Indirect Tax

JD Wetherspoon boss: VAT ‘militates against pubs’

13-Sep-2017 By James Beeson

Pubs are being penalised unfairly by VAT on food and drink, according to JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin.

JD Wetherspoon faces £20m post-Budget cost hikes

10-Mar-2017 By Daniel Woolfson

JD Wetherspoon (JDW) chairman Tim Martin has blasted Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond's spring Budget, claiming it will “weigh heavily” on already pressured pubs.

Family brewers paid almost half a billion pounds in tax last year

01-Feb-2013

Family brewers paid almost half a billion pounds in tax last year, a new study shows.

JD Wetherspoon issues warning over cost pressures

18-Jan-2012 By John Harrington

JD Wetherspoon (JDW), the managed pub operator, has reported a 3.6% increase in like-for-like sales for the 12 weeks to 15 January, but warned on the impact of continuing cost pressures.

Tim Martin "perplexed" by Ted Tuppen's tax claims

01-Dec-2011 By Adam Pescod

JD Wetherspoon (JDW) chairman Tim Martin has described comments made by Enterprise Inns chief executive Ted Tuppen on tax and regulation as “confused thinking”.

Beer drinkers' £100m tax bombshell

18-Jun-2010 By Gemma McKenna

Raising duty and VAT will see UK beer drinkers shelling out an extra £100m by the end of 2010, says the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA).

Record beer volumes fuel Shepherd Neame

18-Mar-2010 By Ewan Turney

Shepherd Neame has reported record turnover and record beer volumes for the half-year to 26 December. However, the Kent-based brewer and pub...

Price of a pint of ale up 5.5 per cent in last year

20-Apr-2009 By James Wilmore

Duty hikes over the past year have forced the price of a pint of real ale up by 5.5 per cent, new research has revealed. The study by the Campaign...

MPs launch enquiry into impact of tax increases on wine and spirits' market

13-Feb-2009

An enquiry into the impact of tax changes on the wine and spirits' market is set to take place this month as businesses cut jobs as a result of...

Doctors slam government for being too close to alcohol industry

21-Feb-2008 By James Wilmore

Senior doctors have added weight to calls for a rise in alcohol tax in next month's Budget - and slammed the government for working too closely with...