UK drinkers are continuing to reduce their alcohol consumption, with 2009 seeing the sharpest year-on-year decline since 1948, according to newly published figures from the British Beer & Pub Association,
This, and other major changes affecting the UK beer market, are revealed in the newly published BBPA Statistical Handbook 2010.
There was a sharp, six per cent decline in total alcohol consumption in 2009, making it the fourth annual decline in five years. UK drinkers are now consuming 13 per cent less alcohol than in 2004. UK consumption remains below the average for the EU.
The new figures are one of many highlights among thousands of updated statistics on consumption, taxation, and consumer trends in this vital UK industry: > > > >
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