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Rising food prices drive inflation rate up to 3.2%

15 September 2021 by

Rising food prices have bumped the annual rate up by 3.2%, following the largest monthly increase on record.

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Fazenda to give restaurant staff 10% pay bonus using VAT savings

07 July 2021 by

The owner of the Fazenda restaurant chain is using savings from the cut in hospitality VAT to give all 330 of its staff a 10% pay bonus.

Wetherspoon says 12.5% VAT will mean 40p increase in meal price News

Wetherspoon says 12.5% VAT will mean 40p increase in meal price

07 July 2021 by
Six things to look out for in Rishi Sunak’s Budget today for hospitality News

Six things to look out for in Rishi Sunak’s Budget today for hospitality

03 March 2021 by
Calls for hospitality Budget support backed by more than 80 MPs News

Calls for hospitality Budget support backed by more than 80 MPs

01 March 2021 by
Jason Atherton and Chantelle Nicholson back campaign calling on chancellor to save hospitality News

Jason Atherton and Chantelle Nicholson back campaign calling on chancellor to save hospitality

26 February 2021 by

Operators optimistic about sector’s long-term future – but urgent support needed for survival News

Operators optimistic about sector’s long-term future – but urgent support needed for survival

25 February 2021 by

Hospitality leaders are optimistic about the long-term future of the sector and its role in the[...]

Gordon Ramsay says restaurant industry 'should be less of a masculine world' in conversation with chancellor News

Gordon Ramsay says restaurant industry 'should be less of a masculine world' in conversation with chancellor

19 February 2021 by

Gordon Ramsay has said the restaurant industry "should be less of a masculine world" in conversation[...]

More than 160 hospitality CEOs call on chancellor to extend VAT and rates relief News

More than 160 hospitality CEOs call on chancellor to extend VAT and rates relief

15 February 2021 by

More than 160 hospitality chief executives have written to chancellor Rishi Sunak ahead of next month’s[...]

Deliveroo and 300 restaurant brands call for second Eat Out to Help Out when restaurants can reopen News

Deliveroo and 300 restaurant brands call for second Eat Out to Help Out when restaurants can reopen

15 February 2021 by

Deliveroo's founder Will Shu, alongside 300 restaurant brands including Itsu and Pizza Hut, has called on[...]

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New GDP figures 'highlight damage to UK’s hospitality sector'

Data published by the Office for National Statistics reiterate the economic importance of the UK’s hospitality sector, says UKHospitality."

12 February 2021 by
VAT petition surpasses 10,000 signatures News

VAT petition surpasses 10,000 signatures

08 February 2021
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A petition to extend the VAT cut for the hospitality industry until at least March 2022 has surpassed 10,000 signatures, meaning the government must respond to it.

Andy Lennox launches petition for VAT cut extension News

Andy Lennox launches petition for VAT cut extension

05 February 2021
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Andy Lennox, owner of Zim Braai restaurants in Bournemouth and Poole, has launched a petition calling for the government to extend the VAT cut for the hospitality sector until at least March 2022.

More details on reopening roadmap anticipated later this month News

More details on reopening roadmap anticipated later this month

03 February 2021 by

More details on the hospitality sector’s roadmap to reopening are expected to be clarified towards the[...]

Report calls to halve alcohol duty and scrap business rates to save hospitality from ‘financial oblivion’ News

Report calls to halve alcohol duty and scrap business rates to save hospitality from ‘financial oblivion’

02 February 2021 by

A business group has published a report today urging the chancellor to implement a £35b set[...]

UKHospitality calls for VAT and rates support after worst year on record News

UKHospitality calls for VAT and rates support after worst year on record

01 February 2021 by

The worst year of trading on record has left enormous swathes of the hospitality sector on[...]

‘No current plans’ to extend VAT cut News

‘No current plans’ to extend VAT cut

27 January 2021 by

A treasury minister has said there are “no current plans” to further extend the reduction in[...]

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Calls to cut tax on draught beer to help pubs

The Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) is calling for a Budget that lowers the rate of duty on beer served on tap in pubs and social clubs to help them compete with supermarket sales when they can reopen. "

22 January 2021 by
Business rates holiday and VAT cut extension 'essential' for hospitality revival News

Business rates holiday and VAT cut extension 'essential' for hospitality revival

20 January 2021
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Ahead of the chancellor's Budget statement in March, UKHospitality has written to Rishi Sunak outlining the additional action needed to ensure the revival of the UK’s hospitality sector.

CBI says businesses need support before Budget News

CBI says businesses need support before Budget

19 January 2021
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The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has written to the chancellor calling for further business support before the Budget in March to help protect companies.

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