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NewsStar agrees to pay £1.25m in PCA case
The Heineken-backed leased & tenanted pub operator was fined over breaches to the pubs code
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News
Dimbleby resigns as government food tsar
The co-founder of Leon has quit his role at Defra, criticising the government for its “insane” inaction on the nation’s obesity crisis.
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Government criticised for omitting hospitality workers from shortage occupation list
UKHospitality said the decision not to include overseas restaurant and bar workers in its shortage occupation list was “disappointing”
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Sector counting on Chancellor for support in Budget
Support on energy, business rates, VAT and the labour market are among the key areas the hospitality sector is calling for the government to address in its spring statement today
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Pubs can stay open later for King’s Coronation weekend
Pubs, bars and clubs in England and Wales will be able to serve customers until 1am between Friday 5 and Sunday 7 May
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Stonegate offers to change non-compliant rent review terms in MRO agreements
Around 70 market rent only (MRO) lessees have received an offer from Stonegate to remove the upward only open market rent review from their agreement when combined with an RPI linked rent review
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News
Support measures can help lower inflation
In its submission to the Chancellor, ahead of his Spring Budget, UKHospitality has called for support on energy, a lower business rates multiplier for hospitality and a temporary reduction in VAT
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Analysis & Insight
FSB warns of closures if energy relief ends
More than two in five small hospitality businesses have said they plan to close, downsize, or restructure if energy relief comes to an end in April
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News
Welsh businesses to get £460m in rates support from government
Welsh minister for finance and local government Rebecca Evans said it would boost businesses struggling with inflation and energy costs
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Chancellor to bring forward targeted approach to support for businesses on energy
In his Autumn Statement this morning, Jeremy Hunt also confirmed a rise in the National Living Wage, from £9.50 to £10.42 in April
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Only my growth plan will reverse Britain’s managed decline, says Truss
PM unveils cut to red tape for small businesses and vows to stick with her economic plans, in an exclusive interview in The Telegraph
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Trade bodies call for further support following mini-budget
Trade associations have written to the Chancellor following the mini-budget, renewing calls to cancel business rates and reduce VAT
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New minister to oversee hospitality
Loughborough MP Jane Hunt will replace Paul Scully as parliamentary under-secretary of state at the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)
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Government ads to warn of needle spiking
Students beginning university in September are to be targeted with government ads warning them about the risk of being spiked with needles in nightclubs.
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Weekend Press
Huge rise in non-EU migrants to Britain
The implementation of a more liberal points-based immigration system after Brexit has resulted in soaring numbers of workers and students from Africa, India and the Philippines, The Times reports
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Analysis & Insight
VAT: ‘We need a fair and sustainable system’
In anticipation of the Chancellor’s spring Budget statement this afternoon, operators tell MCA it’s critical that government extends the 12.5% VAT rate
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News
Pubs and brewers call for level playing field on tax
A group of UK publicans and brewers have written an open letter to Chancellor Rishi Sunak calling for a levelling up of the high tax rates that are burdening businesses.
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Operators welcome move to cut self-isolation period
The government’s decision to reduce the duration of self-isolation to five days is expected to significantly improve staff availability in the hospitality sector.
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Minister Scully: ‘We need to address the challenges together’
The government is aware of the issues facing the hospitality sector, but a joint effort is required to tackle them, the business minister told MCA’s Restaurant Conference.
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Changes to Pubs Code could undermine relationship between pubco and tenant
The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has said the pandemic has demonstrated the strengths of the leased and tenanted model and that wholesale changes to the Pubs Code could undermine the relationship between pub company and tenant or lessee.
