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'Hospitality is being so squeezed we cannot see a single sunlit upland'

05 April 2023 by

Independent Spanish restaurant Levanter in Ramsbottom has permanently closed after nine years due to a struggle with rising costs.

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Sacha Lord urges Ofgem to investigate ‘extortionate’ exit fees for hospitality businesses

04 April 2023 by

Sacha Lord, the night-time economy adviser for Greater Manchester, has called on energy market watchdog Ofgem to launch an urgent investigation and support the cancellation of exit fees for small and medium-sized hospitality businesses as the pressures of soaring energy[...]

Warning '2,000 pubs could close' as landlords turn out the lights News

Warning '2,000 pubs could close' as landlords turn out the lights

01 March 2023 by

Pub owners have resorted to installing wood burners or lighting candles to save energy as a[...]

Energy costs accounting for a third of restaurant bills News

Energy costs accounting for a third of restaurant bills

16 February 2023 by

A third (33%) of a diner’s restaurant bill is going towards paying the venue’s energy costs,[...]

Energy firms face £2b legal claim over ‘secret payments’ to brokers News

Energy firms face £2b legal claim over ‘secret payments’ to brokers

13 February 2023 by

Energy firms are facing a £2b legal challenge from thousands of businesses over claims they inflated[...]

UKHospitality: Energy suppliers not passing on discounts to hospitality businesses News

UKHospitality: Energy suppliers not passing on discounts to hospitality businesses

03 February 2023 by

Some energy suppliers are still not passing on government discounts on bills to struggling restaurants, hotels,[...]

UKHospitality meets with Ofgem over energy supply concerns News

UKHospitality meets with Ofgem over energy supply concerns

26 January 2023

UKHospitality has met with Ofgem to discuss ongoing concerns around the price and availability of energy supply to hospitality businesses.

Calls for urgent inquiry into withholding of energy support to hospitality businesses News

Calls for urgent inquiry into withholding of energy support to hospitality businesses

23 January 2023

An urgent inquiry into the withholding of energy support to the hospitality industry has been called for by Greater Manchester’s Night-Time Economy Adviser.

Over 13,000 hospitality businesses closed since 2020 News

Over 13,000 hospitality businesses closed since 2020

20 January 2023 by

More than 10% of the UK’s hospitality businesses have permanently closed since the start of the[...]

Energy bills: hospitality operators cut wages and opening hours to cover costs News

Energy bills: hospitality operators cut wages and opening hours to cover costs

16 January 2023 by

A hospitality operator has stopped paying herself a salary following the government’s decision to cut energy[...]

Calls to name and shame ‘disgraceful’ rogue energy suppliers News

Calls to name and shame ‘disgraceful’ rogue energy suppliers

16 January 2023 by

UKHospitality has urged the energy watchdog to call out rogue suppliers who have been using government[...]

Brewers and cheesemakers to qualify for extra energy support News

Brewers and cheesemakers to qualify for extra energy support

10 January 2023 by

Brewers, wine producers and food manufacturers and processors are among the businesses which will qualify for[...]

Government confirms cut in energy bill support for businesses from April News

Government confirms cut in energy bill support for businesses from April

09 January 2023

The government has confirmed it will continue to subsidise businesses’ energy costs until 31 March 2024, but said the rate of support will be reduced from April 2023.

Chancellor tells hospitality groups energy bill support is ‘unsustainably expensive’ News

Chancellor tells hospitality groups energy bill support is ‘unsustainably expensive’

05 January 2023

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has told business groups that the current level of energy bill support is “unsustainably expensive” and cannot continue at its current rate.

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