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Autumn Statement
The All-Party Parliamentary Save the Pub Group has called on the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, to maintain the freeze on beer duty, ahead of his first Autumn Statement tomorrow (23 November).
Best Bar None
Responsible retailing in the on-trade has been given a £10,000 boost from the Stonegate Pub Company.
Opinion
Two taxes in particular are killing pubs according to Tim Martin: business rates and VAT. Here the JD Wetherspoon chairman has his say on the situation...
Licensing
A representative of Waitrose has said that the company sees “no evidence” of pre-loading at the House of Lords review of the Licensing Act 2003, which also saw a representative of Sainsbury’s give similar evidence.
Bar talk
The festive season will be here before you know it and licensees revealed their plans for this Christmas at the pub.
Pubs code adjudicator
The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) committee chair Iain Wright has slammed the Government’s backing of the pubs code adjudicator (PCA), calling the decision not to reopen the appointment process “short-sighted”.