SIBA Response to Reports on Expected Business Rates Announcements on Pubs

Responding to press reports that the Treasury is planning to announce changes to Business Rates for pubs, Andy Slee, CEO of the Society of Independent Brewers and Associates (SIBA) said:

“It’s welcome news that the Government appears to have finally accepted that vital changes are necessary to help our much loved community pubs. The planned alterations to Business Rates would have had a devasting impact on our pubs and breweries.

“While common sense seems to have prevailed, it is essential that the Government now acts in good faith to ease this financial pressure in the short term and reassure the sector that a meaningful long term solution to Business Rates will be sought alongside a proper plan to maintain our pubs into the future.”

ENDS

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