Owner of Cambridge Wine Merchants, IWC Merchant of the Year, and wannabe rock star
Joined September 2009
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Hal Wilson retweeted
23 Sep 2025
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! ❤️
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15 Nov 2024
Let's do this!
A bunch of wine friends is trying to stop the February duty hike. To join the protest send a capsule or screwcap to Rachel Reeves c/o HM Treasury, 1 Horse Guards Road, London SW1A 2HQ. Please urge the government to #capthewinetax. Our petition goes live soon.
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Hal Wilson retweeted
4 Nov 2024
The question is - why is the government so keen to inflict such pointless (and potentially fatal for small businesses) bureaucracy?
31 Oct 2024
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
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2 Nov 2024
What the Budget means for wine businesses and drinkers, a thread. Rishi Sunak's weird alcohol tax reforms sought to take advantage of new found freedoms when the UK had left the EU. Heavily informed by a report funded by anti-alcohol think tank the Institute of Alcohol
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2 Nov 2024
..in drinking one wine over the other is extremely low. The Budget on Wednesday was a big one, looking to raise huge sums and start to fix the crumbling public services the Government inherited. From the wine trade's perspective we already are a part of the solution, raising
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2 Nov 2024
£4billion in duty and contributing £67billion in economic activity. We want to be part of the economic growth the country desperately needs. Instead we will spend our time calculating ever decreasing amounts of tax, fuel inflation and look to manage our decline responsibly.
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Hal Wilson retweeted
20 Sep 2024
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
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