Scottish Budget: Business Rates Announcement Branded “Underwhelming”
The Scottish Budget has been branded as “underwhelming” in terms of business rates changes announced, according to Louise Daly, Head of Business Rates in Scotland…
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All the latest business news for pubs, bars, clubs, restaurants and hotels in the UK hospitality sector and licensed on-trade industry.
Urban Pubs & Bars Continues London Growth Strategy with Sixth Acquisition of 2026
London independent pub group Urban Pubs & Bars has announced the acquisition of The Birdcage in East London from Brewdog, marking its sixth acquisition of…
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Hospitality Set For 2,076 Closures, Without Sector-Wide Business Rates Solution
Over 2,000 hospitality venues could close their doors during 20216 according to new modelling from sector body UKHospitality. The analysis reveals that six hospitality venues…
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Hospitality Sector Unites In Call For 40% Business Rates Support
Hospitality trade groups have united in a call for a reduction in business rates ahead of next week’s Scottish budget, highlighting the huge disparity in…
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Editor’s Viewpoint: A Pyrrhic Victory?
By Peter Adams, Editor, CLH News. So, the government is set to U-turn on its catastrophic business rates policy for pubs. About time, some might…
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TGI Fridays UK Faces Administration as Rescue Talks Continue
The operator of TGI Fridays restaurants in the United Kingdom has submitted its third consecutive notice of intent to appoint administrators, extending the deadline for…
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Government Set to Revise Business Rates Policy Following Hospitality Industry Pressure
The Government is preparing to adjust its business rates policy for the hospitality sector following significant pushback from pub operators and industry representatives, CLHNEWS has…
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Grant Funding Available To Help Pubs Add New Services And Activities
Pub is The Hub may be able to offer grants of up to £6,000 to publicans in rural, remote, or deprived areas, who want to offer additional…
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UK Festive Trading Concentrated Into Fewer, Bigger Moments
UK hospitality’s Christmas trading period was increasingly shaped by fewer but higher-value occasions, with performance concentrated into a small number of peak days rather than…
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Editor’s Viewpoint: A New Year, Old Challenges, and a Call for Change
By Peter Adams, Editor, CLH News. Happy New Year to all our readers. As we step into 2026, I begin with some well-deserved congratulations to…
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UK’s Christmas Recycling Blunders Create 47 Million Plastic Tub Tidal Wave
New research has exposed the hidden environmental cost of the UK’s festive sweet tooth, revealing how Christmas indulgence is fuelling a growing plastic waste problem….
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UK Hotel Investment Reaches £5.0 Billion in 2025
Savills reports that UK hotel investment volumes are estimated to have reached £5.0 billion in 2025, representing a 15% year-on-year softening, while remaining closely aligned…
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Barclays Reveals 2025’s Top 10 Consumer Spending Trends, as Card Spend Declines -0.2%
Consumer card spending declined -0.2 per cent year-on-year in 2025, after growing 1.6 per cent in 2024 and 4.1 per cent in 2023. In…
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Independent Breweries Join Call for Pub Relief on Business Rates to Stop Community Pubs Closing
The Society of Independent Brewers and Associates (SIBA) has joined growing industry calls for urgent pub specific relief on Business Rates which has led to…
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Over 1,000 Pubs Join Labour MP Ban Protest as Industry Calls for Dialogue
More than 1,000 licensed premises have pledged to refuse service to Labour MPs as the protest against Budget tax increases escalates, whilst industry leaders urge…
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