All Employment articles – Page 2
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Weekend PressBrewDog administration leaves creditors facing £208m loss
The fallout spans bank loans, tax debts and £75 million put up by about 220,000 crowdfunders before Tilray’s £33 million rescue, The Times reports
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NewsSimon Rogan: UK expansion ‘not a viable proposition’
L’Enclume restaurateur Simon Rogan says he ‘has no appetite’ to invest more in Britain, with the tourist tax the latest addition to the cost of doing business
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NewsLina Stores appoints new marketing director
Hannah Clark joins the Italian deli and restaurant brand from Urban Pubs & Bars
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NewsKFC franchisee marks 50 site milestone
Gastronomy Restaurants has opened a new site at Shrewsbury Meole Brace, an early example of KFC’s new branding and restaurant design
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NewsLabour minister admits tourist tax launched without assessing jobs impact
Local government minister Jim McMahon said the government had failed to carry out a formal national impact assessment of the levy and its effect on the economy
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NewsChancellor considering budget raid on higher stake slot machines
While John Healey is looking at raising gambling taxes, insiders say he wants to ensure any move does not hit traditional venues such as pubs, bingo halls or seaside arcades
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NewsWelsh government announces 30% business rates cut for hospitality and leisure venues
Analysis by UKHospitality shows 84% of ratepaying hospitality businesses in Wales will benefit from the cut, though the trade body warns costs will rise for some larger venues
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NewsOpen Restaurant Group acquires Wreck Bistro from Gary Usher
The acquisition takes Open Restaurant Group’s portfolio to nine sites, following its takeover of Hispi in Didsbury from Usher’s Elite Bistros
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NewsMayors challenged to back VAT pledge
Labour mayors who argue a tourist tax is ‘normal’ because it exists in tourist destinations like Paris, Rome, Lisbon and Berlin, should get behind European levels of VAT, UKHospitality has argued
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Weekend Press‘Hotel police’ to enforce Burnham’s tourist tax
Tax officers will be able to demand access to hotels, force hospitality bosses to hand over documents and issue financial penalties under government proposals to impose the new overnight visitor levy, reports The Telegraph
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Weekend PressFlorian de Chezelles: ‘We’re only as good as the last salad we’ve made’
The co-founder of The Salad Project speaks to the FT about spotting a gap in the market to serve healthy lunchtime meals to London’s workers, and why he’s taking the brand to Paris
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Weekend PressPremier Inn owner: ‘Tourist tax’ could stop us opening new hotels
Whitbread boss Dominic Paul tells The Times Andy Burnham’s planned levy on overnight visitors would hit an industry already struggling with higher business rates
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OpinionVisitor levies may work in cities. The real test lies elsewhere
Jet-setting city-break visitors to English cities are unlikely to be put off by a tourist tax, with overnight levies already commonplace acorss Europe. The greater concern is for more price sensitive family staycations to coastal, rural and seasonal destinations which are already under pressure
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NewsStarbucks UK ‘key driver of international sales growth’
FY25 growth of 6% has been carried into 2026 at the UK business, with cold beverage sales a key driver of this positive momentum
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NewsHospitality leaders condemn tourist tax as latest blow to a sector at breaking point
Communities secretary Angela Rayner announced local and regional leaders will be able to introduce a percentage-based charge on overnight stays in hotels, holiday lets and B&Bs, with Labour mayors indicating they are likely to levy around 5%
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NewsWagamama returns to growth as investments gain traction
Like-for-like sales grew 3.1% in Q2, accelerating further to 5.2% in Q3-to-date, with Wagamama saying trading remains significantly ahead of the wider UK restaurant market
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NewsMcDonald’s UK&I appoints chief restaurant officer
Lee Homer was chief operating officer for McDonald’s Nordics as part of his role at Terra Firma Capital Partners, and has also held operational leadership roles at Waitrose and PizzaExpress
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NewsBudget is ‘moment of change’ for sector
UKHospitality has made four key asks ahead of the upcoming Budget, but its calls to abolish the tourist tax seem to have fallen on deaf ears, with government proposals on the local levies to be set out this week
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Analysis & InsightInappropriate and unacceptable behaviour still commonplace in hospitality
More than half of hospitality workers polled in a new survey have experienced inappropriate, unsafe or unacceptable behaviour within the past year, according to independent hospitality standard VERiFAIR.
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NewsWelsh government urged to cut business rates multiplier for hospitality
UKHospitality Cymru made the case that lowering business rates for the sector would be a simple and practical solution to reduce costs