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UKHospitality warns 3.9% minimum wage increase will add pressure on hospitality businesses
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Allen Simpson, chief executive of UKHospitality, said that a 3.9% increase in the national minimum wage and national living wage will add further pressure for hospitality businesses.
UK Budget to raise taxes by £40bn: Hospitality industry reacts
Reading Time: 8 minutesUK: New UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves MP has delivered a Labour Budget for the first time in 14 years as the government warned of “difficult” decisions to “restore economic stability” and plug a £22 billion black hole in public finances.
UK Chancellor extends business rate discounts for hospitality
Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced that the 75 per cent discount on business rates [up to £110,000] for businesses in the hospitality, leisure and retail sectors has been extended by another 12 months as part of his Autumn Statement.