Why the Chancellor’s freeze on alcohol duties is bad news for pubs

Colin Angus | March 2021 |

It is undoubtedly true that British pubs have faced unprecedented financial challenges throughout the past 12 months, but will a freeze in duties really help, and might there be any wider impacts of this decision?

The recent history of alcohol duty

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Will freezing duty benefit pubs?

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The wider impacts of a duty freeze

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So what’s the takeaway?