LONDON - Britain's pub and brewing industry on Tuesday called on the government to outline an urgent support package to prevent eye-watering increases in energy costs causing irreversible damage to the sector.the price cap for millions of households in Britain would jump 80 per cent
to an average of US$4,164.75 a year from October, but with no cap for businesses some have reported facing hikes of more than 300 per cent on their energy bills. In a letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, members of the board of the British Beer and Pub Association called for a pause on levies, the introduction of an energy price cap for small businesses and additional grant support for pubs.
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, the frontrunner to replace Mr Johnson in a leadership contest due to run until Sept. 5, has said"As more fixed price contracts come up for renewal this is only worsening. The time to act is now," the leaders of J.W Lees Brewery, Greene King, Admiral Taverns, St Austell Brewery, Drake and Morgan and Carlsberg Marstons said in the letter.
"Without swift and substantial intervention from government there is no doubt we will witness a huge number of pubs close their doors for good, leaving individuals without jobs during a cost-of-living crisis and communities without its social heartbeat.