Local businesses, residents and customers in Southwark have joined forces to oppose the introduction of a late-night levy. UKHospitality and local businesses have gathered signatures opposing the introduction of a new tax on pubs, bars and late-night venues open after ...

Oakman Inns and Restaurants has reported strong sales growth for the 13 weeks to 30 June 2019. The Like-for-Like sales for the quarter were up 4.8%. Total sales were £10,775,947, which represents a 28.8% growth over the same period last ...

The Forum of Private Business (FPB) has welcomed today’s launch of the Pubs Code Adjudicator’s (PCA’s) first investigation, but are questioning why it has taken so long to do so. The case, which is investigating the suspected use of unreasonable ...

Entries now open to find the best in Training and People Development in the licensed trade  The BII have  announced that the National Innovation in Training Awards competition for 2019 is now live, with finalists once again hosted at the ...

A “pattern of poor weather” has had an “inevitable effect” on the performance of Young’s pub company. In a trading update for the 13 weeks to 2 July 2019 the company said like-for-like sales were 2.1% for the period compared ...

As part of an industry coalition, the British Beer & Pub Association has called on the two Conservative leadership contenders to back beers and pubs. In letters written to both Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt, which have been signed by ...

The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) has written to the two Conservative leadership contenders Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt calling on them to back small British independent brewers. SIBA has written to the contenders asking them to rule out any ...

With 15% of the working UK population now self-employed, using the Self Assessment system to pay tax is an increasingly common method of paying your tax bill. However, newcomers to the Self Assessment system may be unaware that they are ...

• 65% of SME owners in the hospitality and leisure sector are concerned that corporates ‘have too much say’ over their future viability • 25% are either not intending to do anything about it or feel unable to do so ...

Confidence levels in the eating and drinking out industry are in the balance in early 2019 amid ongoing challenges and anxiety about Brexit, CGA’s 2019 Business Leaders’ Surveyreveals. The exclusive poll, conducted in partnership with CPL Online, finds that around two-thirds (68%) of ...