Editor’s Viewpoint: The Chickens Come Home to Roost
By Peter Adams, Editor, CLH News. Well, the warning signs were there in October 2024, written in black and white across the Chancellor’s autumn budget….
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Business
All the latest business news for pubs, bars, clubs, restaurants and hotels in the UK hospitality sector and licensed on-trade.
Bank Of England Keeps Interest Rates At 4.25% But Possible Cuts To Come
The Bank of England has left interest rates on hold at 4.25%, but has indicated that cuts in the cost of borrowing may follow later…
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St Austell Brewery Delivers Another Year Of Growth And Unveils Major New Rebrand
St Austell Brewery has reported strong financial performance with a further year of record-breaking turnover and underlying EBITDA growth of 8.7% in the 52-week period…
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Pub Closures Surge Following April’s NI And NMW Rises
Pubs are closing at their fastest rate since last summer following April’s tax raid, according to new figures. The number of pubs that declared insolvency…
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Retail & Leisure Giants Estimated To Face Extra £600 Million Business Rates Bill
Retailers in London’s West End are expected to be hardest hit as the largest properties occupied by the RHL (retail ,hospitality and leisure) sector faces…
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Editor’s Viewpoint: Chancellor’s Spending Review Misses the Mark – Again
By Peter Adams, Editor, CLH News. Just days after the Office for National Statistics reported a sharp rise in unemployment, with a staggering 109,000 jobs…
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“Devastating Impact” of April Tax Hikes Laid Bare
The latest GDP figures announced this week and the fall in recent job numbers reveal the “devastating impact” cost hikes that came into force in…
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Sector Dismay as Chancellor Overlooks Hospitality in Spending Review
Hospitality and licensed on-trade leaders have reacted with dismay to Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ first spending review, accusing the new government of overlooking a sector still…
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100,000 Jobs Lost Since April Cost Increases
Unemployment in the UK rose in April to the highest level in almost four years, according to official figures, as tax increases introduced by Chancellor…
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Overall Consumer Card Spending Slows In May But “Modest Increase” In Hospitality Spend
Consumer card spending grew just 1.0 per cent year-on-year in May, down from April’s 4.5 per cent growth, and below the latest CPIH inflation rate…
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East Anglia Operator Takes on Third Star Lease
East Anglia based multiple operator, Lapen Inns, has taken on the lease for The Wildfowler in Kings Lynn, their third with Star Pubs. The pub…
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Final Curtain Call for Karen’s Diner in London as Concept Shifts to Pop-Ups
After a two-year run that brought a unique blend of hospitality and theatre to the capital, the final UK-based Karen’s Diner, located on White Lion…
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Don’t Let Chance For Real Growth Slip Away At Spending Review, Say Small Firms
FSB calls for the Chancellor to back the UK’s small businesses ahead of the Spending Review. The Government must “make every taxpayer pound count” in…
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Tax Shock Threatens Fragile Nightlife Recovery
While nightlife venues have sought to adapt to changing consumer behaviour and evolving formats such as experience-led socialising, to some success, the overall numbers of…
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Editor’s Viewpoint: JUNE 2025 – The Results Are In
By Peter Adams, Editor, CLH News. So, following April’s tax hikes the “results are in”. A third of hospitality businesses are running at a loss…
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