Miles Beale, Chief Executive of the Wine and Spirit Trade Association, said:

“There is nothing to welcome or comment on following today’s Autumn Statement. We have no further information other than that the Chancellor has not yet decided by how much, or when, alcohol duty will be increased.

We will continue to ask to meet with Treasury ministers as a matter of urgency. We want to see support for businesses in our sector, including as small and as few increases to duty as possible in 2023. And to insure that changes to the K alcohol taxation system as fairer, simpler and are delivered with less red tape.”