Red Tape Cut for Thousands of Small Businesses
Thousands of the UK’s small businesses will be released from reporting requirements and other regulations in the future, as part of plans aimed at boosting…
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Hospitality
All the latest hospitality news for pubs, bars, clubs, restaurants and hotels in the UK hospitality sector and licensed on-trade industry.
UKHospitality Calls on Government to Introduce Tourist Accommodation Registration Scheme
Trade body UKHospitality has urged the Government to introduce a check-based tourist accommodation scheme, to help create a level playing field for all accommodation providers….
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Buzzworks to Close All Venues for Annual Wellbeing Day
Independent restaurant and bar operator, Buzzworks Holdings, will close its entire business on Monday 3 October for an annual Wellbeing Day for its workforce. The…
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Today (September 30) is the Last Day for Paper Banknotes
The Bank of England will be withdrawing legal tender status of paper £20 and £50 banknotes after 30 September 2022. After this date businesses will…
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Ten of the Best: Top Ten Kitchen Porters of 2022 Announced
The top ten kitchen porters in the UK have been announced, as part of the Kitchen Porter of the Year competition organised by Winterhalter UK…
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Talented Welsh Junior Chefs Preparing for the Culinary World Cup
A team of talented, young chefs will be flying the Welsh flag with pride at the Culinary World Cup in Luxembourg in November. The Junior…
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Calorie Counts on Menus Shift Consumers’ Choices
Calorie labelling on menus has changed people’s out-of-home food choices with research from CGA by NielsenIQ revealing that half of consumers (49%) would change their…
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Stonegate Group Team Members Celebrate Graduation from Learning and Development Programme
Stonegate Group has recently celebrated the graduation of 34 team members from its internal learning and development programme, Accelerator. The class of summer 2022 celebrated…
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Hotel Rates and Occupancy Drop but Sector Gets Some ‘Breathing Space’ with Energy Price Cap
UK hotels saw a sharp decline in occupancy rates, daily rates, revenues per room and gross operating profits in August as the cost-of-living crisis continues…
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Hospitality Businesses Can be At the Heart of Economic Growth, but Further Support Critical to their Survival
Leaders of trade bodies representing pubs, brewers, bars, restaurants, hotels and consumers have written to the Chancellor following the mini-budget last week, highlighting the urgent…
Read more...Labour’s Pledge to Abolish Business Rates to Save the High Street
Rating Experts at Colliers Say Labour’s proposals remain “woolly” and that “reform not abolition” of the system is needed Although the Shadow Chancellor, Rachel Reeves…
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London Nightclub Puts Inclusivity at the Forefront as Black History Advocate
The Night Owl, an independent nightclub renowned for its soul and retro music, is celebrating the history of its Finsbury Park venue for National Inclusion Week 2022.
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Pubs Miss Out on £155million Summer World Cup Boost
UK pubs missed out on a staggering £155 million summer World Cup boost, new analysis from small business insurance provider Simply Business has revealed.
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Business Rates Up £5bn Next April
Commenting on today’s many budget and the governments inaction on business rates Robert Hayton, UK President at the real estate adviser Altus Group, said:
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WTTC Publishes Report on How Travel & Tourism can Reverse Nature Loss
A new report published today by the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), shows how Travel & Tourism can play a critical role in halting and reversing the destruction of nature.
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