All Legislation articles – Page 68

  • News

    Milton Keynes votes against late-night levy

    2013-10-24T07:48:00Z

    Milton Keynes council has voted against plans to introduce a late-night levy

  • News

    Trade associations launch business rates campaign

    2013-10-23T07:59:00Z

    A range of trade associations have joined together to launch a campaign on business rates called ‘Better Rates for Pubs’

  • News

    Restaurant groups accused of avoiding tax

    2013-10-23T07:58:00Z

    A number of restaurant companies have been accused of using the controversial Eurobonds scheme to reduce tax payments, as part of an investigation by The Independent

  • News

    Councils call for review of outdated licensing system

    2013-10-22T07:54:00Z

    Local businesses need to be freed from outdated and complex licensing rules and needless red tape, council leaders are warning

  • News

    Labour 'would add regulations on healthy food'

    2013-10-18T16:27:00Z

    Operators can expect new regulations forcing them to serve healthier meals if Labour gets to power, according to Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) strategic affairs director Kate Nicholls

  • News

    Premises licence fees 'could rise 10-fold'

    2013-10-18T16:27:00Z

    Operators should prepare for 10-fold increases in premises licence fees, a leading sector lobbyist has warned

  • News

    Business rates increase could cost sector £58m

    2013-10-18T07:24:06.153Z

    Following the Office for National Statistics’ announcement earlier this week of RPI of 3.2% for September 2013, the ALMR believes that the licensed hospitality industry may be hit with an increase in business rates which could cost the sector up to £58m.

  • Vince Cable
    News

    Cable 'won't be intimidated by scare mongering' over pubco action

    2013-10-15T10:20:00Z

    Business Secretary Vince Cable has told Parliament that he will not “be intimidated by scare mongering” over the introduction of a statutory code and adjudicator in the tenanted pub company model

  • News

    Harrow cancels EMRO

    2013-10-15T07:36:18.563Z

    Harrow Council cancelled its early morning restriction order (EMRO) hearing, due on 10 October, thereby terminating the EMRO process

  • Parliament
    Opinion

    The campaign game

    2013-10-14T08:00:00Z

    Jacques Borel’s VAT campaign is just one example of a recent trend of single-issue lobbying in the sector. John Harrington examines the trend and what it means for established trade associations

  • News

    More than 3k hospitality staff paid below minimum wage

    2013-10-11T16:18:00Z

    A total of 3,277 workers in the hospitality sector were found to have been paid below the national minimum wage (NMW), and action taken against their employers, during 2012/2013

  • News

    Neame issues statutory pubco code warning

    2013-10-11T13:06:00Z

    Statutory regulation in the pub company model could “stifle investment, crush job growth and curtail entrepreneurialism”, British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) chair Jonathan Neame has warned

  • Jacques Borel
    News

    Borel admits mistakes but vows to continue VAT fight

    2013-10-11T07:43:00Z

    VAT Club campaigner Jacques Borel has admitted making mistakes, but vowed to continue to lead the campaign for a lower rate of VAT for hospitality businesses

  • News

    Gaming machine maximum prize limits to rise

    2013-10-10T12:12:00Z

    The prize limit for Category C gaming machines has increased from £70 to £100, after the British Beer & Pub Association and Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers lobbied for the rise

  • Jacques Borel
    News

    VAT Club fined for late VAT payment

    2013-10-10T08:13:00Z

    Jacques Borel’s VAT Club has been fined £9,201 for late payment of VAT

  • News

    Pub companies urged to review e-cig policies

    2013-10-10T07:57:00Z

    Anti-smoking campaigners are urging pub operators to keep their policies on electronic cigarettes under review as controversy grows around the devices, which deliver nicotine without burning tobacco and produce vapour rather than smoke

  • News

    Parliament to debate pubcos

    2013-10-09T17:30:00Z

    A debate in Parliament on the leased pub company business model is to take place on Monday (14 October)

  • News

    Cineworld agrees to sell two Picturehouses

    2013-10-09T07:50:00Z

    Cineworld “reluctantly intends” to sell its Picturehouse sites in both Aberdeen and Bury St Edmunds after the Competition Commission confirmed its earlier view that the company must sell one of its cinemas in each of three parts of the country

  • News

    Tourism bodies announce united lobbying effort

    2013-10-08T18:30:50.627Z

    Thirty-three UK tourism bodies, including including the British Hospitality Association, have joined forces to lobby political leaders ahead of the next general election

  • News

    Rhino Pubs looks to exit trade

    2013-10-08T07:41:00Z

    A South Yorkshire multiple operator is “stepping back” from the trade because he says he’s had enough of the Government and councils blaming alcohol-related disorder on pubs and clubs