Also in beer news, the Chancellor visited Fuller’s brewery in advance of announcing the Q3 GDP results on Friday.
Accompanying Phillip Hammond was the British Beer & Pub Association’s (BBPA) Chief Executive, Brigid Simmonds OBE and the Chief Executive of Fuller’s, Simon Emeny, who is also the BBPA’s chairman.
The stunt comes just two weeks after Hammond gave an early Christmas present to the pub industry (sorry we know you’ve heard that one before), in the form of a duty freeze on beer and spirits in the 2018 Autumn Statement.