date:Oct 25, 2012
so-called progressive beer duty offers 50 percent tax relief to brewers producing relatively small quantities.
Unsurprisingly, perhaps, bigger brewers are crying foul.
They insist that such a favorable tax environment for low volume producers provides a powerful incentive for microbreweries to remain micro, while encouraging the emergence of further small brewing enterprises.
And they believe the appeal of cask beer is such that even within the highly competitive London market, there's plent