date:Oct 26, 2012
eant drinkers supped 117M fewer pints compared with the same period last year.
The BPPA said the reduction in sales was hitting government revenues as well as jobs. It highlighted analysis from Oxford Economics which indicated that a duty freeze in March 2013 would save 5,000 jobs in the sector, which employs almost 1M people mostly younger people in Britains pubs.
Beer duty was increased by 5% in the March 2012 budget, bringing the total increase in beer duty since March 2008 to 42%, said th