AUTUMN BUDGET 2025
Trade bodies react angrily to Autumn Budget
Trade bodies have vented their anger over the lack of support offered to the sector by Rachel Reeves’ Autumn Budget.
Archives for November 26, 2025
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Biz rates revenue set to rise by £3.5bn despite permanent discounts for pubs
Business rates revenue is expected to rise by £3.5bn next year even as permanent discounts for retail hospitality and leisure (RHL) come into force at the 2026 revaluation, according to new analysis from global tax firm Ryan.
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What you need to know from the Autumn Budget
Labour Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered her second Autumn Budget with reforms to business rates being the most significant point of interest for hospitality.
AUTUMN BUDGET 2025
Chancellor ignores calls for VAT support as receipts set to rise
Hospitality operators have been left without any new VAT support in the Autumn Budget, despite repeated calls from pubs and trade bodies for relief to ease rising costs.
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Alcohol duty to rise with inflation
Alcohol duty is expected to increase in line with inflation after Chancellor Rachel Reeves did not announce a freeze in the Autumn Budget.
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Reeves promises lowest business rates since 1991
Operators have been handed a significant shift to the business rates system as the Chancellor announced permanently lower tax rates for more than 750,000 retail, hospitality and leisure properties as part of the Autumn Budget.
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Reeves: Free apprenticeships for under-25s, wage rise confirmed, NICs frozen
Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced free apprenticeships for those aged under 25 in the Autumn Budget.
Marston’s plans 50 pub conversions in 2026
Marston’s Grandstand and Two Door concepts will be “important growth engines” for the pubco next year, CEO Justin Platt told The Morning Advertiser (The MA).
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LIVE BLOG: Autumn Budget 2025
Welcome to The Morning Advertiser’s (The MA) live coverage of the 2025 Autumn Budget.