Thursday 17 September 2009

Why does my pint cost so much?

So why does your pint cost so much these days? Well, here's just one of any number of costs arising out of the the so called 'red tape' that is slowly but surely trying to strangle the life out of small businesses.

Free Beer? Responsible?!

We've just paid our annual license fee, the first under the new Act, which took effect from 1st September. Cost? £700. How much did it cost under the old regime? £86 - and that was for 3 years. And that's not to mention the cost of the premises license application - about £5000 when we added it all up. And then there's the cost of training. Several personal licenses, including re-training for both Clachaig directors after nearly 20 years each as licencees. £125 per course (and must be retrained every 5 years). And on it goes.

And judging by this little promotion we came across last week, it seems that some have different interpretations of what 'responsible' alcohol retailing actually means!

1 comment:

johnseomaven said...

It is really important for any public retailer of age-restricted alcohol beverages to take a responsible alcohol retailing training. This is to ensure that employees and those who manage are aware of different laws and policies in retailing alcohol beverages. This training is also designed for them to identify customers who should not be served alcohol especially those minors.