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NewsScottish government urged to back #VATstheproblem campaign
More than 100 leading chefs and hospitality businesses have written to Scotland’s First Minister calling on him to back the campaign to reduce VAT to 10%
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NewsWelsh council suspends holiday tax plans following backlash
Gwynedd, which incorporates Snowdonia, had planned to introduce a £1.30 per night charge on hotel and B&B stays, with around 80% of businesses and tourists against the levy
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NewsSimon Rogan: UK expansion ‘not a viable proposition’
L’Enclume restaurateur Simon Rogan says he ‘has no appetite’ to invest more in Britain, with the tourist tax the latest addition to the cost of doing business
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NewsLabour minister admits tourist tax launched without assessing jobs impact
Local government minister Jim McMahon said the government had failed to carry out a formal national impact assessment of the levy and its effect on the economy
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NewsChancellor considering budget raid on higher stake slot machines
While John Healey is looking at raising gambling taxes, insiders say he wants to ensure any move does not hit traditional venues such as pubs, bingo halls or seaside arcades
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NewsWelsh government announces 30% business rates cut for hospitality and leisure venues
Analysis by UKHospitality shows 84% of ratepaying hospitality businesses in Wales will benefit from the cut, though the trade body warns costs will rise for some larger venues
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NewsDigital ID can now be used in pubs and bars
Customers can choose to use a certified app on their phone to prove they are over 18 when buying alcohol, without showing physical ID. The new law, which came in today, applies to licensed venues in England and Wales
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NewsPub regulation won’t be scrapped or watered down
A government review of the Pubs Code Adjudicator and the pubs code has concluded that the regime is working but can be strengthened to “provide more opportunities for tied tenants and pub-owning businesses”
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NewsMayors challenged to back VAT pledge
Labour mayors who argue a tourist tax is ‘normal’ because it exists in tourist destinations like Paris, Rome, Lisbon and Berlin, should get behind European levels of VAT, UKHospitality has argued
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Weekend Press‘Hotel police’ to enforce Burnham’s tourist tax
Tax officers will be able to demand access to hotels, force hospitality bosses to hand over documents and issue financial penalties under government proposals to impose the new overnight visitor levy, reports The Telegraph
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Weekend PressPremier Inn owner: ‘Tourist tax’ could stop us opening new hotels
Whitbread boss Dominic Paul tells The Times Andy Burnham’s planned levy on overnight visitors would hit an industry already struggling with higher business rates
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OpinionVisitor levies may work in cities. The real test lies elsewhere
Jet-setting city-break visitors to English cities are unlikely to be put off by a tourist tax, with overnight levies already commonplace acorss Europe. The greater concern is for more price sensitive family staycations to coastal, rural and seasonal destinations which are already under pressure
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NewsHospitality leaders condemn tourist tax as latest blow to a sector at breaking point
Communities secretary Angela Rayner announced local and regional leaders will be able to introduce a percentage-based charge on overnight stays in hotels, holiday lets and B&Bs, with Labour mayors indicating they are likely to levy around 5%
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NewsBudget is ‘moment of change’ for sector
UKHospitality has made four key asks ahead of the upcoming Budget, but its calls to abolish the tourist tax seem to have fallen on deaf ears, with government proposals on the local levies to be set out this week
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NewsWestminster Council says proposals to stop drinkers standing outside pubs were ‘misinterpreted’
Tim Barnes, deputy leader at the Conversative council, has now said that people’s ability to stand outside pubs with a pint remained “sacrosanct”
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NewsWelsh government urged to cut business rates multiplier for hospitality
UKHospitality Cymru made the case that lowering business rates for the sector would be a simple and practical solution to reduce costs
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NewsGovernment urged to cut business costs ahead of Budget
A report from the CBI found businesses paid almost £345bn in taxes during 2025-26, an increase of 12.7% on the previous year and equivalent to nearly a third of total UK tax receipts
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Analysis & InsightEPR adds ‘significant and unfair’ costs to businesses
It might sounds like a good idea in principle, but the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), which requires manufacturers to pay for the recycling of the packaging they produce, could have a devastating effect on pubs and breweries who face paying twice to comply, operators and industry experts tell MCA
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NewsDefra must step up food supply chain planning as risks grow
The National Audit Office has warned the UK’s food supply chain risks are “increasing in likelihood and severity”
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Weekend PressGail’s reveals menopause plan ahead of new laws
The bakery has become one of the first big consumer brands to reveal a “menopause action plan” ahead of new laws coming in next year, The Sunday Times reports