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Zero hours contracts 'demonised'
Zero hours contracts are “unfairly demonised” and many employees on the contracts are more satisfied in their work than the average worker, new research suggests
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Diageo offers to sell most of Whyte & Mackay business
Diageo has offered to sell most of its Whyte & Mackay business to address competition concerns arising from its completed acquisition of United Spirits
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Minister praises sector for job creation
The new minister for sport, tourism and equality has praised the hospitality and tourism sector for its financial contribution to the UK and its “sharp focus” on job generation
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Bains wins R&D tax credits
A Michelin-starred chef has successfully claimed R&D tax credits from HM Revenue & Customs in an unusual move for a restaurant
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Food waste costs industry £2.5bn
The UK’s hospitality and food service sector is facing an annual bill in excess of £2.5bn for food waste, according to a new report from WRAP
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NewsOperators welcome 24-hour weekend Tube move
Pub and bar operators have welcomed news that the London Underground is to open for 24 hours a day on key lines on Fridays and Saturdays from 2015
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Trade welcomes alcohol-related stats move
The pub trade has broadly welcomed a move by Public Health England to alter the way it reports alcohol-related hospital admission statistics
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Tourism firms could make VAT cut price promise
Tourism businesses may be willing to reduce prices for consumers and guarantee to take on more workers if VAT was cut to 5% on the tourism sector, campaigners have told the Government
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New calls for minimum pricing
Health campaigners and councils are set to revive calls today for the Government to introduce a minimum price for alcohol, according to M&C Report’s sister title The Grocer
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BII members want to retain personal licences
Multiple pub operators and publicans overwhelmingly oppose plans to scrap personal licences, according to a survey of BII members
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NewsMartin criticises 'delusion' in pub industry
JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin has said there’s a “level of delusion” among senior figures in the industry who are “out of touch” and often “don’t actually like pubs”
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34k personal licences issued... as Government looks to scrap them
A total of 34,300 new personal licences were issued in England and Wales the year to 31 March 2013, as the Government examines plans to abandon the system, new Home Office data shows
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Koppaberg and Monster join VAT Club
VAT Club Jacques Borel has recruited two further drinks brands to its campaign for a reduction on the level of VAT in the hospitality sector, Koppaberg and Monster
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TGI’s receives ‘perfect’ hygiene rating
TGI Friday’s, the Karen Forrester-led chain, has become the first restaurant chain in the UK to receive a ‘perfect’ rating of five in the National Food Hygiene Ratings Scheme across all of its 60 UK-based restaurants
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OpinionLabour and the pub trade
How would a “One Nation” Labour Government help the pub industry? In this extract from his speech at last week’s Business in Sport & Leisure Conference, the party’s shadow business minister Toby Perkins discusses pubcos, tax, skills and supermarkets
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NewsPublicans 'back VAT cut campaign'
A survey of 1,003 licensees by Cardinal Research on behalf of VAT Club Jacques Borel found that 96% say the pub and restaurant industry should campaign for the reduction
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NewsGovernment 'won't act on beer tie or rents'
The Government will introduce a statutory code in the pubco/tenant relationship but fall short of acting on the tie or rents, Labour’s shadow small business minister has predicted
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Government makes 'slow progress' helping sector
The Government has made “pretty slow progress” in helping the leisure sector, a conference has heard
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NewsDevlin: Government 'incapable' of helping sector
The leisure and sport sectors are being “crushed beneath an untenable burden of tax and regulation” and the Government is “institutionally incapable” of helping, Marston’s chairman Roger Devlin has told a conference in London
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NewsGovernments 'will introduce more burdens on businesses'
More positively, Adam Boulton, political editor of Sky News, suggested that political pressure could force the Chancellor to act on the burden of business rates. But he warned that Scottish independence could be a “complete disaster” for firms