The boss of an independent beer brewery has warned that cutting energy support for businesses during the cost of living crisis could result in customers having to pay more than £10 for a pint at pubs and bars.
Charlene Lyons, chief executive of Black Sheep Brewery, insisted 'we’ve got to be really careful about price increases' after the Government announced it would be ending its energy bills support for the hospitality industry at the end of March.
Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Today programme on Tuesday morning, Ms Lyons said: “If we were to push all of the price increase over to the consumer, across the board, whether it be energy and everything else, input costs of raw materials… you’d be talking about over £10 a pint which is clearly not sustainable.”
