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Press Release 22.09.2022: An excise rate cut would reduce costs for 1,000s of businesses overnight – hospitality sector
Posted on 22 September 2022
*An excise rate cut would reduce costs for 1,000s of
businesses overnight – hospitality sector*
*DIGI calls for excise tax on drinks to be reduced by 7.5%
in Budget 2023*
*Call comes amid dramatic increases in...Read More »
Press Release 12.09.2022: Cost-of-living crisis leaves many in the hospitality sector vulnerable as costs soar
Posted on 12 September 2022
**Drinks Industry Group of Ireland analysis makes for dismal
reading for hospitality business owners**
*Report finds that all hospitality businesses are
experiencing soaring cost increases across food products (up
8.1%); meat products up (11.3%); poultry products up
(13.4%);...Read More »
Press Release 08.09.2022: Irish consumers pay more tax on a pint of beer than 25 EU member states and UK
Posted on 08 September 2022
*Industry leaders warn of impact of high excise tax on
consumers and the hospitality sector as cost-of-living
crisis worsens*
*Ireland has the second highest overall rate of excise tax
on drinks when compared to the EU27 and...Read More »
Press Release 04.08.2022: Over 21% decline in Irish pubs since 2005, new report shows
Posted on 04 August 2022
*1,829 less pubs in Ireland over 16-year period, while 349
closed during Covid period*
*Drinks Industry Group of Ireland analysis shows 21.2%
(1,829) of pubs closed between 2005 and 2021* *Decrease in
pubs in every county in...Read More »
Highest EU and UK tax burden on Ireland’s hospitality industry ‘unsustainable’ in post pandemic recovery
Posted on 07 October 2021
Highest EU and UK tax burden on Ireland’s hospitality
industry ‘unsustainable’ in post pandemic recovery
DIGI says Government must prioritise industries most
impacted by pandemic with ‘actions’ and not
‘promises’ in Budget 2022 as high tax rates will delay
recovery...Read More »
New Drinks Industry Group of Ireland (DIGI) analysis warns of two-tier recovery in 2022, with hospitality facing major post-Covid challenges
Posted on 26 September 2021
40,000 fewer jobs in drinks and hospitality industry in 2022
as impact of pandemic set to continue despite predicted
economic recovery – new analysis
New Drinks Industry Group of Ireland (DIGI) analysis warns
of two-tier recovery in 2022, with...Read More »
