{"id":118571,"date":"2018-05-10T15:18:16","date_gmt":"2018-05-10T14:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/?p=118571"},"modified":"2023-02-17T10:31:05","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T10:31:05","slug":"selling-alcohol-online-licenses-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/websites\/creating\/selling-alcohol-online-licenses-need\/","title":{"rendered":"Selling alcohol online: What licences do you need and what do they cost?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Startups.co.uk is reader supported – we may earn a commission from our recommendations, at no extra cost to you and without impacting our editorial impartiality.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n[vc_column_text title_type=”h1″]To say the hospitality industry has been through a prolonged period of turmoil would be an understatement. From the COVID-19 pandemic, to the challenges posed by Brexit, and now an inevitable recession caused by rising energy bills and a cost of living crisis, it’s definitely been a tough time, causing many retailers to move operations online<\/a> only.\n

All of this upheaval has left hospitality and retail businesses all over the UK trying to find creative ways to maintain sales and continuity, which according to the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA)*, has caused the average price of a pint to soar to £5.99, where in 2020 it was worth £5.19.<\/p>\n

Businesses with licensed premises are now considering trying a two-pronged approach of selling alcohol online as well as in-store. Whilst other premises that may be forced to close their doors as a result of astronomically rising energy bills are considering a move to selling alcohol online instead.<\/p>\n

So are you running a microbrewery looking to move those sales online? Or perhaps your gin distillery wants to start delivering its boozy botanics via an online ordering system.<\/p>\n

Whatever your measure, here we’ll be serving up licence advice by the bottle and have you in the know when it comes to the laws surrounding alcohol ecommerce, as well as the alcohol license costs you need to consider.<\/span><\/p>\n

Much like selling from physical premises, selling alcohol online does<\/em> require legal permission in the form of licences – it’s a highly regulated product, after all. Read on to find out which licences you’ll be needing to conduct your business lawfully.<\/p>\n

All legal and regulatory information on this page was updated February 2023. For further regulatory information, visit the gov.uk website.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\n \n \n Everything you need to create a professional website for selling alcohol <\/span>\n <\/div>\n \n
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There’s plenty of planning you’ll need to do to make sure you get the appropriate licenses for selling alcohol online. Thankfully, one area which needn’t cause undue stress is creating a website to promote your business. Thanks to modern templates like the one below<\/a><\/strong>, you can create one of your own in under an hour.<\/p>\n

\"Shopify<\/a><\/p>\n

At Startups.co.uk, we test and rate ecommerce platforms, and we’ve identified Shopify as one of the best you can choose for creating an online store for selling alcohol. Shopify even has custom website templates designed specifically for food and drinks stores<\/strong><\/a> – you simply drop your own company information, wording and preferred imagery into your chosen template. Better still, it’s completely free to try<\/strong> for yourself.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]

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