date:Oct 26, 2012
Beer sales slumped in both pubs and off-trade sales in the last quarter, heightening fears that 5,000 jobs could be lost in the beer industry as the result of government tax policy.
Pub sales were down 4.8% on the third quarter of 2012, with off-trade sales dropping 6.5%, despite the European football championships and the Olympics events which would traditionally see sales soar.
The British Beer and Pub Association (BPPA), which released the figures in its quarterly Beer Barometer, said it m