Morgan Schondelmeier

🚨Personal News Alert🚨 I’m thrilled to have started at the British Beer and Pub Association as their tax and trade policy lead! It’s an incredibly important & exciting time to join the sector and I’m dedicated to seeing that our pubs & brewers get the support they need 🍻🍻

Thank you to @RussellFindlay1 MSP for standing up for our sector in the Scottish Parliament this week. Pubs in Scotland remain at a disadvantage following the Scottish Government's Budget, leaving many on a knife's edge with one venue set to close each week. We’re calling on the Scottish Government to pass on 100% of the Barnett consequentials directly to pubs and go further to protect jobs and safeguard these vital community assets.

I've seen women vet men on dating apps more thoroughly than Keir Starmer did Peter Mandelson and all they had was a first name and a photo

"You can have the beautiful taste of beer and still be in the pub with your friends." Our public affairs lead @TorrinMac on @BBCBreakfast talking about the boom of No and Low beer and how moderation doesn't have to mean isolation. With thanks to our fantastic member @LuckySaintBeer for hosting us at their beautiful pub🍺

I absolutely love the pub. We’ve been working really hard to get this u-turn over the line and stop pubs calling last orders for good. Was great to sit down with BBC Breakfast to talk about ze pub !!!

Our response to today's announcement 📣 We are pleased the government has listened to our concerns, and those of publicans, consumers and MPs who rallied to defend our locals. This pub specific package will stave off the immediate financial threat posed by accelerating business costs and will help keep the doors open for many. This additional support will provide certainty for tens of thousands of pubs, with many seeing their bills frozen or falling and there will be a sigh of relief from landlords across the country. We will now work closely with government to establish a transformative long-term plan that works for all pubs through permanent business rates reform to ensure they remain at the heart of communities.

@s8mb Congratulations to the whole fam!

Very happy to welcome our new son into the world. He is already very cute and alert. He and my wife are both doing really well.

Reeves confirms support for pubs amid row over misleading claims mrf.lu/qj2y

More than 5,100 pubs have seen their rateable values **double**, the head of the Valuation Office Agency has said Jonathan Russell said that one in eight pubs saw their rateable values increase by 100%. On average they rose by 32% The government has said that it was unaware of the full facts of the revaluation But the Valuation Office said it informed both the Treasury and MHCLG what was happening at a sectoral level and was “very clear” on what the impact of the changes would be

Have yourself a merry little Christmas is an amazing song - profound, romantic, sorrowful But the original version has been stripped of that, with a hideous edit to the lyrics Treat yourself to the hauntingly beautiful original Me in @spectator spectator.com/article/have-y…

Increasing my donation to @CST_UK this morning. They're a charity which provides security services to Jewish events and organisations in the UK. Few more worthy causes at the moment

“We are calling on the Government to take urgent action by introducing a pub-specific relief.” After our industry was blindsided by the recent Budget, which will see the average pub hit with a 63% increase in its business rates bill, we are now urging the Government to save Britain’s pubs with a 30% pub-specific business rates relief. With the average landlord making just 12p profit on a pint, it’s time for the Government to honour its manifesto commitment to rebalance the business rates burden and create an operating environment where all pubs can thrive.

Today we welcomed pub chiefs from all across the country to our emergency summit in the wake of the Chancellor's blindsiding Budget. Ahead of our meeting, @EmmaMcClarkin sat down with @SkyNews' @SophyRidgeSky and @WilfredFrost to discuss why we felt, as a sector, that it was so important for us to come together and discuss our next moves following the Budget. It's time for the Government to recognise the disproportionate tax bill facing pubs and urgently rethink last month's business rates decision.

A Treasury source confirming to me that the average pub WOULD face an increase that was higher than the 4% the Chancellor said today. In short, Reeves misspoke and mixed up the stats.

BBC News has confirmed the Chancellor misspoke at the Treasury Commitee today. Reeves was asked about @UKHofficial's figures: the average pub facing a 15% Business Rates increase. Reeves said the average rise was 4%. However, I've confirmed 4% refers to the total sector bill.

Another brilliantly explained video about the interest rates catastrophe facing your favourite pubs, bars & restaurants…

Still confused about what the Budget means for Britain’s pubs? Let us break it down for you. Our Tax and Trade Policy Manager, @morganschondelmeier, explains why the government’s so-called “golden era of hospitality” isn’t all it’s cracked up to be and unpacks why pubs across the country will face much higher bills next year as a result of the government’s failure to deliver meaningful business rates reform. It's time for the Government to recognise the disproportionate tax bill facing pubs up and down the country and revisit their policy package for Britain's beer and pub sector.

Despite the Government’s clear intention to support pubs with permanent business rates reform - which we welcomed - these lower multipliers are vastly insufficient. The Budget has missed a clear opportunity to meaningfully reduce the disproportionate burden on pubs. There’s little to raise a glass to because bills for most will go up overall and, therefore, it will become harder for pubs to stay open which will risk jobs, communities, and growth. Not only will there be higher bills, many pubs will pay rates for the first time at next year’s revaluation process, despite measures to cap these bills. It is an understatement to say there is more work to be done to ensure that brewers and pubs, which are vital for jobs and neighbourhoods, can thrive. It would be remiss not to mention how damaging beer duty rises and higher wage bills will be for the cost of doing business and the subsequent higher prices for consumers, which is why Government must better support Britain’s brewers and pubs who can deliver growth. Following this Budget, it is now more important than ever that people support their local.

Did you know that as a percentage of the retail price taxes account for 28% of the average pint of beer 🍻 Learn more in our paper 'Cost of a tipple' by clicking below 👇 taxpayersalliance.com/cost_of_a_tipp…

"We've seen a pub close its doors every single day this year" 🗣️ Make sure to listen to this week's episode of A Nation of Taxpayers, where @ElliotKeck and @DuncanBarkes chat to @EmmaMcClarkin from @beerandpub about the increasing costs to the pub industry 🍺

Pubs have been a cornerstone of British social life for centuries. However, their continued existence is now under considerable threat due to misguided government policies 🍻 Investigations campaign manager @Callum_McGol explains why 👇