tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post6988488006677186075..comments2023-12-23T09:28:20.869+00:00Comments on The View from Cullingworth: Scrap the duty on cask and keg beer sold in pubsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-72258154549938651412018-09-29T15:57:19.335+01:002018-09-29T15:57:19.335+01:00It's VAT that makes the big difference between...It's VAT that makes the big difference between supermarket and pub prices.<br /><br />Beer duty is flat rate, so reduces the relative difference in price between supermarkets and pubs.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-1029647015711327372018-09-28T16:15:14.596+01:002018-09-28T16:15:14.596+01:00@Cumudgeon.
Perhaps the point is not so much to r...@Cumudgeon.<br /><br />Perhaps the point is not so much to reduce prices but to improve the profitability of the pubs.Junican https://www.blogger.com/profile/03405543859782362078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-2474785252651621772018-09-27T20:21:42.961+01:002018-09-27T20:21:42.961+01:00Sorry, but this does just come across as special p...Sorry, but this does just come across as special pleading, even if it's on behalf of something dear to my heart. As I've argued in the past, the decline of pubs is basically a result of social and legislative change. The role of price is relatively minor. Most responsible people would not drink significantly more beer in pubs even if it was a quid a pint cheaper. But I suppose it would at least prove that those saying "cut beer tax to save pubs" were barking up the wrong tree...Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.com