RE: Marstons Beer in Lidl Germany21 Sep 2018 10:14
You're missing a number of important points, Moneygrabber.
1. The EU wants to “harmonise” the rate of VAT and the goods to which it applies. VAT must be at least 15 per cent but can be cut to 5 per cent on certain specified items. EU-wide consent is needed for any changes, which is why George Osborne needs European permission to reduce VAT on tampons and sanitary towels.
2. EU single market rules discourage governments from giving financial support to private companies, to make sure “national champions” do not have a commercial advantage over rivals. Those rules meant that ministers couldn’t directly bail out Tata Steel’s UK plants.
3. The EU has its own foreign aid programme to give away your money. In 2013, it spent almost €15 billion (£11.8 billion) on foreign aid, almost exactly as much as the UK Government. Money that could be better spent in investing in British based Companies, funding extra police officers etc.
4. The British Chambers of Commerce has shown that the total cost of EU regulation is £7.6 billion ($12 billion) per year," said the report. "Since the Lisbon Treaty came into force in December 2009, it has cost British businesses £12.2 billion ($19.3 billion) (net) in extra regulation.
5. America, Canada, Australia to name but 3 Countries are standing in line waiting to do trade deals with us.
I accept your argument that it will take time to set up. But deals with these 3 alone would be worth Billions in profits to the companies involved, to say nothing of the taxes, (if collected correctly and effectively) by our Government.along with increased employment selling of supplying those goods and services, which reduces unemployment to some degree, and therefore reducing benefits payments, which in turn saves the Country money.
I could go on, but won't.
It's also interesting that you say we don't do well because we've got nothing others want to buy, yet you also say that you think that Marstons is a strong buy. Strange indeed.
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