Make Fools Of Alcohol Fraudsters

The introduction on 1 April of a new registration regime for alcohol wholesalers is of huge significance to the supply chain. The requirement for trade buyers to check they are purchasing alcohol from an approved source means that, for the first time in history, supply in the UK is fully regulated, from the bonded warehouse to the off-licence. To WOWGR (Warehousekeepers and Owners of Warehoused Goods Regulations) at one end, and the licensing regime at the other, we can now add the Alcohol Wholesaler Registration Scheme (AWRS), an HMRC initiative intended to prevent duty fraud between those two poles.