With his Autumn Statement just days away, Kate Nicholls has a message for Chancellor Jeremy Hunt. As the voice of the hospitality industry, which employs 3.5 million people and pays £54bn a year in tax, she is demanding urgent action on business rates.
Otherwise, she says, a wave of small companies will be forced to close next spring because they will not be able to pay their spiralling bills.
As chief executive of UKHospitality, which represents 700 firms in the sector, Nicholls is acutely aware of the toll the past few years has exacted.
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