Budget 2024: Briefing and New Alcohol Duty Rates
The Autumn Budget saw a range of important changes announced. Headline alcohol duty rates will increase by 3.65%, the temporary easement for wine will end as scheduled, and the duty […]
The Retail of Alcohol Standards Group (RASG) ‘Guidance for online retailers of alcohol’
To sell alcohol you need a license, whether the sale is in person, via a shop, a pub, a restaurant or online, through a catalogue or by telephone. The legal […]
Keeping glass out of DRS is a win for evidence-based policy making.
It is a pleasure to be writing about another Wine and Spirit Trade Association campaign which has successfully changed Government policy and ensured that our industry is […]
New Zealand AIP FTA
Our take on trade this week: An in-depth look at the UK-New Zealand AIP: why it’s good news for wines and spirits and might be more than it first appears. We’ve reached […]
The end of the Transition period and what it means for wine
Last week’s Government announcement of a light touch inspection regime at the end of the Transition period for some goods entering Great Britain will be of no comfort to the […]
Another Round On The House WSTA
Miles Beale, Chief Executive of the Wine and Spirit Trade Association, commends DIT’s result on gin tariffs, says the time is right for removing Bourbon tariffs, and sets out how […]