The MA’s Gary Lloyd caught up with night time economy adviser for Greater Manchester Sacha Lord to get his views on the two-year anniversary of when Boris Johnson told people not to go to pubs before closing them, the upcoming Spring Statement, cost of...
The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has written to chancellor Rishi Sunak to ask for financial help for pubs ahead of the Spring Statement on Wednesday 23 March.
The Scottish Licensed Trade Association (SLTA) fears the government’s decision to continue forcing pub customers to wear face masks could lead to angry confrontations with bar staff.
Some energy companies are refusing to supply pubs with power, claiming hospitality businesses are too “risky” for safe contracts, operators have claimed.
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak has warned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine heeds economic uncertainty for the UK despite a slight growth in January.
Three quarters (75%) of operators have not yet received their Omicron Hospitality and Leisure Grants, more than two months after councils received the funding.
Hospitality businesses across the UK have seen energy bills rise by 150% or more when compared to pre-pandemic levels, equivalent to an £800m additional cost to the sector, according to the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA).
A big focus for me at the moment is boosting communications with tied tenants. I am listening to their views about the code and improving their understanding of pubs code rights.
Local authorities have yet to distribute more than £550m worth of the Omicron Hospitality and Leisure Grants, according to business minister Paul Scully.
Following the Government's Living with Covid plan being published last week, The Morning Advertiser has taken a deep dive into the rules and regulations the sector has faced amid the pandemic over the past two years.
And so, with screaming tyres and a whiff of burning (or is that hypocrisy), the Government has yanked on the handbrake and skidded us 180 degrees out of the pandemic.
Keeping the 12.5% VAT rate on food, soft drinks and accommodation is the most preferred ask from operators to the Government ahead of the Chancellor's Spring Statement next month (March), a flash survey has shown.
While the sector has battled the pandemic, it still has the debt as a result of the crisis, UKHospitality (UKH) chief executive Kate Nicholls has warned.
UKHospitality (UKH) has urged the Government to support hospitality businesses as they move away from single-use plastics, ahead of a proposed ban next year.
The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has called for exemptions to the proposed ‘Duty to Notify’ requirements for pubs detailed as part of the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Community and Treasury’s joint technical consultation on moving...
Trade bodies across the hospitality sector have welcomed the lifting of Covid restrictions in Scotland but urge the end to restrictions must come sooner and further support must be given.
A new hospitality tax rate must be introduced to aid the recovery of the sector while a sales tax must be introduced for online businesses, according to UKHospitality (UKH).
The ending of Covid restrictions has been welcomed by hospitality but this was alongside calls for the Government to continue to support the sector after it “has sacrificed more than just about any other part of the economy”, according to trade bodies...
UKHospitality (UKH) has urged the Government to consider how public messaging directly impacts consumer confidence in the future as part of the trade bodies five key support measurements as the UK learns to live with Covid.
The Night Time Industries Association (NTIA) has demanded to see the evidence that forced the closure of nightclubs in Wales longer than other businesses but welcomed the news Covid Passes are being scrapped from today (Friday 18 February).
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, has today (Wednesday 16 February) announced a further £10m investment into attracting visitors to London following the success of the Let’s do London campaign.
A modest increase in the nation’s managed pub, bar and restaurant groups sales in January were put down to rising consumer confidence and the easing of Covid-19 restrictions, according to the Coffer CGA Business Tracker.
More than half (60%) of consumers disapproved of the level of Government support given to pubs over the course of the pandemic, a new report from The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Pubs (Pubs APPG) has found.
Pub operators could be forgiven for feeling a little like a punching bag of late. Fresh from being the main target when it comes to the Government’s ineffectual control of Covid, we’re now facing a tidal wave of cost when it comes to energy supply.
Night-time businesses have seen a 26% rise in total operating costs in the past year, a survey conducted by the Night-Time Industries Association (NTIA) has revealed.
Rocketing energy bills are crippling the sector at “the worst possible time”, following the impact of Plan B guidance over the festive period and ahead of Government support such as the lower VAT rate and business rates support ending.
A report commissioned by the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA), UKHospitality (UKH), the Tourism Alliance and the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions has revealed keeping VAT at 12.5% could generate £7.7bn of additional turnover over the...
The Government needs to be more committed in backing the hospitality sector if it is ‘serious’ about ‘levelling up’ the nation, according to the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA).
Government reforms to the alcohol duty system have been welcomed by one trade body alongside warnings for further changes ahead of a “triple whammy of costs” for the sector.
UKHospitality (UKH) has called for a delay in the implementation of new regulations regarding labelling calories, due to come into force in April 2022.
Nightclubs in Wales have been allowed to reopen as the country moves into alert level 0 as coronavirus cases begin to stabilise, First Minister Mark Drakeford has announced.
UKHospitality has welcomed a Government initiative to help 500,000 jobseekers into work by the end of June as the sector’s lack of staffing remains “a huge threat” to its recovery.
