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Check if you must register for the Alcohol Wholesaler Registration Scheme (AWRS) to sell alcoholic products to another business.
Read the key learning from our trial of age verification technology to protect children from harm in the sale of alcohol.
It's illegal to buy alcohol if you're under 18 and you can be stopped, fined or arrested by the police for drinking in public
Find out about operations that can be carried out on alcohol goods received and stored in bulk in an excise warehouse.
Information on the different types of alcohol licences available and guidance on how to apply for them.
Find out about checks you need to carry out before accepting goods into your excise warehouse and your obligations when receiving cash payments for duty-suspended sales of alcoholic products.
How to follow the law if you sell alcohol at a charity event, including when you need to pay tax.
Regulations that brewers and contract brewers must comply with when producing beer to sell.
Quarterly Wine Duty, Spirits Duty, Beer Duty and Cider Duty receipts, clearances and production statistics. Updated with provisional data from February to April 2022.
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