The British pub and bar industry will be lost within days if the government does not take swift action to prop it up, leading operators have warned.
UK budget sees alcohol prices increase
21 March, 2012
UK: The Chancellor has added another 41p to a bottle of spirits and 11p to a bottle of wine in the latest Budget.
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Ben Branson
Ben Branson: Why non-alcoholic pricing is right
The pricing structure of non-alcoholic spirits has a high level of elasticity - there’s already a broad spectrum of price points which consumers are trying to navigate.
