What does PBD stand for?

Progressive Beer Duty (UK)

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Firstly progressive beer duty, which is a government tax break for smaller brewers, which allows them to compete with the economies of scale of the larger breweries.

BREWING UP SUCCESS; IT'S BEEN a tough time for the UK pub industry. ...

I then got the first huge pick-me-up in the 2002 Budget where SIBA's long campaign came to fruition and we finally got progressive beer duty, basically small brewers' relief, which cut our costs by 50%.

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He said the industry had been helped hugely by the Government's introduction of Progressive Beer Duty, which means brewers producing less than 30,000 barrels a year pay less tax.

Here for the(real)beer; Madonna helps tip tastes in ale revival