All Legislation articles – Page 7
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News#VATsTheProblem campaign passes 260,000 signatures as shop launches for delivery
Hospitality businesses are now able to order printed campaign assets to be delivered direct to their venue
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NewsUKH calls on Plaid Cymru to deliver business rates cut in Wales
The trade body says it recommends reforming or replacing business rates to achieve a permanent, lower rate for hospitality businesses across the country
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NewsFast-food operators cleared in landmark HFSS ad rulings
Complaints against ad campaigns by Burger King, Domino’s Pizza, KFC, Papa Johns and Uber Eats were rejected after the ASA concluded the products featured were not classified as high in fat, sugar and salt (HFSS)
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News‘We’re paying twice’: Firms grapple with Labour’s sick pay changes
Hospitality firms say entitlement to SSP on first day off is encouraging staff not to turn up, meaning paid cover has to be found and adding to rising costs, The Times reports
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Analysis & InsightPub leaders: ‘Naïve to think new PM will give us everything we want’
Pub leaders welcomed Andy Burnham positive tone towards the sector, but also cautioned that hopes around tax cuts should be tempered by the realities of public finances
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NewsAndy Burnham plans ‘Amazon tax’ to cut high street business rates
Labour’s presumptive PM in waiting has said there is a case for higher business rates on warehouses to fund a cut for pubs and music venues
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NewsGuidance: Tips should be for workers providing service
Revised guidance from the Department for Business and Trade clarifies that service charge distribution should be broadly for workers providing service at the place where the tip was left
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Analysis & Insight‘It’s now or never’ – inside the campaign to cut VAT for hospitality
As it launches to consumers, MCA speaks to the movers and shakers across the industry who have come together to call on the government to reduce VAT to 10%
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NewsOne in six hospitality venues at risk of closure
A new joint survey carried out by the industry’s leading trade bodies reveals almost a quarter of respondents are operating at a loss, up from one in seven three months ago
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NewsLondon Mayor relaunches Summer Streets project
Sadiq Khan has committed £500,000 to support al fresco dining and events in the capital this summer
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Weekend PressLabour’s ill-considered tourist levy will be the death knell for England’s seaside
Local authorities being granted the power to enforce a tourist tax will price many hardworking families out of their usual summer break, The Telegraph writes
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NewsUKHospitality backs government plans to improve VAT enforcement for online giants
The government is currently consulting on these plans and has committed to using any revenue raised to improve the business rates system for hospitality businesses
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NewsWilliam Lees-Jones: ‘Andy Burnham is able to work with the business community’
The managing director of family brewer and pubco JW Lees has voiced support for Burnham’s track record in Manchester and his pledge to support family businesses
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InterviewsSt Austell CEO: ‘There are real challenges to the UK’s domestic tourism market right now’
Kevin Georgel has accused the government of being ‘completely tone deaf’ to the realities of the sector and creating conditions that incentivise people to holiday abroad rather than at home
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NewsTwo thousand pubs at risk unless business rates are reformed
The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) warns more venues will close their doors, despite recent government intervention
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Weekend PressUK hotels poised for business rates reprieve next year
As a ‘big loser’ from Rachel Reeves’s shake-up last November, the sector is hoping to secure a reversal from the chancellor on crippling taxes, The Sunday Times reports
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OpinionAndy Burnham: ‘His record in Manchester is a very good one’
Now that the outgoing Greater Manchester mayor has seen off a lacklustre by-election challenge from Reform, attention turns to what his premiership might look like for the hospitality sector
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OpinionBlanket ban on social. Like?
Swiping away social will not stop under 16s accessing their favourite content, and could cause a headache for a hospitality sector which is increasingly reliant on social media marketing and digital content storytelling
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News#VATsTheProblem shop launched for hospitality operators
A new online shop with free, downloadable assets has launched for businesses to download and use in venue to promote the campaign petition, which now has more than 225,000 signatures
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Weekend PressBusiness leaders warn Labour ‘relentless’ taxation must stop
Dozens of business leaders including industry investor Luke Johnson have signed a letter calling for Labour to address the levies crippling founders, reports The Telegraph