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NewsUK looking to end illegal gig economy work
The government is due to launch a consultation, today, on new laws which would force the likes of Uber Eats, Deliveroo and Just Eat Takeaway to perform stringent checks on their workers to make sure none are working for them illegally
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NewsBusiness rates surcharge could cause closures, UKH warns
The trade body has untied with the British Retail Consortium to warn that the planned surcharge could leave hundreds of high street properties at risk of closure
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Analysis & InsightSugary drinks could face further levies as ‘sin tax’ receipts fall
Research from UHY Hacker Young shows ‘sin taxes’ contributed 2.8% of total tax revenues in 2024/25, down from 4.3% in 2015/16, amid long-term shifts in tobacco and alcohol consumption
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Weekend PressWetherspoon chief laments higher costs amid minimum wage hike plans
Sir Tim Martin says there has been an ‘unthinking retreat from market forces’ as Rachel Reeves plans to increase the national living wage above target inflation, The Sunday Times reports
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NewsGaucho: Tronc changes offer ‘equitable’ distribution
Changes to the way service charges are distributed mean many roles including kitchen staff, sous chefs, commis chefs, receptionists and kitchen assistants will receive an increase, according to a source close to the steakhouse group
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Analysis & InsightNew cross-party inquiry sets out recommendations to drive pub sector growth
A report commissioned by the All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group has called on the government to help drive investment and growth in pubs and brewing
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Analysis & InsightInvestors still see sustainability as ‘a key element of the sector’
According to Burger King UK CFO Tim Doubleday, running a responsible business and having a strong sustainability agenda are “massively linked together”
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NewsLate night licensing plans ‘total nonsense’
Pub leaders have rubbished Labour’s plans to allow pubs to stay open later, with many venues already scaling back their opening hours as customers choose to drink earlier
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NewsLicensing Act to see reforms in support of hospitality
Venues that sell alcohol will be able to open into the early hours in a push for economic growth and to boost the ‘British night out’
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Analysis & InsightHow business inheritance changes could cause shockwaves for the historic family brewing sector
There are fears Britain’s family brewers could be forced to sell up to large corporations or be broken up due to changes to the business inheritance rules, Simon Brooke reports
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NewsConservatives pledge to scrap business rates for high street pubs
Shadow chancellor Sir Mel Stride said the policy would cost £4bn a year and benefit about 250,000 hospitality, retail and leisure businesses
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Analysis & InsightEnergy price hikes: ‘Additional costs are not welcome’
Hospitality operators are grappling with the prospect of further increases in the price of energy as electricity standing charges are set to double, placing “yet another burden on hospitality”
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NewsHospitality job losses could total 111,000 by November Budget
UKHospitality is urging the government to reverse some of the damage done in the last Budget, by lowering business rates, fixing NICs and cutting VAT
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NewsEmployment Tribunal case could have ‘nuclear’ impact on sector
A case brought against The Big Table Group, which is now subject to appeal, unexpectedly found that tronc payments should be included in the calculation of workers’ holiday pay, with fears more staff could now come forward with similar claims
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NewsTim Martin: Profits-based business rates risk ‘undermining’ UKH efforts
In response to a recent proposal from Greene King, the Wetherspoon chairman argued that business rates based on profits would create “a nightmare of complexity”
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NewsBurger King UK cautions against additional taxes on hospitality
CFO Tim Doubleday shared his thoughts on HFSS regulation and Burger King’s impact on obesity, pointing out the average customer visits the chain a few times a year
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Weekend Press‘All the power is with the employer’: why zero-hours workers welcome Labour’s rights bill
Critics of the legislation want the government to water it down, but for many employees change can’t come too soon, The Guardian reports
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NewsHalf of UK job losses in hospitality, say bosses
Job losses in restaurants, bars, pubs and hotels total around 89,000 since last October, according to UKHospitality analysis of Office for National Statistics data
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NewsHospitality welcomes proposals to cut red tape
UKHospitality chair Kate Nicholls called for long-term plan to boost high streets and hospitality that sees both a reduction in red tape and business rates, expected in the upcoming Budget
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NewsTax rises killing off pub summer holiday jobs, warn bosses
Rising taxation risks killing off the traditional pub summer holiday jobs amid a sharp slump in hospitality vacancies