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Find the full rates of duty and calculation examples that apply if you make, import or hold beer, cider, spirits, wine or other fermented products.
Find out the information you must give to customers on food products and how to give it.
List of applications to protect the geographical name of a spirit drink in Great Britain.
How to follow the law if you sell alcohol at a charity event, including when you need to pay tax.
Advice for medical professionals to follow when assessing drivers with drug or alcohol misuse or dependence.
Government Chemist has drafted an opinion in answer to a query raised by a public analyst on a disagreement about correct tolerances on declared alcohol content
If you trade in draught products, find out if you could pay a reduced rate of Alcohol Duty.
A poster by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) that highlights how sea or cliff activities can be dangerous if you're drunk.
Forms to apply to protect a spirit drink name under the UK GI scheme.
Guidance on the reporting of alcohol back calculation cases where the time between the reported last drink and the incident of interest is less than 1 hour.
Over 38,000 UK pubs and bars have seen a tax cut on the pints they pull from today (1 August 2023) as the government’s historic alcohol duty changes take effect.
Analysis on the rising cost of a family shop from a fall in the value of sterling.
This paper examines the discrepancies between what is said of alcohol by policymakers and what is done
Find out when you need to charge VAT and at what rate if you supply food and drink for the purposes of catering or as a takeaway.
Find out how to apply for verification and what happens if you do not.
Final 2020 statistics on drink-drive collisions and casualties.
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