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Pub bookings surge by 300% for England’s World Cup kick-off

Bookings for pub arrivals up to two hours before England’s opener against Croatia on Wednesday are up 293%, according to technology provider Zonal.

Evening Standard

World Cup fever hits England as pub bookings surge by 300 per cent for Croatia clash

England will begin their World Cup campaign when they face Croatia on Wednesday

The Independent UK

‘Restaurants won’t survive’: Michelin chef opens venues abroad to withstand UK taxes

Jason Atherton, who has restaurants in Dubai, St Moritz and now Tuscany, says it’s tough to stay afloat in UK hospitality industry

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Gordon Ramsay one of the first celebrity chefs to bring US-style 20% service charge to London

A discretionary service charge of 20 per cent was added to diners’ bills at Gordon Ramsay’s Lucky Cat restaurant on New Year’s Eve

The Independent UK

Two-thirds of UK hospitality businesses plan to cut jobs and one in seven will close, survey finds

Sector cites ‘billions of pounds in additional costs’ from new business rates and increase in minimum wage thresholds

The Guardian - UK

April to bring price hikes as Keir Starmer touts measures to ease cost of living

The Prime Minister pointed to a 7% drop in the price most households pay for energy from Wednesday.

Evening Standard

One in five UK hospitality businesses fear collapse as costs surge

Exclusive: Pubs, restaurants and hotels warn of mounting pressure days before rates rises and higher wage bills take effect

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Cost of staycations could rise due to potential ‘holiday tax’

Around 200 bosses of leading UK accommodation firms have hit out at the government plans

The Independent UK

UKHospitality chair Kate Nicholls: The help for pubs is a good start, but there's so much more to be done

Businesses in hospitality all benefit from one another — it is a virtuous circle, says Kate Nicholls. The Government must do more

Evening Standard

‘It’s a hospitality-wide problem’: night-time traders react to business rates relief plan

Gyms, pharmacies, restaurants, cafes and convenience store owners question why only pubs and live music venues should get help in England

The Guardian - UK

Labour is killing London's hospitality — let’s fight to save it

We’re campaigning to help London’s brilliant pubs, restaurants and hotels battle an existential threat

Evening Standard

Hotel bosses call for financial support as business rates set to surge

Hilton, Butlin’s and Travelodge are among more than 130 accommodation businesses who have written to the Chancellor.

Evening Standard

More than 2000 hospitality businesses 'set to close this year'

Business rates bills for many set to shoot up in April following Budget announcement

Evening Standard

Pubs tax U-turn sign of ‘confident’ Government, insists Labour chairwoman

The Treasury is understood to be preparing a support package for the pub industry, due to be announced in the coming days

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Ministers face calls to expand business rate relief beyond pubs as U-turn looms

Trade bodies said ‘piecemeal responses’ will not ‘save our high streets’.

Evening Standard

We must find out why businesses pay too much for their energy – and soon

A previous investigation in 2016 found that a lack of competition in the supply of energy to SMEs meant their bills were 18% too high.

Evening Standard

Budget could cost hospitality another 100,000 jobs warns industry boss

Workers aged 16 to 24 make up 10% of the country's total workforce but account for about half the workers in some hospitality roles

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Pint of beer price to rise in London pubs clobbered by Reeves on tax, business rates and staff pay hike

London MPs criticised the growing burden being placed on the hospitality sector by the Chancellor

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Evening Standard

Higher business taxes to cost pub sector £150m and threaten jobs – analysis

Firms will end up paying more despite business rates being lowered in the Budget, industry bosses are warning.

Evening Standard

Fury as London pubs, hotels, and shops hammered by business rates soaring by tens of thousands of pounds

Premier Inn expects its business rate bill to go up by between £40 million and £50 million a year

Evening Standard

Hospitality bosses hit out at "yet another" above inflation hike in minimum wage in 2026

It also comes as firms are still reeling from Reeves' £25billion raid on employers' National Insurance in last year's Budget.

The Independent UK

‘We are dreading what will come’: Inside the battle for Britain’s pubs as they brace for the Budget

After a bruising few years, the country’s pubs are preparing for the Budget and say they cannot afford more bad news, Dan Haygarth reports

The Guardian - UK

Reeves could allow holiday tax on English hotel and Airbnb stays

Move to give mayors powers to raise funds through levies, but industry says it will ramp up prices and inflation

International Business Times UK

Stonegate, UK's Pub Giant, Mired in £2.2 Billion Debt Trap

Stonegate, the UK's largest pub operator, faces mounting debt of £2.2 billion, with plans to sell assets to stay afloat amid rising costs and challenging economic conditions.

The Independent UK

Fears for UK’s pubs and restaurants as hospitality hit hardest by job cuts

The industry could lose up to 111,000 job losses in little more than a year, warns trade body UKHospitality

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