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NewsHarts Group unveils details of new concept
The London-based group has confirmed its Parrillan restaurant in Borough Yards has closed and will relaunch in November under an all-day Spanish concept called Los Primos
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NewsScottish government gives backing to #VATsTheProblem campaign
Deputy First Minister Jennifer Gilruth has written to the UK government backing the campaign to reduce VAT and urging it to listen to the sector’s calls.
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Weekend PressTourist taxes spread worldwide as governments cash in on travel boom
Cities and countries including Barcelona, Venice, Kyoto, Amsterdam and the Maldives have either introduced or raised visitor levies in recent years, the Financial Times; reports
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OpinionCould football’s alcohol ban finally be kicked into touch?
Allowing drinks within the seated areas of football stadiums could encourage more responsible, less hurried consumption, and avoid the problematic congestion in concourses before kick-off and during half-time
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NewsPM signals possible end to football stadium alcohol ban
Andy Burnham said it was “not fair” that football fans are treated differently from rugby and cricket spectators, who can consume alcohol from seats overlooking the action
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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”