
1st February Duty Increases
Understand how the recent duty increases will affect your business
As of February 1st, 2025, new alcohol duty rates have come into effect. Here’s what you need to know:
🔹 Non-draught drinks: Duty rates increased by 2.7%
🔹 Draught drinks: Duty rates decreased by 1.7% in cash
🔹 Wine: Duty is now based on alcoholic strength.
Examples of changes:
- 🍺 Draught beer (4%-5% ABV): 1p lower per pint.
- 🍻 Non-draught beer (4% ABV, 500ml): 2p higher per bottle.
- 🍏 Non-draught cider (5% ABV, 500ml): 1p higher per bottle.
- 🥃 Whisky (40% ABV, 25ml): 1p higher per measure.
- 🍹 Spirits-based pre-packaged Drinks (5.4% ABV, 250ml): 1p higher per can.
- 🍷 Still wine (11% ABV, 250ml): 3p higher per glass.
- 🍷 Still wine (13% ABV, 250ml): 8p higher per glass.
These changes affect your cost prices and don’t account for your margin or VAT. Therefore, an 8p increase in cost could mean a 20p rise in bar prices to maintain a +50% margin.
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