Spring Budget: £1,000 discount for pubs gets mixed reactions
The Chancellor’s £1,000 business rate discount for the majority of pubs in the UK in 2017 has met with mixed reactions from industry bodies.
Archives for March 8, 2017
Pubs lose out to supermarkets in Christmas fizz sales
More than 45m bottles of sparkling wine were sold in the UK at Christmas, but just 5m of those were bought in the on-trade, the rest being purchased in supermarkets.
Spending in pubs rises 13% as ‘experience economy remains strong’
Consumer spending in pubs has seen strong growth, rising 13.3% year on year, according to figures from Barclaycard for February 2017.
New Greene King kits to cut beer cooling energy by half
Greene King is rolling out new cellar kits with the aim of cutting the energy used by its beer cooling systems by 50%.
Spring Budget: Majority of pubs to get £1,000 business rate discount
Chancellor Philip Hammond has vowed to protect local pubs and the “valuable work they do” by giving 90% of them a £1,000 business rate discount in the spring budget today (8 March).
Spring Budget: duty rises for beer, cider, wine and spirits
Alcohol duty will rise for beer, cider, wine and spirits, the chancellor has announced in the budget.