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Producers warn of IHT's risks to cider making

Ministers have been urged to take meaningful action to help safeguard the cider industry from the unpopular family farm tax

Chris Brayford
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Thatchers Cider managing director Martin Thatcher said: "The administrative burden created by new taxes and policies including extended producer responsibility, deposit return scheme, changes to Inheritance Tax, business rates, national insurance rises and on-going duty rises, are all placing significant pressure on our industry."
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Thatchers Cider managing director Martin Thatcher said: "The administrative burden created by new taxes and policies including extended producer responsibility, deposit return scheme, changes to Inheritance Tax, business rates, national insurance rises and on-going duty rises, are all placing significant pressure on our industry."

British cider makers have urged Government to take meaningful action which will help protect the future of domestic production after warning of the pressures the sector faces with new taxes. The National...

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