However, critics have said the tax reliefs are not enough to counter other decisions made in the Budget.
Some pub owners have said they are looking at a 30p to 40p increase on a pint because of higher employment costs.
Wetherspoons chief executive Tim Martin said in the pub chain group’s results last week that higher employment costs will cost the firm £80m a year.
He said the measures from the Budget “have a significantly bigger impact on pub and restaurant companies than supermarkets” and accused politicians of being “dinner party goers, rather than pub goers”.
“Following the wider Budget announcements, pubs and brewers now face an April cliff edge,” said British Beer and Pub Association chief executive Emma McClarkin, referring to when measures in the Budget will come into effect.
Unions have defended the increase in minimum wage and criticised large firms of “pleading poverty” while making large profits.
The government has said the rise in employer national insurance was needed to fix the public finances.
