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Summary and Conclusions

In: Intervention in the Modern UK Brewing Industry

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  • John Spicer
  • Chris Thurman
  • John Walters
  • Simon Ward

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Among the stream of official inquiries into the brewing industry in the 20 years preceding the 1986–89 investigation, the Monopolies Commission’s 1969 Report on the Supply of Beer was the only one which had explicitly been concerned with the industry’s operational structure. And it is hard to overstate the significance of the authorities’ failure to act on that Report’s sole recommendation, namely, that because the licensing system inhibited competition by restricting new entry, it should be substantially relaxed. The result was that one regulatory inquiry after another into the brewers, whatever its specific subject, referred disapprovingly to the tied house system, thereby creating growing — and ultimately irresistible — pressure for reform of the industry.

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  • John Spicer & Chris Thurman & John Walters & Simon Ward, 2012. "Summary and Conclusions," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Intervention in the Modern UK Brewing Industry, chapter 20, pages 221-244, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-35558-3_20
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230355583_20
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