Just an adjunct to yesterday's post, as the British Beer and Pub Association announced that UK beer sales fell by 4.8% in the last quarter compared to the same quarter last year. This drop on top of falling beer sales in the previous quarter of 5.3%.
In six months that means a total 166,000,000 less pints sold,
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... the message sinks in? |
which, using
CAMRA's estimate of £1 per pint (on average) means
£166,000,000 less tax paid,
so my question to this economically illiterate Chancellor is
which bit don't you understand?
2 comments:
We need to get together and make a push to bring this nonsense to an end.
Indeed Mr Dodds ... contacting your MP and making sure s/he turns up for the debate and supports the 'pub cause' ...
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