The Wine and Spirit Trade Association (WSTA) is warning that an increase to alcohol tax at the Autumn Budget will be a major blow to businesses and consumers, who are already “on their knees”.
Read more...Michael Kill, CEO of the Night Time Industries Association, delivers a blunt warning that the Government’s summer VAT cut is a politically convenient but economically…
Read more...Small businesses in hospitality and leisure are facing three years of business rates misery with an average 52 per cent hike in bills being piled…
Read more...UKHospitality has called on the Government to reconsider proposed reforms to Inheritance Tax that could devastate family-run hospitality businesses across the UK, in both its…
Read more...By Peter Adams, Editor, CLH News. To quote a well-known phrase, we live in interesting times. As I type this, Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner…
Read more...The government is reportedly considering a ban or restrictions on alcohol advertising as part of its 10-year health strategy. While a full ban is mentioned…
Read more...By Peter Adams, Editor, CLH News. It would appear that much of my editor’s columns in recent weeks are taken up with “government bashing” in…
Read more...Greater Manchester’s mayor, Andy Burnham, has called for the introduction of a compulsory tourist levy for visitors staying in the city’s hotels, replacing the current…
Read more...The SLTA (Scottish Licensed Trade Association) has expressed concern that the 5% visitor levy proposed by the City of Edinburgh Council will do nothing to…
Read more...The SLTA (Scottish Licensed Trade Association) has said that the Scottish Government should stop calling its forthcoming tourist tax a “visitor levy”, with Colin Wilkinson,…
Read more...The Visitor Levy Bill, passed today by the Scottish Parliament, brings to a close a decade-long debate on whether councils should have the power to…
Read more...BOURNEMOUTH, Christchurch and Poole are set to be the first coastal region to introduct a tourist tax which could generate more than £12 million over…
Read more...Manchester’s new so-called ‘tourist tax’ has raised almost £3 million during its first year, it has been revealed. The City Visitor Charge, a £1 per…
Read more...The #LeaveNoOneBehind Campaign has ignited a powerful wave of advocacy across the UK, as thousands of businesses and supporters unite to implore their MPs to…
Read more...A government minister has played down speculation that the tax-free shopping scheme for overseas tourists could be reinstated in next week’s Budget. Nigel Huddleston, the…
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