SMALL breweries are facing a “perfect storm” of financial challenges and must be provided with further support to ensure their survival, an SNP MP has insisted.
Owen Thompson, the party’s chief whip, is set to lead a debate on reforming Small Brewers Relief next Tuesday. He said independent firms are grappling with not only soaring energy prices but a fall in sales with people choosing to sacrifice going to the pub as their incomes are squeezed.
