Author Archives: ADRIAN SHERRATT, The Sun
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England fans lose on beers
Posted on June 20, 2012 by ADRIAN SHERRATT, The Sun in E-Petition in the NewsENGLAND fans will be the biggest losers during Euro 2012 — because we pay the highest beer tax. Footie lovers cheering on our team in the pub will fork out 55p a pint in duty — 14 TIMES more than the 4p they pay in host nation Ukraine. We’ve soared to the top of the table because [...]
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Shepherd Neame launches tax campaign
Posted on June 1, 2012 by Business Editor Trevor Sturgess, Kent Business in E-Petition in the NewsShepherd Neame is urging citizens to sign a petition calling on the Government to halt swingeing increases in beer taxes that threaten jobs, many for young people. The UK’s oldest brewer, based in Faversham, says a 42% hike has hit an industry employing one in 12 18-24 years olds and could hire many more. The [...]
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BLOG WATCH: Real Ale Up North’s Beer Blog
Posted on June 1, 2012 by ccain in E-Petition in the NewsWE MUST FORCE THE GOVERNMENT TO DEBATE BEER DUTY ! As we have all witnessed recently, the Government have done a U turn on the proposed ‘Pasty Tax’. We knew it was an ill conceived proposal at the outset, and thankfully they have now seen sense and cancelled it! However, there is one tax increase [...]
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ACTION NOT WORDS…the mission to reach 100,000
Posted on May 22, 2012 by Claire Cain, Campaigns Officer in NewsThe half way mark is approaching in our bid to gain 100,000 signatures on the e-petition. But we’re not having a celebratory tipple just yet as we’ve still got a hell of a way to go until our end goal and, if anything, it feels like the hard work is only just beginning. If you [...]
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CAMRA produces 20,000 postcards to rally support for beer duty petition
Posted on May 22, 2012 by Michelle Perrett, The Publican's Morning Advertiser in E-Petition in the NewsCAMRA has produced 20,000 postcards to take to beer festivals to rally support for the industry petition calling for the end of the beer duty escalator. The industry petition, which is heading towards 50,000 signatures needs to hit 100,000 to force a debate on the issue in the House of Commons. CAMRA has obtained authorisation [...]
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DEVON COUNTY SHOW: Brewer calls for cut in ‘unfair’ beer tax
Posted on May 18, 2012 by Western Morning News in E-Petition in the NewsA petition to combat the “unfair and extortionate” tax on real ales has been launched at Devon County Show by a leading Westcountry brewer. Patrick McCaig of Otter Brewery, based in Luppitt, East Devon, said that tax on cask ales had risen by 42 per cent in four years. “This damaging tax is causing [...]
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Are Pasties Better Than Beer?
Posted on May 18, 2012 by Mark J Daniels in E-Petition in the NewsFor as long as I can remember, people have complained about the price of a pint of beer. It’s as commonplace a discussion around the bar as the Great British Weather and if I had a pound for every time I’d heard somebody say “when the price of a pint reaches £2 I’ll stop drinking; [...]
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Save Your Pint- Sign The Beer Tax E-petition
Posted on May 18, 2012 by Everards in E-Petition in the NewsChampioned by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA), they explain why this is such a key issue… It’s time to save your pint and fight back against this year’s budget which saw the Government continue its damaging policy of the beer duty escalator. Rising taxation on beer is a serious and growing threat to the [...]
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BLOG WATCH: The Blog
Posted on May 18, 2012 by Robert Hinds in E-Petition in the NewsSave Your Pint – #SaveYourPint The beer duty escalator was introduced by the last Government in 2008, and is currently in place until 2014/15. It means that beer duty is automatically increased by 2% above inflation every single year. As a result, tax on beer has gone up by over 40% since 2008. You now pay [...]
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Time to prove that beer is more popular than pasties – Sign the petition
Posted on May 4, 2012 by Rob Willock, The Publican's Morning Advertiser in E-Petition in the NewsNearly 500,000 people in the UK have signed petitions against the so-called ‘pasty tax’, which will see a 20% rate of VAT applied to heated pasties and pies. Meanwhile, at the time of writing, the ‘Stop the Beer Duty Escalator’ petition had managed to attract fewer than 37,000 signatures — just over one third of [...]
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