Ten Brakspear pubs in the area will be selling Brakspear Bitter, Kronenbourg and Fosters at £1.30 off their usual asking price of up to £3.30.
The February 28 event is part of an industry move to encourage George Osborne to lend a sympathetic ear ahead of this year’s Budget. Brakspear is also encouraging customers to sign a petition that asks for zero beer duty increases and a cut on VAT in pubs to five per cent.
Mark Dunlop, licensee at The Angel on the Bridge, said: “This is a great way of highlighting the tax burden that pubs have to bear. We’d love to sell Brakspear at this price every day – it would make us much more competitive with the supermarkets and we’d sell more beer.”
Brakspear chief executive Tom Davies (pictured) added: “We hope our Tax-Free Day encourages more people to enjoy a pint or two in their Brakspear local and inspires them to sign our petition to help protect these pubs.”
According to CAMRA the £1.30 figure is made up of excise duty (48p), VAT (52p), employment tax (18p) and business rates (12p)
