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Budget 2015: Mixed news for the hospitality industry

18-Mar-2015 By Sophie Witts

The 2015 budget brought good news for pubs across the UK, with a reduction in duty on beer, cider and spirits, but failed to mention a cut in Tourism VAT.

Pub beer sales fall by 50 million pints in Q1

29-Apr-2013 By Luke Nicholls

The long winter has seemingly taken its toll on UK pubs with beer sales dropping by almost 50 million pints in the first quarter of 2012 and pub trade down 5.5 per cent.

Number of restaurants going bust rockets 31 per cent over past year

13-Feb-2012 By Luke Nicholls

The number of insolvencies among the UK restaurant sector has jumped by 31 per cent to 194 in the last financial quarter of 2011 – the highest rate for over three years.

Greene King drinks promotion 'not irresponsible'

28-May-2009 By Emma Eversham

A buy three pints get one free promotion run in Greene King pubs is cleared of any wrongdoing by the Portman Group following a complaint that it encouraged irresponsible drinking

100 MPs back freeze on beer tax

10-Feb-2009 By Emma Eversham

A campaign to stop the government’s plans to increase beer tax in this year’s Budget in order to give the pub industry a break gains the backing of 113 MPs