Prime Minister Boris Johnson has confirmed that the Minister for Small Business, Consumers and Labour Markets, Paul Scully, will meet campaigners calling for a dedicated minister for hospitality.
Wet sales across the Parliamentary Estate’s pub and bars since the UK's first national lockdown totalled more than £20,000 – with many drink prices found beneath both on-trade averages and those of nearby sites.
Leaders from across the night-time economy have implored the sector’s staff, giggoers and nightlife lovers to take part in a Parliamentary inquiry into British nightlife’s dire Covid symptoms.
Catherine McKinnell MP has written to Boris Johnson urging him to pursue a 'coordinated approach' with the hospitality sector after the PM appeared cool on the idea of appointing a dedicated minister for the ailing industry.
A petition to appoint a dedicated minister for the hospitality sector hit Westminster boasting more than 200,000 signatures on 11 January. After a positive reception in both Houses of Parliament, where does it go from here?
While I welcome the fact the issue of a minister for hospitality was debated in the House of Commons last night (Monday 11 January), the cynic in me wonders if it will have any impact whatsoever.
The appointment of the UK’s first ever dedicated hospitality minister will be debated in Parliament today (Monday 11 January) after more than 200,000 sector supporters signed a petition.
Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle MP has backed efforts to increase the number of low and no alcohol drinks in the House of Commons bars once the coronavirus pandemic has subsided.
In addition to Incipio Group and Whitbread announcing new hires, updates on the £1,000 Christmas Support Payment for wet-led pubs, hospitality job losses and a new Parliamentary group to support late-night sector were issued.
Repeated calls for a national lockdown by Labour are putting people’s livelihoods at risk, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak told the House of Commons today (Thursday 22 October).
Crowds of hospitality staff descended on parliament yesterday (Monday 19 October) to make some noise and remind politicians of the ongoing struggles restrictions are causing to the sector.
Colossal job losses in hospitality can be expected if the Government does not adapt its current support package for the sector or even limit restrictions on the trade, it is feared.
The pub sector has welcomed the passage of the Business and Planning Bill, which has introduced measures to make it easier for businesses to use outside spaces.
Great British Bake Off winner 2016 Candice Brown was named Beer Drinker of the Year at the All Party Parliamentary Beer Group’s 25th anniversary dinner this week.
Rachel Reeves, chair of the Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy Committee, has written a letter calling for immediate action to ensure the pubs code protects all tenants.
Pub trade leaders are themselves divided on the best political solution for the pub trade — just as the country has been split on who should rule. BII boss Neil Robertson argued a hung parliament may stop the worst excesses of the Government.
The Campaign for Real Ale has urged MPs, councils and the public to throw their full weight of support behind the Sustainable Communities Act to help stop pubs closing.
More government delays over the final details of the smoking ban have sparked frustration within the trade. Just five months before the law outlawing...
A European proposal that could stop pubs playing music has been branded "another straight banana saga" by industry experts.Licensees are being urged...
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