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Ministers Signal More Flexibility for Tied Pub Tenants After Pubs Code Review

The Government has indicated it is willing to reform the rules governing tied pub tenancies, potentially giving licensees more control over what they pay for…

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800 Hospitality Businesses Urge Prime Minister to Make Good on VAT Pledge

An unprecedented coalition of more than 800 hospitality businesses have come together as part of the #VATs TheProblem campaign to write an open letter to…

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Beefeater Closes Final 106 Restaurants as Whitbread Completes Major Hospitality Restructuring

Beefeater has this week closed its remaining 106 UK restaurants, bringing the long-running restaurant brand to an end as parent company Whitbread presses ahead with a major restructuring of its hospitality operations.

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Hospitality Could Offer £2.3bn Economic Benefit As NEET “Experience Trap” Fuels UK’s Youth Unemployment Crisis

Britain is facing a ‘first jobs’ crisis which is costing billions of pounds a year, a new report has revealed. Analysis by Hilton (NYSE: HLT) and WPI Economics estimates that moving one young NEET…

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Trade Mark Dispute is Brewing for Cornerstone Inns CIC and Greene King

A small pub group based in Cheshire is considering going head-to-head with Greene King, one of the largest pub companies and brewers in Britain, over an attempt by the latter to block its trade mark application.

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