All Employment articles – Page 3
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NewsGovernment urged to cut business costs ahead of Budget
A report from the CBI found businesses paid almost £345bn in taxes during 2025-26, an increase of 12.7% on the previous year and equivalent to nearly a third of total UK tax receipts
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NewsCaring blames ‘lacklustre economy’ on sales decline at Caprice
Despite the drop in sales, Caprice Holdings returned to profit and grew EBITDA to £15m, while it secured new credit facilities
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Analysis & InsightEPR adds ‘significant and unfair’ costs to businesses
It might sounds like a good idea in principle, but the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), which requires manufacturers to pay for the recycling of the packaging they produce, could have a devastating effect on pubs and breweries who face paying twice to comply, operators and industry experts tell MCA
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NewsXP Factory faces ‘significantly weaker competitive socialising market’
Chairman James van den Bergh described the year as “one of resilience rather than progress”, with Escape Hunt in growth but Boom Battle Bar seeing declining sales
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Weekend PressThe hotels hiring robots to cut their wage bills
Hospitality bosses are reconsidering automation as labour costs surge, The Telegraph reports
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Weekend PressGail’s reveals menopause plan ahead of new laws
The bakery has become one of the first big consumer brands to reveal a “menopause action plan” ahead of new laws coming in next year, The Sunday Times reports
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NewsFive Guys and Whitbread named for underpaying staff
Five Guys said the £54k underpayments identified by HMRC were caused by “technical differences in how payroll regulations were applied”, and have now been repaid
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NewsHospitality grant scheme opens for applications
The £10m fund, first announced back in January, will be invested into projects that help get new ventures off the ground, as well as support community venues and training programmes
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NewsSSP appoints Preyash Thakrar as chief strategy and corporate development officer
He joins the global food and beverage operator having previously held senior strategy leadership roles across the globe, most recently as of chief transformation officer at Boots
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NewsMarket Taverns promotes Miles Slade to CEO
It comes as the independent London pub group prepares to accelerate investment in its estate and pursue further expansion
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NewsPunch announces additions to L&T leadership team
Henry Fairbanks joins the business next month, from Chestnut Group, as innovations operations director, while Sarah Edmunds has been promoted to operations director for the Midlands.
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NewsVAT is a problem and Britain’s hospitality businesses are paying the price, warns top chef Tom Kerridge
Writing for The Mail, Kerridge said Labour ‘has now recognised that VAT is the lever to pull to drive footfall, support families and back hospitality businesses through its summer VAT scheme’
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OpinionMore action is required from government, but will it be forthcoming?
As a minister casts doubt on the prospect of a VAT cut for the sector, questions grow over how much further the new government will go to support operators
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Analysis & InsightCould new NEET figures be start of downward trend?
The number of young people not in education, employment or training fell by 30,000 in the last quarter, but with the figures still up year-on-year trade bodies call on the government to cut the cost of employment
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NewsCosts and political instability holding back investment despite ‘Burnham bounce’ in hospitality confidence
A survey carried out by the industry’s major trade bodies shows optimism in the sector more than doubled following the government’s announcement last month to reduce business rates
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NewsUKH: Zero-hours reform will ‘impact job opportunities for young people’
The trade body has also warned that the plans to restrict zero-hours contracts would add more cost to operators and reduce flexibility for staff
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NewsHall & Woodhouse: ‘Negative press’ hits partner recruitment
The regional brewer and pub operator has reported a 16% rise in profits after investing £19m in its pub estate, despite sector challenges making it harder to recruit new business partners
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NewsDomino’s to recruit 5,000 new workers
The pizza giant said jobs are being created for in-store staff and delivery drivers across its 1,400 stores in the UK and Ireland between now and Christmas
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NewsBerberè appoints new UK managing director
The burgeoning pizza brand has hired Maximilian Smith, former global marketing director at Carlsberg Group in Copenhagen
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NewsBBPA warns of the potential cost of guaranteed hours
The proposed introduction of the right to guaranteed hours, for those on zero- and low-hours contracts undermine growth in the sector and the flexible arrangements many workers value, it said.