Miles Beale

Extended Producer Responsibility - The Wine and Spirit Trade Association Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) obligates companies to pay full net costs of collecting and recycling the packaging they place on the market, including primary, secondary, tertiary and shipment...

Glass recycling or green tax? Are you ready for #EPR?

🟢 1 April – Make provision for the total of 2024 liability
🟢 1 April – Deadline for 2024 data (large & small producers)
🟢 July – Final fees published
🟢 October – Invoices due

#WSTA #ExtendedProducerResponsibility

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Extended Producer Responsibility - The Wine and Spirit Trade Association Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) obligates companies to pay full net costs of collecting and recycling the packaging they place on the market, including primary, secondary, tertiary and shipment...

Glass recycling or green tax? Are you ready for #EPR?

🟢 1 April – Make provision for the total of 2024 liability
🟢 1 April – Deadline for 2024 data (large & small producers)
🟢 July – Final fees published
🟢 October – Invoices due

#WSTA #ExtendedProducerResponsibility

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Whiskey wars: How bourbon and Scotch could become Trump’s bargaining chips in British trade talks New tariffs could be imposed on wines and spirits under the president-elect’s plans to boost the US economy

Bourbon, Scotch and chips 🇬🇧🇺🇸

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#freetrade #tariffs #FTA

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Made a (quite short to begin with) wine people starter pack. I feel like the wine world is a bit under represented here so please point me in the direction of folk I ought to know / be adding.
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Why a penny off the pint won't shield hospitality from escalating costs & why businesses & the Treasury will suffer as a consequence of Rachel Reeves’ damaging Budget.

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#Budget2024 #WSTA @RachelReevesMP @hmtreasury @SteveHReports

Is the demonisation of alcohol justified? New WHO guidelines suggest there is no safe level of alcohol consumption. Jancis Robinson isn’t so sure

Did you miss the @JancisRobinson piece in the @financialtimes.com Times this weekend on the demonisation of alcohol? It's worth a read.

#ResponsibleDrinking #WSTA

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What the 47th President of the United States could mean for the wine and spirit industry.

#WSTA #USAElection2024 #WineAndSpirit @DistilledSpirit @CalifWines_US

Trump tariffs threaten billions in British exports U.K. businesses weigh the impact of a Trump presidency on trade with their largest export market.

Trump tariffs threaten billions in British exports 🚢

There are some clear concerns over increased tariffs on #wine and #spirit products and the sector becoming collateral damage in non-industry related trade disputes 🍷🥃

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My comments on a very disappointing Budget for the wine and spirit trade.

RPI increase on 1 Feb 2025 will be 3.65%

#Budget2024

#Freeze-y does it

But the #wine easement is still in serious jeopardy

#Budget24

What’s the wine easement and why do we need to keep it?

👇🏼#wine #spirits #duty

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WSTA calls on Chancellor to cut alcohol duty in a submission to the Treasury - The Wine and Spirit T... Still wine hasn’t seen a duty cut in 40 years Having some of the world’s highest wine and spirit duty rates has seen sales plummet The Wine and Spirit Trade Association is calling on the Chancello...

Government changes to duty rates in August last year - including a near 50 year record hike in duty rates - has resulted in

FALLING sales

FALLING revenue to the Exchequer and

RISING inflation

Government is underming its own policy aims!

6 March #Budget2024 is the opportunity to make amends

UK inflation rises to 4% in December on.ft.com/3S3Idb5

A year ago alcohol inflation was 3.5%

@wstauk told @hmtreasury new duty regime wld push up inflation

It’s now c.3 times higher🍸🍷

👉🏼 8.9% spirits
👉🏼 7.8% wine
👉🏼 18.7% fortified wine

📣 @Jeremy_Hunt shld cut alcohol duty to curb inflation at #Budget2024 on 6 March

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Chancellor’s decision to freeze alcohol duty until 1 Aug 24 comes as huge relief to UK #wine & #spirit businesses and the #hospitality sector 🍷🍸🥂🥃

Now… let's lock in freeze until at least end of this Parliament 🙏

#WineAndSpirits #AutumnStatement

A Call to #WSTA Members and #WineAndSpirit Businesses: Write to your #MP Today!

MPs need to be made aware of how their local constituency businesses will be affected and must make these representations to Treasury before November 22nd.

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#AutumnStatement

At Autumn Budget…

🍸🍷Freeze alcohol duty
📈Support struggling hospitality by cutting business rates
✂️Cut red tape & keep the temporary wine tax easement permanent

Since 2010 Tory Chancellors have raised:📈
Beer duty by 21%
Spirits duty by 32%
Still wine duty by 58%
A bottle of 20% Port by 90%

"Increasing MUP will change nothing, but it will impact the vast majority of people who consume alcohol in moderation, exacerbating the cost of living crisis."

#Wine #Spirits #inflation #MUP-pets

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"Increasing MUP will change nothing, but it will impact the vast majority of people who consume alcohol in moderation, exacerbating the cost of living crisis."

#Wine #Spirits #inflation

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Agree with @Ford on what #business needs

Government - and @RishiSunak himself - ABSOLUTELY forced UK drinks #consumers to pay 10-20% more in alcohol tax *alone* on 1 August

Where is the #consistency?

@BBCNews @wstauk @SMMT @SamCoatesSky @Jeremy_Hunt

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Duty changes: "the full cost...will be met by wine drinkers":

Chief executive of the WSTA, Miles Beale, offers his views on the first month since the historic alcohol duty reform came into force.

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When will the Scottish government get a grip on alcohol deaths?

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1 August saw the biggest duty increase in c.50 years

Since 2010 @Conservatives Chancellors have increased duty by

⬆️21% on beer
⬆️32% on spirits
⬆️58% on wine🤦🏽‍♀️
⬆️90% on fortified wine!

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