All Legislation articles – Page 3
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NewsHospitality urges FCA to extend business insurance claims window by two years
Law firm Stewarts warns that thousands of hospitality businesses remain significantly out of pocket more than five years after the Covid-19 pandemic forced venues across the country to close
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NewsMichael Kill: ‘The Treasury have got the modelling completely wrong for revaluations’
The NTIA is questioning what checks on business rates the government carried out before the budget with its CEO telling MCA he believes the matter of revaluations will be readdressed
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NewsScottish hospitality set for £69m business rates hit without support
UKHospitality Scotland warns that without action Business rates bills will be sent soaring, as rateable values increase 23% on average across Scottish hospitality
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NewsWhitbread CEO: ‘All our industry is asking for is fair treatment’
Writing in The Times, Dominic Paul says increasing costs and taxes will affect where businesses like Whitbread put their money
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OpinionCrisp Pizza on relocating pubs
Carl McCluskey points the finger at the landlord of his family Hammersmith pub; and a flamboyant former pub tycoon joins forces with a former PM for a private members’ club wheeze
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InterviewsTom Kerridge: Business rates rises will make it harder to ‘keep our doors open’
The Michelin-starred chef has said he still supports the Labour Party, but criticised the government for failing to reform business rates
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NewsKFC: ‘Hospitality can help close the employment gap’
Chelsea Hamlyn, chief people and culture officer at KFC UK & Ireland, has called for greater investment in youth employability programmes to help more young people find work
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NewsPub chiefs call for 30% business rates relief after emergency summit
The BBPA has demanded pub-specific business rates relief following a summit of industry leaders this week, warning that the industry faces further closures and job losses
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NewsPret to contribute compensation over Celia Marsh allergy death
The mother of five died in 2017 after eating a Super-Veg Rainbow Flatbread that had been labelled as a vegan product, but was later found to contain traces of dairy
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Analysis & InsightBusiness rates: ‘Stealth tax increases will push many hotels to breaking point’
As businesses continue to assess the impact of the budget on their balance sheets, hotels are learning they are some of the worst affected by changes to business rates, with a double whammy of tax hikes which will see bills rising 115% for the average hotel
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OpinionGerry Carroll: ‘To present this budget as support is indefensible’
Valiant Pub Company’s co-founder accused the government of being either ‘incompetent in policy design or outright dishonest’. Featuring additional commentary from JW Lees and Oak Taverns.
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OpinionSimon Emeny: ‘There’s no plan for economic growth and, without it, nowhere left to go’
The executive chair of Fuller’s says the budget was worse than he feared and leaves pubs and hotels ‘being wrung dry by tax shocks’
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NewsNTIA: ‘Youth unemployment scheme risks missing the point entirely’
The trade body has warned the government’s plan to offer young people on benefits job opportunities in hospitality is pointless if the sector is ‘priced out of existence’
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Weekend PressYoung people on benefits to be offered construction and hospitality work
BBC News reports the government will fund 350,000 training and work experience placements and will guarantee 55,000 jobs in areas it says are in the highest need, including hospitality, from spring 2026
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NewsUKHospitality: ‘Rates rises to wipe out more than half of Small Business Saturday benefit’
New analysis reveals small hospitality venues will see business rates bills rise by £318m over three years, more than half the £634m annual spend on Small Business Saturday
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NewsConsultation opens for extra time at the pub during 2026 Men’s World Cup
Pubs in England and Wales could trade until 1am if a home nation reaches the latter stages of the competition, which will be hosted by the US, Canada and Mexico
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OpinionTop chef’s astonishment over pub’s rateable values
One of Britain’s most acclaimed chefs, and owner of a growing colleciton of premium pubs in Yorkshire, Tommy Banks is one of many operators who have been left gobsmacked by new business rates bills which appear to penalise their success
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NewsUKHospitality Cymru warns business rates in Wales to increase by 80%
The trade body says the Welsh government’s decision to exclude hospitality from business rates reform will hit the sector with £131m in additional cost over three years
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InterviewsCheshire Cat Pubs: ‘The government must think we’re completely stupid’
Co-founder Tim Bird says the way pub business rates are calculated amounts to a ‘success tax’ that leaves operators in a spiral of chasing revenue to pay for higher bills
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NewsBII survey: 1 in 10 pubs profitable after Budget
A flash survey of members found 90% will need to increase drinks prices, 80% will cut staff hours, and 71% will increase food prices due to the impact of tax rises