3.495
0
10
20
30
40
50
Of which
exports
Production
0
500
1.000
1.500
2.000
2.500
3.000
3.500
4.000
4.500
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Purchases
of supplies
Value added
Production
value (million €)
Million
hectolitres (hl)
658
7
15.000
0
3.000
6.000
9.000
12.000
15.000
0
1.000
3.000
4.000
5.000
2.000
7.000
6.000
8.000
Employment
Taxes, excise and social
security contributions (ssc)
brewing sector (million €)
2.038
3.671
737
Excise
VAT retail
VAT hospitality
Incomes taxes
and social
security
contributions
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3 | Direct effect
of the brewing sector
United Kingdom breweries employ around 15,000 persons
who together produce 44.9 million hectolitres of beer with
a value of 4.2 billion euro.
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Graph 38.1. / Direct effect of the beer sector
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Source : Ernst & Young calculations
Another substantial direct effect of the brewing sector
involves taxes and excises paid by beer brewers and
consumers. In 2010 excises amounted to 3.8 billion euro
and total VAT income for the United Kingdom Government
was estimated at 2.8 billion euro. Personal direct taxes,
social security contributions and payroll taxes paid by
employees and employers in the brewing sector totalled a
further 276 million euro.
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Distribution and retail
Transport costs are affected by rising oil costs
Hospitality sector
There has been continued pressure on the ownership
model known as the ‘beer tie’.
Packaging and bottling
There is a continuing shift from draught to bottles and
cans, and environmental pressure to reduce their impact
– mainly through light weighting or other innovative
packaging solutions. Increased scrap metal prices has
resulted in an increase in the theft of bulk containers (kegs
and casks) from outside hospitality outlets.
The most important threats the beer sector will face
in the upcoming years are :
higher beer tax rates
the (bad) image and perception of beer (category image)
consumer preferences towards other drinks
anti-alcohol measures
increasing regulations
increased raw material costs
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