Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade News

Leading hospitality businesses demand action at upcoming Budget

Published: 10 November, 2025

Trade body UKHospitality has called for action ahead of the upcoming Budget in an open letter backed by 345 hospitality businesses.

Craft distillers call for inclusion of spirits in Small Producer Relief

Published: 04 November, 2025

An open letter calling upon the chancellor to extend UK Small Producer Relief (SPR) to spirits businesses has garnered the support of multiple small distilleries, including Elsham Wold Distillery, Wharf Distillery, Doghouse distillery and London Distilling Co.

Trade unites behind WSTA to petition incoming government on duty easement

Published: 03 July, 2024

With the UK general election just a whisker away and the current Prime Minster all but admitting a crushing defeat, the WSTA has issued an open letter calling on the incoming government to make permanent the duty easement.

Leading producers call for greater industry action over climate change

Published: 04 November, 2021

Twenty-two CEOs and senior leaders of International Wineries for Climate Action (IWCA) have written an open letter to all CEO’s in the wine industry calling on them to begin working towards net zero emissions by 2050.