Download or read book Intervention in the Modern UK Brewing Industry written by J. Spicer and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-12-06 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of the radical intervention carried out by the Thatcher administration in response to 1986-89 Monopolies and Mergers Commission inquiry into brewing. It describes the creation of big brewers, the official investigations into what many saw as an uncompetitive structure and the damaging consequences for consumers and licensees.