Draft beer 'could increase in price' due to law change
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In correspondence seen by the BBC, The Liberation Group told its business customers it faces raising the "wholesale price" of some Liberation and Butcombe kegs by between 30 and 50% because of the change. The Liberation Group said it was in active discussions with the States of Guernsey about the change.The threshold for what constitutes a small brewer has been lowered from 200,000 hectolitres to 5,000.The Liberation Group had previously received a 50% tax discount.
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Jonon Le Sueur, chair of the Channel Islands branch of the Campaign for Real Ale (Camra), said the change could lead to price rises at the taps."In real terms, previously the brewery would have paid 30% duty - now it's more like 60 pence a pint duty and that probably will end up being passed on to the consumer," he said."Overhead costs to the pubs are increasing all the time so it is going to be detrimental to the industry as a whole and impact the drinking public."Some small-scale makers who will be in receipt of an extra 10% tax relief this year are supportive of the changes however.Guernsey producer James Meller, of Rocquette Cider, said it would enable his business to remain "competitive" alongside bigger producers. "I think the production levels for a small producer was quite high so the law change is wholly appropriate," he said.
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