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This morning I discussed @hmtreasury proposals for UK alcohol duty with @DharshiniDavid on @BBCr4today
For wine drinkers the proposals are #NotFairer & #NotSimpler For #wine merchants they are unworkable
Listen again on @BBCSounds at 6.20am
#FairerDrinksTax #FairerWineTax
"For the consumer it is a case of higher costs, less choice and fewer merchants competing for their business" @timocurtis on @BBCr4today on the @RishiSunak reforms of alcohol duty that will lead to more red tape and 80% of bottles going up in price. #wine #fairerwinetax
Tim Curtis 🍷🥂 retweeted
The UK wine trade is aligned on this: make the wine duty easement permanent. Allowing it to end on 01/02/2025 would introduce significant additional administration and cost - both inhibitors to growth
@jamesmurray_ldn @RachelReevesMP @livbailey @hmtreasury @wstauk #wine #duty
The #WSTA is asking @jamesmurray_ldn to avoid costly changes to wine tax.🍷
Concerned wine retailers are today contacting customers to warn that wine prices will go up & some of their favourite wines may disappear.
@hmtreasury can prevent this 🙏 keep the wine easement #Budget.
A lot to talk about @londonwinefair today:
- wine duty
- future of the UK wine trade
- no/low
- sustainability
- alternative formats
- Deposit Return Schemes
- Extended Producer Responsibility
- Packaging Recycling Notes
#wine #duty #sustainability #packaging #advocacy
Tim Curtis 🍷🥂 retweeted
What is the wine easement and why do we need to make it permanent?
Miles Beale, Chief Executive, explains...
#CutDrinksDuty
#WSTA #WineAndSpirits #Duty #WineEasement @WSTA_Miles @Jeremy_Hunt @hmtreasury
Tim Curtis 🍷🥂 retweeted
A reminder ahead of the #budget that the UK #wine trade faces huge new complexity next year
Making the wine duty easement permanent stops new red tape. A #duty cut increases Gov't revenue. Both reduce inflation
@Jeremy_Hunt @GarethDavies_MP @hmtreasury @wstauk #CutDrinksDuty
A short thread on @HMTreasury Alcohol Duty Review (ADR) proposals – a wine business’s perspective for @rishisunak and @helen_whately to consider 1/10
#FairerDrinksTax @WSTAuk @WineDrinkersUK #wine #duty
Tim Curtis 🍷🥂 retweeted
🚨 HMRC’s latest data shows excise duty receipts for wine & spirits were down £436m for @hmtreasury between Sept & Jan compared to 2022/23.
Add to that, losses from beer & cider, Treasury coffers are down almost £600m 📉
#CutDrinksDuty🙏@Jeremy_Hunt
wsta.co.uk/press-release/soa…
Tim Curtis 🍷🥂 retweeted
Alcohol inflation causing £600m hole in Treasury coffers #CutDrinksDuty #WSTA
@laithwaites @Jeremy_Hunt
thedrinksbusiness.com/2024/0…
Tim Curtis 🍷🥂 retweeted
Important meeting with @GarethDavies_MP @hmtreasury - in advance of #Budget2024
@wstauk set out impact of historic duty rises in August
And made case for #cut to #excise #duty and to maintain wine easement
Tim Curtis 🍷🥂 retweeted
Now's the time to write to your MP and tell them how losing the temporary easement for wine duty will affect your business - letter template link here @DanielLambert29 @wstauk drinksretailingnews.co.uk/ke…
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New Ventures Podcast: Listen to @DirectWines1969 Group CEO @davidbgates discuss our sustainability strategy with @sanjoysan & @JaideepPrabhu
Podcast link below
#sustainability #wine #climatechange #biodiversity #lightweighting #glass #packaging #shipping #recycling #vineyards
Essential long read ahead of the new wine duty rates coming in on 1st August:
🔴 20% duty increase for most still wines
🔴 44% duty increase for fortified wines
🔴 More complexity for wine businesses
Great 🧵@GavinQuinney
#wine #duty #FairerDrinksTax
“If you’re in the UK wine & spirits trade and not already a member of the @wstauk, you’re missing out!”
#wine #wineindustry #spirits #spiritsindustry #wsta #tradeassociation #advocacy #FairerDrinksTax @DirectWines1969
Don't take it from us... listen to the WSTA members youtu.be/_R85Z6WMV3A
They are right ☺️ if you aren't already a member of the WSTA you should be. To find out how to join go to 👇wsta.co.uk/membership-applic… 🍷🍸🥂🥃
#StrongerTogether #FairerDrinksTax #wine #spirits
“61% of a £5 bottle of wine is tax”
Add @Jeremy_Hunt ‘s 44p extra duty per bottle and from 1st August £3.50 of a £5 bottle is tax
70%!
Yes, really, 70%…
#wine #duty #fairerdrinkstax
Joe Fattorini's Substack: Chairman Mao was wrong. The revolution was a dinner party joefattorini.substack.com/p/…
Honoured to give feedback to the Wine & Spirits APPG from @DirectWines1969 on the Spring Budget & to answer questions from engaged MPs
The largest wine duty increase in 5 decades is:
❌ inflationary
❌ distortive
❌ a brutal cost increase for the UK’s SME-rich #wine trade
@WSTA_Miles with new chair of the Wine and Spirits APPG, @grahambradymp
Also chair of the Conservative Party's 1922 committee, Sir Graham was elected as APPG chair at Tuesday’s AGM in Parliament, which also included briefing MPs on duty increases announced in the Spring Budget
Tim Curtis 🍷🥂 retweeted
Distilleries could be barred from selling their product in Scotland after only 664 companies sign up to the controversial 20p 'return plan' telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/03…
Tim Curtis 🍷🥂 retweeted
"Scottish Greens Minister Lorna Slater says that she remains confident that the scheme will be in place & operational by August" GC "I don't see how the Scottish Government can proceed as planned". @mrblairbowman @NickNairn @scothospgroup @LiamKerrMSP @BrianWhittle @murdo_fraser
Tim Curtis 🍷🥂 retweeted
We are delighted to host the @politico Christmas Party @10_11CHT with drinks served by our members @CampariGroupUK, @GalloFamily,@laithwaites, @majesticwine, @Pernod_Ricard, @FellsWine
We are calling on @Jeremy_Hunt to supress the #Grinch & keep tax hikes low #FairerDrinksTax
Tim Curtis 🍷🥂 retweeted
Please read the alcohol industry's letter in
@thetimes today @Jeremy_Hunt @jcartlidgemp
@hmtreasury
@AlokSharma_RDG @lrobertsonTewks @DominicRaab
@DrBenSpencer @EstherMcVey1 @AdamAfriyie @BrineMP
#FairerDrinksTax #wine #duty #budget
The mood across the UK alcohol industry is bleak following the Treasury’s U-turn on a duty freeze.
Businesses are bracing themselves a damaging double-digit tax rise.
Over 100 businesses signed the @wstauk's letter in the Times thetimes.co.uk/article/times… 👇
Tim Curtis 🍷🥂 retweeted
The budget is 1 week away. Wine duty will already go up 9% on 1st August 2023
Any decision to add RPI to duty at the #budget would mean a >20% #wine #duty increase in 2023
We call on @Jeremy_Hunt @jcartlidgemp @hmtreasury to support our industry #FreezeWineDuty #FairerDrinksTax