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Tom McMullen

Tom McMullen is the Joint Managing Director at McMullen & Sons Limited, a 199 year-old brewery and pub operator that owns and manages ninety pubs in the home counties, together with a smaller number of tenanted businesses. Prior to becoming the six generation to run the brewery he was a corporate tax solicitor.

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Last year’s cut to business property relief will wreck many private family businesses – the Chancellor must rethink this anti-growth policy

In all likelihood you have never heard of Hertford’s last remaining brewer but, last year, we generated just under £46m in tax. We were left with nearly £15m in profit, which is vital for our reinvestment in growth and in the maintenance

by Tom McMullen
November 24, 2025
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