Owner of Cambridge Wine Merchants, IWC Merchant of the Year, and wannabe rock star
Cambridge, UK
Joined September 2009
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Hal Wilson retweeted
This is Office David Rose, who was killed during a mass shooting at the CDC by an anti-vax extremist. Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr, who oversees the CDC, did not attend Rose’s funeral but found the time to speak at Charlie Kirk’s memorial.
RETWEET to honor Officer Rose! ❤️
Hal Wilson retweeted
The question is - why is the government so keen to inflict such pointless (and potentially fatal for small businesses) bureaucracy?
My comments on a very disappointing Budget for the wine and spirit trade.
RPI increase on 1 Feb 2025 will be 3.65%
#Budget2024 @wstauk
Hal Wilson retweeted
The graphic shows UK duty increases on 1 Aug 2023
The latest HMRC alcohol duty receipts data was released today. Between Sept ‘23 & Aug ‘24, year-on-year receipts were:
◦£1.3bn lower overall
◦Wine: £238m lower
◦Spirits: £757m lower
◦Beer: £320m lower
◦Cider: £24m lower
Hal Wilson retweeted
"@DomaineGayda is a sleeping dragon" with great potential which is why James Harvey says he's joined the Languedoc producer in a new sales & marketing director role.He explains how it wants to build strong partnerships with premium on & off-trade customers the-buyer.net/insight/james-…
Hal Wilson retweeted
WSTA call for 'fresh start' with Labour government...
Read more ⬇️
thedrinksbusiness.com/2024/0…
@wstauk
Hal Wilson retweeted
Wine growers say the tax writers in England didn’t take agricultural volatility into account in drafting a post-Brexit bill that now bases the tax imposed on every bottle of wine on its alcohol content, not its volume. btaxgo.com/gIPThV1
Hal Wilson retweeted
Wine growers say the tax writers in England didn’t take agricultural volatility into account in drafting a post-Brexit bill that now bases the tax imposed on every bottle of wine on its alcohol content, not its volume. btaxgo.com/O9ICtR2
Hal Wilson retweeted
Some good reading material to help a new Government to understand why the wine trade is calling for the wine duty easement to be made permanent 👇
@HalWilsonUK @WSTA_Miles
#WSTA #WineEasement
news.bloombergtax.com/daily-…
Hal Wilson retweeted
Wine trade urges next government to keep duty easement - Drinks Retailing (drinksretailingnews.co.uk) @wstauk @HalWilsonUK @majesticwine @laithwaites
Hal Wilson retweeted
‘Sauvignon surcharge’: Next prime minister urged to dump Sunak post-Brexit wine tax independent.co.uk/news/uk/po…
Hal Wilson retweeted
Sunak’s wine legacy.
The highest rates of duty on wine in Europe, with 64 bands of duty (to replace just 2!) from 1 Feb 2025.
Will the next government do the right thing - it’s a simple move - and help businesses and consumers?
My monthly newsletter…
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Hal Wilson retweeted
With the council embarking on ‘reimagining’ the centre of Cambridge, there’s one feature they could improve that would have a lot of popular support. – at East, England
Hal Wilson retweeted
TOGETHER, WE CAN PUT A STOP TO THIS DUTY MADNESS
@wstauk @WineMerchantMag @HalWilsonUK winemerchantmag.com/together…
Hal Wilson retweeted
We pay tribute to everyone who makes Spanish wine a favorite choice for the British. Tonight we celebrate Almuneda Alberca, Amaya Cervera and Hal Wilson becoming new members of the Gran Orden de Caballeros del Vino for its contribution to Spanish wine in the UK. ¡Felicidades!
Hal Wilson retweeted
👀Please watch and share our views about where we think the Government has got #wine #tax wrong 🍷
#KeepTheWineEasement
@wstauk @WineDrinkersUK
@willquince led a Westminster Hall debate on wine duty & the temporary easement. We have respond to @GarethDavies_MP statements to ask him to work with the sector to avoid costly red tape.
View our whole response,
youtu.be/pqM1YQ0eQok
#CutDrinksDuty @WSTA_Miles @hmtreasury
Hal Wilson retweeted
Here’s @HalWilsonUK on why everyone in the wine industry needs to do their bit to stop the alcohol duty changes in February 2025….@WSTA @WSTA_Miles
Brilliantly written & v personal account of the impact multi-duty alcohol reforms will have on individual wine businesses as well as wine industry by @HalWilsonUK & need for anyone with a voice to use it to keep fighting against the "terrifying" changes. the-buyer.net/opinion/cambri…
Hal Wilson retweeted
Fabulous tasting of these wines plus other vintages. Both wines were stunning but I thought the Chardonnay to be sublime. Thanks to Cambridge Wine Merchants- it was excellent
Hal Wilson retweeted
Why Brexity, other than the all too familiar ring of misguided, incompetent, anti-trade and flawed?
The architect of wine duty reform, the Leave-voting Chancellor @RishiSunak, might have been inspired by this Tufton St proposal from 2019 ‘Pour decisions’. smf.co.uk/wp-content/uploads…
Hal Wilson retweeted
The one in which @hmtreasury Minister @GarethDavies_MP demonstrates his lack of understanding, his unwillingness to listen (to his own colleagues) and his utter disregard for businesses in the UK wine sector. 🙉
As for his efforts comparing apples 🍏 with grapes 🍇 😡
@wstauk
The easement recognises why wine is unique and this is why the #WineEasement must be made permanent.
View our full response to find out more about what the easement is and how it helps the wine trade. youtube.com/watch?v=pqM1YQ0e…
#WSTA #CutDrinksDuty @WSTA_Miles @hmtreasury