tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post6361389970715883137..comments2024-03-28T06:20:10.699-07:00Comments on Shut up about Barclay Perkins: Confusion at ChelmsfordRon Pattinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-37728321788358547322013-02-15T04:36:26.788-08:002013-02-15T04:36:26.788-08:00Marquis, that's true, but in both wars the pri...Marquis, that's true, but in both wars the prices seem to have been increased almost immediately after a duty increase was announced.<br /><br />In a few days I'll be posting about a price increase that was in anticpation of a duty rise. A duty rise that never actually took place.<br /><br />The prices in pubs tended to be the same and for a good reason. There were landlords' organisations that fixed the prices. There was a lot of tension if some landlords chose to charge lower prices than agreed.Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-78682192761950359352013-02-15T03:43:44.031-08:002013-02-15T03:43:44.031-08:00I don't know whether or not this is relevant t...I don't know whether or not this is relevant to the circumstances in the article, but duty rises apply to beer as it leaves the brewery gates, not to the beer already in the pubs.<br /> Prices charged therefore should only rise as fresh deliveries are tapped but some licensees may well have applied the increases before this.It all depended on the honesty and circumstances of the landlords but one would expect prices to vary from pub to pub just after a duty rise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com