Article DetailsAxe The Tax Campaign to Save the UK Pub Industry |
| Date Added: April 22, 2009 08:34:16 AM |
| Author: Ian Brown |
| Category: Real Estate Press Releases |
| Uk pubs are closing at a rate of 5 a week with the blame being placed firmly on the smoking ban, the credit crunch and the availability of cheap booze from supermarkets. Theres more to come for pub landlords as Alistair Darling plans tax increase on beer sales and the Scottish Parliament introduces a bill to ban cigarette vending machines in pubs.The pub trade is fighting back with the Axe the Tax; Save the Pub campaignlaunched at the end of January and with supporters from the worlds ofpolitics, celebrity and the brewing industry. The campaign has been helpedby high profile supporters who have pushed the ‘Save the Pub’ campaign tothe top of the political agenda, with 47 MPs supporting the campaign through an Early Day Motion in Parliament.Supporters of the campaign emphasize that British breweries employ 20,000 people with a further 30,000 dependent on the brewing industry and 394,000 further jobs in hospitality and retail sectors dependent on beer. Paramount Investments are specialists in sourcing freehold and leasehold pubs for sale and other pub company or brewery investment opportunities in England, Scotland and Wales for potential property investors.
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