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Editor’s Viewpoint: Government Must Listen or Face the Consequences

March 6, 2025 Editor's Viewpoint,  Hospitality,  Hospitality Workers,  Inflation,  Staff,  Tax

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…

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Greater Manchester Mayor Calls for Mandatory Tourist Levy

February 21, 2025 Leisure,  News,  Staycation,  Tax,  Tourism,  Travel

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…

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SLTA Highlights Downside Of Edinburgh’s Tourist Tax

August 26, 2024 Hotels,  News,  Tax,  Tourism,  Travel

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…

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SLTA Calls On Government To Admit That New ‘Visitor Levy’ Is A ‘Tax’ On Business

May 30, 2024 Hospitality,  News,  Tax,  Tourism,  Travel

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,…

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Vote Confirms No Visitor Levy In Place In Scotland Until 2026 – At The Earliest

May 29, 2024 Hospitality,  News,  Tax,  Tourism,  Travel

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…

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Bournemouth To Introduce Tourist Tax From July 1st

May 15, 2024 Hospitality,  News,  Tax,  Tourism,  Travel

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…

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Manchester’s ‘Tourist Tax’ Raises £2.8m After First Year

April 15, 2024 News,  Tax,  Tourism,  Travel

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…

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Over 5,000 Representations To MPs Fuel Push For Vat Reduction In Spring Budget

March 4, 2024 Business,  Hospitality,  News,  Tax,  VAT

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…

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Tourist Tax May Not Be Overturned In Spring Budget Minister Warns

February 26, 2024 Hospitality,  News,  Tax,  Tourism,  Travel

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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Mini-Budget 2022: Tax Giveaway Is A Boost For Business, But Will It Drive Growth Or Fuel Inflation?

October 20, 2022 Business,  Hospitality,  Professional Comment,  Tax

By Richard Godmon, tax partner at accountancy firm, Menzies LLP (www.menzies.co.uk) Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has announced a comprehensive wave of tax cuts and other incentives…

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IoH Members Reject a Welsh ‘Tourism Tax’

October 5, 2022 Hospitality,  News,  Tax

Read and download the IoH Research report here. Ahead of the Welsh Government’s planned, formal public consultation on draft legislative proposals for a visitor levy…

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Chancellor Announces Biggest Package of Tax Cuts in Generations

September 23, 2022 Business,  Hospitality,  News,  Tax

The Chancellor today (Friday 23 September) unveiled his Growth Plan to release the huge potential in the British economy by tackling high energy costs and inflation and delivering higher productivity and wages.

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Proposed VAT Cut to Ease Cost of Living Crisis?

July 1, 2022 Hospitality,  News,  Staff,  Tax

A cut in VAT has been proposed by No 10 Downing Street to curb inflation and help households with the cost-of-living crisis, according to a…

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UKHospitality Calls for UK Online Sales Tax

May 20, 2022 Hospitality,  News,  Tax

In its response to the Government’s consultation on the introduction to an online sales tax, UKHospitality says that due consideration must be given to property-based…

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Institute of Alcohol Studies Call for Higher Alcohol Taxes

July 8, 2019 Alcohol,  News,  Tax

The Institute of alcohol studies has called for an increase in alcohol taxes saying that alcohol taxes could benefit the UK economy. In a study…

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