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NewsJust Eat and Pasta Evangelists among businesses to face CMA investigation in fake review crackdown
The UK’s competition watchdog says it has opened investigations into five businesses it suspects may have infringed consumer law with their practices in relation to online reviews
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News‘Summer Streets’ hospitality fund returns to the capital
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has announced he will be making £400,000 available to councils to support local hospitality businesses to increase al fresco dining and extend opening hours.
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NewsFines to be imposed for late supplier payments
The government is expected to set out the new rules later today (24 March), which will see the 60-day time supplier payment limit become a mandatory requirement.
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Weekend PressBritain’s high streets ‘dragged down by vape shops’
Communities secretary Steve Reed has vowed the government will restore pride in run-down towns, the Sunday Telegraph reports
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NewsGovernment to launch new foundation apprenticeships in hospitality
Chef Tom Kerridge and trade body UKHospitality are among those to voice their support for the expansion of foundation apprenticeships into hospitality and retail from April 2026
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NewsUKHospitality calls for broad package of support on energy costs
The trade body’s CEO Allen Simpson has written to energy secretary Ed Miliband calling for the government to deliver financial help for hospitality business hits by the inflationary impact of the war in Iran.
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Weekend PressVegan sausage rolls saved from EU ban
While Brussels bans meat-related terms such as ‘steak’ and ‘bacon’ to market plant-based food, veggie ‘burgers’ and ‘sausage’ avoid the chop says The Telegraph
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Weekend PressPrice of alcohol-free beer is rising much more than the real thing
Brewers do not pay alcohol duty on the products, which have taken Britain by storm, but, as reported by The Times, they say they are more complex and expensive to make
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Weekend PressShould Birmingham baltis get Unesco status?
It’s not a recipe, it’s a way of cooking. But, as The Times reports, with the Balti Triangle shrinking from dozens of restaurants to two, fans want the taste protected
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NewsHospitality urges Chancellor to tackle cost of doing business
Trade bodies have urged the government to prioritise reducing cost pressures after the Spring Statement yesterday, as the OBR downgraded growth forecasts despite falling inflation
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NewsRachel Reeves advisor: ‘We don’t need any more restaurants’
The Chancellor’s advisor on entrepreneurship Alexander Depledge said: ”I’m not anti-hospitality but that’s not where my efforts are.”
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NewsMarkus Thesleff: ‘We cannot ignore the environment we’re operating in’
The owner of London restaurants Los Mochis and Sale e Pepe has said current sector-specific government policies have created ‘significant threats’ to hospitality and tourism businesses
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Analysis & InsightLate-night venues fell by 4.1% in 2025
New findings from the NTIA Night Time Economy Market Monitor show that 2025 marked a ‘critical breaking point’ for the segment with closures continuing to accelerate
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NewsFSB warns small businesses face ‘perfect storm’ in April
The lobby group says 35% of small employers are planning to close their operations or reduce output as combination of higher costs arrives
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NewsTourist tax ‘the wrong policy at the worst possible time’
A government consultation on proposals to give Mayors powers to to introduce overnight visitor levies in England closed yesterday
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NewsLuke Johnson warns of ‘disconnect’ between government and businesses
The sector investor told the BBC that the mood among UK employments is the “darkest” he’s ever seen, criticising the government for making it more “expensive and risky to employ people”
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NewsGovernment considers ditching minimum wage pledge
Labour ministers are considering ditching the party’s manifesto pledge to pay young people the same national minimum wage as older workers, amid record youth employment figures
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Analysis & InsightHospitality insolvencies fall to lowest level in two years
Government data shows accommodation and food service insolvencies fell 26% month-on-month between November and December last year with the number of collapses easing slightly over the course of the year
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NewsLabour under pressure to review ‘flawed’ business rates system
Treasury minister Dan Tomlinson has ‘acknowledged concerns’ about the valuation process and promised a ‘review of the methodology’ - but the government will not change it until the next three-yearly revaluation in 2029
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NewsAngela Rayner: Government must engage and listen to the sector
Labour leadership potential challengers Angela Rayner and Andy Burnham have criticised the government’s tax policies for putting hospitality businesses under pressure