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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
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InterviewsWasabi CEO: Growing taxation and regulation risk ‘killing the industry’
Henry Birts has said the growing burden of red tape is stifling the hospitality sector, with recent rises in costs leading to higher prices and inflation
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NewsGreene King sets out proposals for business rates relief
The pubco recommends the business rates multiplier for pubs should be reduced by 20p, and that rates should be calculated based on profit rather than turnover
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InterviewsBrewhouse & Kitchen: ‘We have less people doing more and more hours’
The pub operator may have reduced its workforce through natural attrition, but the impact of April’s extra labour costs is inhibiting growth and new job creation, CEO Kris Gumbrell tells MCA
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NewsPub bosses warn government over £1.7bn tax on business
The leaders of JW Wetherspoon, Fuller’s and Greene King have called for the “unfairness” in the business rates system to be rectified if further pub closures are to be avoided
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Weekend PressStruggling pubs and cafes to get lifeline under new rules
Struggling pubs, cafes and clubs around the country could be rescued under new a new law to let locals take them over, The Mirror reports
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NewsChefs ‘no longer granted access to the immigrations system’
Chefs are to be stripped of their ability to recruit from abroad, alongside 111 ocupations no longer deeemd to have a shortage of workers, under government immigration plans
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NewsRestaurants to be required to report diners’ calorie consumption
The Telegraph reports the industry has been “totally blindsided” by plans to reduce obesity and ease pressure on the NHS
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NewsNIC increases hurts jobs market ‘more than expected’
The governor of the Bank of England Andrew Bailey said he was seeing a “bit more evidence” that companies were reacting to higher payroll taxes by cutting headcount or vacancies
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NewsMayor of London announces four new al fresco hotspots
Parts of the West End, Shoreditch, Brixton, and Leyton will go car-free at select hours in a bid to support the capital’s hospitality scene
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NewsNIC changes contribute to more than 100,000 job losses
The damaging impact necessitates an urgent review and reversal of the increases, UKHospitality has said
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NewsPizzaExpress among companies named by Government for minimum wage failures
The Department for Business and Trade released a list of 518 employers and businesses that underpaid workers over several years
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NewsKate Nicholls: Immigration rules risk curbing pub and bar trading hours
The UKHospitality CEO warns that tighter immigration controls could force pubs and bars to reduce trading hours and restrict capacity unless matched with urgent domestic workforce reform