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NewsChancellor urged to scrap holiday tax
200 hospitality and leisure operators, including Whitbread, Merlin Entertainments, and Parkdean Resorts, have warned the proposed Visitor Levy will cause significant damage
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NewsWetherspoon defends dog policy following ‘misleading’ article
Tim Martin said the BBC’s suggestion Wetherspoon’s dog policy could be breaking the law ‘did not explain the company’s broader legal responsibility for the safety of its customers and staff’
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Weekend PressSacha Lord: 'What Rachel Reeves must do now is offer hospitality a sector-specific VAT reduction'
VAT for restaurants and bars in Europe is around nine per cent. Why is it so much more here, asks Sacha Lord in The Standard
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OpinionJamie Oliver: ‘We are in the throes of a culinary brain drain’
The celebrity chef and restaurateur has warned the hospitality sector is being crushed by a combination of astronomical business rates, a rigid VAT system and a mountain of bureaucracy
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Analysis & InsightHospitality liquidations remain higher than pre-Covid levels
Research from Begbies Traynor shows the hospitality industry reported some of the highest levels of serious financial distress in Q4 2025 with hotels, bars and restaurants facing the most risk
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NewsFarage sets out populist pubs plan
Reform UK has said it will scrap business rates for pubs as well as National Insurance increases for hospitality businesses and reduce VAT to 10%, funded by reinstating the two-child benefit cap
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Analysis & InsightBusiness rates support: ‘This doesn’t touch the sides’
While there was a general welcome to the support package on rates, as well as calls for a wider overhaul of the system, business leaders called for a solution that “unites the sector, not divides it”
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NewsPubs to see £12,500 cut to rates
Analysis by tax firm Ryan shows that on top of the lower multipliers and transitional relief already in place, the new 15% pubs discount in 2026/27, and a real-terms freeze on core business rates bills in 2027/28 and 2028/29, significantly reduces the impact of revaluation-driven increases
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NewsGovernment accused of climbdown on tipping
Labour had previously said it would give workers full control over how their tips were distributed as part of the Employment Rights Act. However, the plans look to have been shelved, angering trade unions
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NewsPub sector support is ‘necessary correction, not a solution’
Operators have welcomed the cut to new business rates bills - saying it provides short-term relief and is “better than nothing” - but continue to push for meaningful long-term reform
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NewsUKHospitality: ‘Hospitality-wide problems require hospitality-wide solution’
Trade bodies have welcomed efforts from the government to recognise the challenges facing the sector, but called for “pace and urgency” as well as meaningful, long-term reforms
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NewsGovernment sets out business rates package for pubs
Pubs in England will get a 15% cut to their business rates bills from April followed by a two-year real-terms freeze under support measures announced by the Chancellor
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NewsChancellor to unveil £100m support package for pubs
The relief package comes after a sector-wide campaign warning of further closures and job losses following an upcoming rise in business rates
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NewsScottish pubs call for Holyrood support in face of closures
The Scottish Beer and Pub Association is calling on parliamentarians and the next Scottish government to provide much needed support for the sector, which has a closure rate 50% higher than in England.
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NewsReeves set to deny permanent help for pubs
The Chancellor is expected to reject permanent reforms to business rates, but could offer a temporary cap on rising rates in a support package on Tuesday, industry sources say
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NewsAlmost 9,000 hospitality jobs lost since November budget
Labour market data shows the sector employed 8,784 fewer people in December 2025, compared to the month before, despite the festive season traditionally being a time that businesses staff up
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OpinionRichard Bailey: Labour tax policies ‘vandalising communities’
Pubs are ‘under siege’, with government tax increases ‘decimating’ the country’s cultural heritage, according to the Thwaites and Independent Family Brewers of Britain chairman
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Opinion‘If a pub disappears it’s a tragedy. A chain restaurant doesn’t have the same cache’
Despite pressure to widen relief to the whole sector, the Chancellor has repeatedly emphasised pubs as the category most in need of support
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NewsPressure piled on Chancellor for meaningful rates relief
Business leaders have urged the Treasury to capitalise on a drop in the cost of borrowing to extend business rates relief for the hospitality sector
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NewsGovernment considers banning zero-alcohol drinks for under-18s
Labour ministers have said they will consider making it illegal to sell no-alcohol products, such as 0% beers, to 16 and 17-year-olds