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Come Inside... => Saloon Bar => Topic started by: The Moan Ranger on February 18, 2010, 10:56:16 AM

Title: Sloppy BBC reporting # 876429
Post by: The Moan Ranger on February 18, 2010, 10:56:16 AM

There is a fairly uplifting story about the rise of small breweries in the U.K.

All is going well until I read this bit

"Tax boost

In addition to consumers' increasing demand for different flavours from their beer, the growth of the microbrewer sector in the UK has been further helped by the Progressive Beer Duty scheme, which was introduced by the government in 2002.

Under the rule, brewers of up to 5,000 hectolitres (110 gallons) per year, only pay half the excise duty.

For a pint of typical 4% beer, this cuts the duty a microbrewer has to pay from 37.44p to 18.72p, giving them a financial helping hand."

Erm...110 gallons? I drink more than that each year!  Did it not occur to the author of the article, Will Smale, that he had his conversion of hectolitres wrong? 'kin retard.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8513072.stm

Title: Re: Sloppy BBC reporting # 876429
Post by: Darwins Selection on February 18, 2010, 04:05:31 PM

Quote from: The Moan Ranger on February 18, 2010, 10:56:16 AM

110 gallons? I drink more than that each year! 

Have you secretly been cutting down?  ;)