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BBC Business Reporter
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The pints project will cost 1P less than Thursday due to a reduction in alcohol in a decision intended to help the sector to develop.
The tax reduction of 1.7% on the production of print alcohol announced in last year’s budget is the first drop in alcohol rights in a decade.
However, criticisms said that the increase in national national insurance contributions and the minimum wage announced in the average prices of pints prices will increase.
Relief for artisanal alcohol producers also comes into force from Thursday, the two policies costing 85 million pounds combined.
“Our pubs and brewers are an essential part of the United Kingdom fabric and our brilliant High streets,” said the secretary of the chessboard of the Treasury James Murray.
Relief applies to drinks below 8.5% ABV, which is equivalent to a drop in 1P tax on the average pint of 4.58%.
The measure will affect three fifths of all alcoholic beverages sold in ads, the government said.
Meanwhile, the small help of producers is intended for products less than 8.5% ABV, and narrows more alcohol is produced.
The Society of Independent Brewers and Associates said that the polcies will help ads rivalal with cheap alcohol sold in supermarkets.
‘April Cliff Edge’
However, criticisms said that tax reductions were not enough to counter other decisions taken in the budget.
Some owners of pubs have declared that they are considering an increase of 30p to 40p on a pint due to higher employment costs.
Wetherspoons CEO Tim Martin said in the results of the Pub chain group last week that higher employment costs will cost 80 million pounds sterling per year.
He said that budget measures “have a much more important impact on advertising and catering companies than supermarkets” and accused politicians of being “dinner lovers rather than pub enthusiasts”.
“After broader budgetary announcements, pubs and brewers are now confronted on an April cliff side,” said Emma McClarkin, Director General of British Beer and Pub Association, referring when the budget measures enter into vigor.
The unions defended the increase in the minimum wage and criticized large “pleading poverty” companies while making great profits.
The government said that the increase in national employers’ insurance was necessary to resolve public finances.
The measures come at a time when the hotel industry is already in difficulty and contracts in order to prepare for an increase in costs from April.
Several bars, pubs and restaurants have already said that their sites were “strangely calm” because people do not spend sufficiently due to the increase in life costs.
