Edinburgh to Introduce Overnight Visitor Levy in Phased Rollout
Edinburgh is set to implement a visitor levy on overnight stays, marking the first city-wide mandatory scheme of its kind in the UK. The charge…
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Chancellor Urged To Cancel April Business Rates Increases And Bring In Business Rates Reform.
“The Chancellor must cancel the business rates rises due next April when she announces her Autumn Budget next week, if she is truly serious about…
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300% Tax Rises For 250,000 High Street Firms Next April
Inflationary tax rises based upon September’s Consumer Prices Index (CPI) measure of inflation, the headline rate of inflation, coupled with the loss of the 75%…
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£2.66 BILLION Looming Tax Hike For Leisure & Hospitality Firms In England
Retail, Leisure & Hospitality firms’ the length and breadth of England are set to pay an eye watering £2.66 Billion a year more in business…
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Limited Growth For Hospitality Barclays Consumer Growth Report Reveals
Consumer card spending increased 1.2 per cent year-on-year in September, after returning to growth in August, but remained lower than the latest CPIH inflation rate…
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High Street Closures No Surprise Says CAMRA
Pubs, banks and pharmacies made up half of the closures on Britain’s High Streets in the first six months of this year, according to research…
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First Minister Sets Out Scotland’s Programme For Government 2024-25
First Minister John Swinney has announced his first Programme for Government which sets out the Scottish Government’s commitments for the coming year, and will focus…
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11 Million Brits Planning A “Staycation This August Bank Holiday, Bringing £3.1bn Boost
VisitEngland’s August Bank Holiday Trip Tracker survey, published today, shows that 11 million Brits are definitely planning an overnight holiday trip in the UK this…
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UEFA Euro 2024- Hospitality And Retail Spend Set To Reach £386.9 Million
Hospitality and retail sales are predicted to reach £386.9m during the UEFA Euro 2024 Round of 16, kicking off Saturday 29th June, a new report…
Read more...Conservative Manifesto Answers UKhospitality Call To Fix Unfair Business Rates
Kate Nicholls, Chief Executive of UKHospitality, said: “We are delighted to see the Conservative Manifesto commit to delivering UKHospitality’s call to fix the unfair burden…
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Next Government Must Use First 100 Days To Revitalise ‘Brand Britain’
The CBI’s Business Manifesto, shaped by input from over 400 business leaders and 70 Trade Associations, has mapped out the steps the next Government can…
Read more...High Street Rental Auctions Can Drive Investment And Regeneration
New powers will be introduced which will see communities combat empty shops regenerating high streets and will be in force by the summer, the government…
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Labour Launches Plan To “Revitalise” High Streets
Keir Starmer has declared that British businesses have been “held back by 13 years of Tory economic failure” after Labour launched its five-point plan to…
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Hospitality Inflation Falling-But Still More Than Double The Rate In Retail
Food price inflation in hospitality remains more than double the rate seen in the retail sector despite steady easing over the last 12 months, the…
Read more...Biggest Tax Rise In 33 Years For 220,000 Firms Came Into Force on 1st April 2024
219,410 shops, pubs, restaurants, offices, factories as well as public sector buildings such as schools and hospitals will today see their business rates bills in…
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