The mostly widely discussed topic in the British beer world in recent times is the Beer Duty Escalator (BDE), a treasury policy which increases the duty on beer by inflation + 2% every March budget. This was introduced in 2008 by the then Labour government and is expected to be in place until the 2014/15 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘beer duty’
Pubpaper 682 – The Beer Duty Escalator Debate, CAMRA’s 144,000 members and why did it take 7 months to hit the target.
Posted: 4th November 2012 by santobugtio in Pub Paper, WritingTags: beer duty, CAMRA, e-petition
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Pubpaper 644 – CAMRA needs a backbone and more misguided Alcohol policies
Posted: 11th February 2012 by admin in Pub Paper, WritingTags: beer duty, CAMRA, craft beer, government policy, real ale, SIBA
The attack dogs have been put on a leash temporarily in the dog fight that was the craft / keg / cask / real ale war. The troops are playing football in no mans land and managing not to put in two footed tackles. This means we can get down to the important element in [...]