National Living Wage

UKH says ‘scrap national insurance contributions to ease NLW increase’

05-Nov-2019 By Emily Hawkins

The Government must act to ensure wage increases do not lead to pub job losses, trade body UKHospitality has warned.

BBPA urges restraint on minimum wage increases

01-Jun-2018 By Claire Churchard

The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has urged the Low Pay Commission (LPC) to “take caution in increasing all statutory wage rates in April 2019” as pubs face a tough trading period.

Pub salaries – who gets paid the most?

26-Feb-2018 By Nicholas Robinson

Employment in pubs is at a five-year high, with staff on average paid more than the national living wage. However, the trade still struggles to fill vacancies and some workers can feel short-changed when it comes to salaries

Property specialist upbeat about pub trade for 2018

19-Jan-2018 By Stuart Stone

Adviser for buying and selling businesses in the hotel, pub, restaurant sectors Christie & Co launched its annual Business Outlook report with a positive attitude towards the year ahead and embracing change.

Hackney bar celebrates Living Wage Week with beer festival

07-Nov-2017 By James Beeson

Mason & Company, the craft beer bar in Hackney Wick, east London, is celebrating Living Wage Week with a beer festival dedicated to breweries that pay their workers the national living wage.

Property: Average free of tie leases up as much as 22%

23-Oct-2017 By Michelle Perrett

Rising rents, signs the London market has reached a tipping point, and the effects of Brexit, the national living wage and the new rating system are all covered in Fleurets’ annual rental survey.

Do pubs face a greater threat than ever before?

21-Sep-2017 By Georgina Townshend

We’ve weathered the financial crisis of 2008 and the smoking ban the previous year, but can pubs deal with what is predicted to come next?

JD Wetherspoon denies paying its staff below the minimum wage

27-Jul-2017 By Fred A'Court

JD Wetherspoon has denied it pays some of its staff below the national minimum rate. 

Fuller’s managed lfls grow 6.6%

25-Jul-2017 By James Wallin, MCA

Fuller’s has said it has made a “good start” to the year, with like-for-like sales across its managed estate up 6.6% for the 16 weeks from 2 April to 22 July 2017, aided by the “perfect weather”.

Leading industry bodies give evidence to LPC over wage rates

21-Jul-2017 By Georgina Townshend

Leading trade bodies gave further evidence to the Low Pay Commission (LPC) on Wednesday after previous concerns that any move to drastically increase wage rates could “put pub sector jobs at risk”.

General election 2017

Tory party pledges ‘greatest expansion’ of workers’ rights

15-May-2017 By Georgina Townshend, Claire Churchard

The Conservative Government has pledged to initiate “the greatest expansion of workers’ rights” by any Tory leadership in history if the party wins next month’s general election, affecting pub employers large and small.

Pub employers ‘named and shamed’ for dodging national living wage

16-Feb-2017 By Daniel Woolfson

Several pubs have been named and shamed for underpaying their staff the national minimum or living wage. 

Pubs paying staff more than national living wage

02-Feb-2017 By Michelle Perrett

Pub wages in London now outstrip the national living wage (NLW), new research from Catton Hospitality has revealed.

Autumn Statement

ALMR: Government must support ‘struggling’ businesses

24-Nov-2016 By Sara Hussein

The Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) has criticised the lack of support for “struggling” businesses in yesterday’s Autumn Statement (Wednesday 23 November).

Autumn Statement

Beer duty freeze but little relief for pubs in Autumn Statement

23-Nov-2016 By James Evison

The Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond’s Autumn Statement held little cheer for the pubs trade apart from a freeze in beer duty.