The latest annual addition of British Beer and Pub Association’s, published that the alcohol consumption in UK for the year 2010, remained lower than it was six years ago, with the consumption continuing to flat line.
The report showed the statistics of UK alcohol consumption, where there was a small 0.6% rise in alcohol consumption per head in 2010. The drinking levels are still 11% lower than they were in 2004. It also showed that the UK ranks below the European average in terms of consumption.
However, other reports are quite contrary to the above report. They are raising the concerns about the UK’s approach to the industry. Britons are still paying high taxes on alcohol when compared with the neighboring countries. British alcohol taxes are now the second highest in the Europe on beer and wine, and 4th highest on spirits.
Also UK stats are eight times higher than France and 11 times higher than Germany. Apart from these the resources also found that the alcohol consumption per head is lower than that of 2004.
According to the experts, the rise in the percentage of taxes is due to the 35% rise in the beer taxes in the past three years.
They also added saying that the number of people who are drinking above health guidelines has been falling from many years and the industry is also investing reasonable amount of funds for conducting anti-drinking campaigns, to create awareness among the drinkers about the harmful effects of alcohol consumption.