in stroud in 6loucestershire, the raw ingredients aren t getting any cheaper. you know, it wasn t long ago when the value of the pound really dropped and overnight the prices went up 10 i2%. the devaluation of the pound in the past year means businesses have to pay more in pounds to buy goods priced in dollars or euros, from hops to oil and gas. how much do you pay for a bag of these? it varies anywhere between sort of £15 to £40 a kilo. the biggest rise is our power. electricity has doubled over the last year. 6as has gone up at least by half. 0ur raw materials, so malt and hops, cans, labels, they ve gone up between 10% and 15%. 6lobal inflationary pressure is now coming home in higher wage costs as employers pay more to compete for an unexpectedly small pool of available workers. labour, we re a living wage employer. lowest wages have gone up by 10%. for us that s at least sort of 40, 50, £60,000 a year additional costs,