned duty hike on beer at the Budget — including 97 Labour backbenchers.

'Hitman Hatton joins the beer tax fight'

03-Mar-2009

Ricky Hatton tells The Sun why he backs the brewing industry's Axe The Beer Tax campaign. "I am supporting the Axe The Beer Tax, Save The Pub...

Seven out of 10 say no to beer tax hikes

02-Mar-2009 By Matt Eley Matt

Seven out of 10 people are opposed to government plans to increase beer tax in the forthcoming Budget, according to an opinion poll published...

70% against beer tax increase

02-Mar-2009 By Ewan Turney

Over 70% of the UK population are opposed to plans to increase tax on beer in the Budget, according to a ComRes poll. The poll, carried out on behalf...

Trade union backs Axe the Beer Tax

27-Feb-2009 By Matt Eley Matt

Trade union Unite has come out in support of the campaign to Axe the Beer Tax. In a statement, the union which represents 20,000 members in related...

CLICK TO WIELD THE AXE

27-Feb-2009 By Andrew Pring

Many thousands have so far signed up to the Axe the Beer Tax campaign, but more of us need to if we are to influence the Chancellor come Budget day, says Andrew Pring.

Hook Norton backs Axe the Beer Tax

21-Jan-2009 By Matt Eley Matt

Hook Norton is the latest brewery to give its backing to the British Beer & Pub Association's Axe the Beer Tax campaign. The move follows the...

Public rally to Axe the Beer Tax campaign

08-Dec-2008 By John Harrington

Nearly 3,000 letters have been sent to MPs in support of the pro-pub campaign

BBPA to launch beer tax campaign

22-Sep-2008 By The PMA Team

The British Beer and Pub Association is to launch a campaign aimed at axeing Government plans to increase beer tax for the next four years.