Vat Cut

Are we victims of our own tenacity?

20-May-2022 By Ed Bedington

The pub sector has always been something of a survivor, adapting and rolling with the punches thrown at it, but are we now finding ourselves the victims of our own tenacity?

No time to sit on our hands

01-Mar-2022 By Ed Bedington

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.

The MA's Review of the Week

"The only way we'll affect change on business rates is if we don't pay it"

04-Feb-2022 By Ed Bedington

The MA's Ed Bedington speaks to Frisco pubs Heath Ball to get his take on the week's news, from the rising costs of running a pub to the challenges facing the sector on taxation.

JD Wetherspoon pulls out of VAT Club

08-Dec-2015 By James Evison

JD Wetherspoon has pulled out of campaigner Jacques Borel's VAT Club.

VAT campaign

VAT Club proposes staggered tax reduction

02-Sep-2015 By Mark Wingett, M&C Allegra Foodservice

The hospitality VAT cut campaign has put forward a plan to the Government for a staggered reduction in the level of the tax for hospitality businesses.

Borel willing to withdraw alcohol from VAT cut demands

21-Oct-2014 By James Wallin, M&C Report

Jacques Borel has admitted that withdrawing alcohol from his fight to cut VAT may be a ‘realistic concession’.

Tax Equality Day: VAT Club says 51 companies to drop prices by 7.5% today

24-Sep-2014 By James Wallin

Jacques Borel says the tally of companies taking part in Tax Equality Day has risen to 51 and claims pressure is growing on Government to see a VAT cut as the solution to the unemployment “timebomb”.

Pubs minister says 'no chance' of VAT cut

06-May-2014

Community pubs minister Brandon Lewis has warned there is “no chance” George Osborne will consider reducing VAT.

Government dashes hopes for tourism VAT cut

12-Feb-2014 By John Harrington

The Government has “no plans” to introduce a VAT cut for the tourism sector, according to Treasury minister David Gauke, who also said reducing VAT to 5% for catering services could cost the Exchequer between £9bn and £10bn per year.

Lobbying for a VAT cut? Time for a reality check

14-Jun-2013 By Andrew Griffiths

Say it ‘ain’t so Andrew?” wrote the Publican’s Morning Advertiser’s esteemed editor when I expressed doubts about the prospects of the campaign to cut VAT to 5% for the hospitality sector. “Oh, why have you forsaken us Andrew? What do you know that I...

VAT campaign: Say it ain’t so, Andrew

01-May-2013 By Rob Willock

Fresh from our successful crusade against the hated beer-duty escalator (I received my campaign medal from Hobgoblin last week), a confident pub industry can turn its collective attention to the next battleground.

‘Use VAT to combat cheap drinks’

10-Nov-2011 By PMA Team

Trade leaders have urged the Government to use VAT as the lever to level the playing field with the cheap supermarket deals and combat binge drinking rather than follow Scotland’s lead on minimum pricing.

Stars sign up to PMA's VAT cut

08-Sep-2011 By Michelle Perrett

Thrive on 5 — the Publican’s Morning Advertiser (PMA) campaign to get VAT cut to 5% — received a celebrity boost this week.

Treasury rules out cut in VAT

28-Jul-2011 By Michelle Perrett

The Treasury has refused to consider a VAT cut to 5% for the hospitality industry, claiming the "fiscal challenge" is too great. David Gauke MP — claimed there was no "compelling evidence" for such a cut.

CAMRA backs 5% VAT

27-May-2011 By Michelle Perrett

The Campaign for Real Ale has put its weight behind Thrive on Five, the PMA's campaign to get VAT reduced to 5%.

Chancellor raises duty on alcohol...again

24-Nov-2008 By MA team

In a move labelled "staggering", Chancellor Alistair Darling has announced another increase in duty on alcohol and tobacco to off-set a cut in VAT in his Pre-Budget report.