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Rishi Sunak faces backlash for 'wildly inaccurate' hospitality rent remarks
Rishi Sunak has come under fire from the hospitality industry for underestimating the rent costs faced by businesses.
BEIS committee calls for government to address growing commercial rent arrears
The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) committee has called for the government to address growing commercial rent arrears in a report that says the issue is “jeopardising” many businesses’ prospects of long-term recovery.
Calls for hospitality Budget support backed by more than 80 MPs
Jason Atherton and Chantelle Nicholson back campaign calling on chancellor to save hospitality
Cut in beer duty under consideration by chancellor
Business rates review delayed until the autumn
Gordon Ramsay says restaurant industry 'should be less of a masculine world' in conversation with chancellor
Gordon Ramsay has said the restaurant industry "should be less of a masculine world" in conversation[...]
Think tank urges chancellor to gradually phase out furlough to avoid job losses
Think tank the Resolution Foundation has urged chancellor Rishi Sunak to phase out the furlough scheme[...]
Bounce Back Loan repayment extension gives businesses ‘breathing space’
Further details of Pay As You Grow (PAYG) have been confirmed, enabling more flexible repayments on[...]
CBI says businesses need support before Budget
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has written to the chancellor calling for further business support[...]
No update on VAT cut or business rates holiday extension until March
The industry is to wait for the chancellor's budget in March for further financial support and news on whether the current VAT cut and business rates holiday will be extended."
Operators call for meaningful long-term support to get them through latest lockdown
Operators have called for more meaningful long-term support to support the hospitality sector through the latest lockdown, particularly an extension of the current VAT reduction.
Hospitality businesses to receive grants worth up to £9,000
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced that businesses in the hospitality sector are to receive a one-off grant worth up to £9,000 to help them through to the spring.
Chancellor extends furlough until end of April
The furlough scheme has been extended until the end of April 2021, chancellor Rishi Sunak announced[...]
Spending review: Chancellor announces National Living Wage increase
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced the National Living Wage will increase in his spending review today.
Trade associations issue desperate plea to chancellor Rishi Sunak
A coalition of trade associations have sent an open letter to chancellor Rishi Sunak calling for[...]
Government to pay two-thirds of workers’ wages for businesses closed by law
The government will pay two-thirds of workers’ wages for businesses required to close their premises due[...]
Chancellor to launch local furlough support
Chancellor Rishi Sunak is expected to announce further measures to help businesses forced to close as a result of local lockdowns."
Prime minister says Eat Out to Help Out may have helped spread coronavirus despite lack of evidence
Prime minister Boris Johnson has said August's Eat Out to Help Out scheme may have helped spread coronavirus, but when challenged on the scientific evidence behind the 10pm curfew on hospitality, he was unable to provide any.
Chancellor to introduce furlough scheme replacement and extend VAT cut
Chancellor Rishi Sunak is expected to announce new schemes to protect jobs and prop up businesses as coronavirus restrictions further hamper hospitality operators' ability to trade.
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