Consumer Price Index

Foodservice inflation eased in November 2017

09-Jan-2018 By Nikkie Sutton

Wholesale foodservice price inflation fell for the third month in a row, easing to 3.4% in November last year, according to research.

Industry bodies join forces to call for business rates relief

18-Oct-2017 By Fred A'Court

Industry, trade and consumer bodies have joined forces to call for business rates relief for pubs to be retained and greatly extended, and for a change in the way rates are calculated.

BBPA issues warning over beer tax in Budget

13-Sep-2017 By Michelle Perrett

The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has issued a warning that the rocketing inflation rate should not be used to ratchet up beer taxes in the autumn Budget.

Pubs in line to save £40m thanks to a business rates tax cut

17-Jul-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

Proposals to change the indexation for business rates calculations could save pubs and restaurants £40m in the first three years of the change, according to rates experts.

General Election 2017

Labour sticks with promise to probe pub demise

16-May-2017 By Georgina Townshend

Labour has stuck with its promise to launch an investigation into the demise of pubs if the party is voted into power.

General Election 2017

Large-scale demise of pubs will be probed, pledges leaked Labour manifesto

11-May-2017 By Georgina Townshend

The Labour Party wants to set up a national review of pubs to examine the causes for their “large-scale demise”, according to a leaked draft manifesto.

Business rates reform ‘critical’ as ‘burden reaches tipping point’

05-May-2017 By Claire Churchard, Georgina Townshend

Fundamental business-rates reform is “even more critical” now the country faces the challenges of negotiating its future relationship with Europe, a group of eight leading trade bodies has told the main political parties.

Legislation

Pubs code revised - but no implementation date set

14-Jun-2016 By Oli Gross

The amendments to the pubs code have been detailed by small businesses minister Anna Soubry following the publication of the revised legislation yesterday.

Food prices

Foodservice Price Index launched

07-Dec-2015 By Nicholas Robinson

A Foodservice Price Index (FPI) has been launched to give operators access to more accurate data about commodity costs specific to the hospitality sector.

Food inflation will continue to rise in 2014

10-Dec-2013 By Lesley Foottit

Food inflation is expected to reach 3.8% next year, according to Prestige Purchasing.The procurement specialist predicts that food inflation will...

Pubs 'fail to pass on duty cut' but supermarkets do

13-Nov-2013 By John Harrington

Pubs are continuing to increase beer prices despite the duty cut, new research from Wilson Drinks Report has claimed.

RPI rises to 5.6% in August

18-Oct-2011

The Retail Price Index (RPI) measure rose to 5.6% from 5.2% in August, according to the Office of National Statistics.

Inflation rise sparks last-ditch call to stop duty escalator

22-Mar-2011 By James Wilmore

The increase in inflation has sparked a last-ditch call for the Chancellor to ditch the Budget duty escalator, with a warning it will add 4p to a...

RPI hike to hit beer prices and rent

15-Feb-2011 By Gurjit Degun

The BBPA has called for the Government to scrap "record-breaking" tax rises on beer, as the RPI reaches 5.1%

Inflation hits four per cent

15-Feb-2011 By Hamish Champ

UK inflation, as measured by the consumer prices index (CPI), rose to four per cent in January - up from 3.7 per cent in December - prompting fears...

'UK inflation rate stays at 3.1 per cent'

12-Oct-2010 By James Wilmore

UK Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation remained unchanged in September at 3.1%, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The Retail...

Punch Taverns' new lease of life

27-Sep-2010 By Hamish Champ

Patience, they say, is a virtue. Punch Taverns will have to wait a while before being able to assess the popularity of its new lease agreements,...

Punch Taverns rolls out new lease agreements

17-Sep-2010 By Hamish Champ

Punch Taverns is to roll out new lease agreements next week which it claims will "demystify" the way its beer prices and rents are linked. The new...

Pub tenants hit by 19-year RPI high

18-May-2010 By Ewan Turney

Bad news for tied pubco tenants as the Retail Price Index reached a 19-year high in April — it will mean extra rent rises for some.

'Pub landlord shuts only pub in village'

15-Dec-2009

A landlord has shut the only pub in his village after getting fed up with customers wanting to drink all night. Publican Paul Swan became so tired of...

RPI - Recurring Pubco Income or Really Painful Increases?

06-Nov-2009 By Paul Wigham

Tenants new and old need to understand what RPI means to their business and their income, says Bar Group chief executive Paul Wigham. The Retail...

Pub tenants to get RPI-rent reduction

21-Apr-2009 By Tony Halstead

Pubco tenants and lessees can look forward to an unexpected rent reduction after the annual Retail Price Index inflation rate went negative last month.

January retail sales up 2.6 per cent

12-Feb-2008 By Hamish Champ

Shoppers took advantage of heavy discounting across UK High Streets last month, prompting fears that interest rates are unlikely to be cut in the...

What the papers say - June 12, 2007

12-Jun-2007

Inflation figures are expected to show the cost of living at its lowest level for seven months as falling energy prices and rising interest rates...

Rents should be cut by up to £25,000 says Bell

20-Jan-2005

by John Harrington The Freedom for Pubs Association (FFPA) has claimed the Trade & Industry Select Committee report into pubco power is a chance...