Protz On Beer.

Research since the Budget shows that, far from going down, business rates for pubs will rise dramatically over the next few years. Hospitality experts say thousands more pubs will close, hut not only by business rates but high costs for energy, increases in the Minimum Wage and National Insurance plus a rise in the price of beer as duty goes up.

Added: Saturday, December 6th 2025

AB In Bev, the world's biggest brewer, has bowed to grassroots campaigners and has launched a major promotion for Draught Bass. Bass was once Britain's leading premium cask ale, worth close to one million barrels a year, but that has fallen to 30,000 barrels and the beer has become hard to find. But now more than 1,000 pubs will serve it with new pump clips and glasses.

Added: Tuesday, December 2nd 2025

An appeal to Chancellor Rachel Reeves to take urgent steps to help British pubs by removing business rates, cutting VAT and excise duty and removing anomaly where supermarkets don't pay VAT on beer sales

Added: Wednesday, October 8th 2025