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Starmer warned not to row back on workers’ rights after Rayner departure

Union boss says employment rights bill ‘is a vital first step in tipping the balance back toward workers’

The Independent UK

UK Pub Closures Soar: More Than 1,100 Shut Since Autumn as Hospitality Faces Worst Crisis in Decades

Over 1,100 pubs and restaurants have closed since last autumn, with tax rises, wage increases and higher bills driving Britain's hospitality sector into its worst crisis in decades.

International Business Times UK

‘Overheads have gone up’: Britain’s hospitality sector faces tough time this summer

Pubs and restaurants report rising costs including food price inflation, labour and NICs while employing fewer seasonal staff

The Guardian - UK

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‘Worse than Covid’: hospitality bosses blame Reeves’ budget for UK downturn

With data suggesting the sector has been hit hardest, some employers can’t afford to recruit summer worker

The Guardian - UK

UK-EU deal hailed as milestone but is ‘just the beginning’, says industry

The new deal was widely welcomed across business sectors for helping cut red tape and reducing checks on food exports.

The Independent UK

Revealed: The illegal truth behind some of London's top restaurants

Half-a-million-pound fines. Repeated raids. And a secret illegal workers underground world propping up the capital’s most-hyped dining spots. Rachael Burford investigates

Evening Standard

National Insurance hike comes into effect with warning on jobs and price rises

Kate Nicholls, chief executive of UKHospitality, said workers and business will be affected

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Warning on jobs and price rises as national insurance hike comes into effect

Kate Nicholls, chief executive of UKHospitality, said workers and business will be affected.

Evening Standard

This is why London pubs and clubs could be staying open later this weekend

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has been given new powers to keep bars open later

The Independent UK

London pubs and clubs set to stay open longer this summer following Sadiq Khan reforms

Sadiq Khan has been given new powers which could lead to pubs and clubs in central London being open for longer this summer

Evening Standard

Hospitality bosses demand investigation into "extortionate" energy bills

Soaring gas and electricity bills are one of the biggest threats to the survival of many restaurants and bars

Evening Standard

Hospitality industry asks UK watchdog to look into ‘entrenched’ energy bill problems

Trade body tells Competition and Markets Authority it fears companies may have been overcharged for years

The Guardian - UK

Hospitality firms ‘to incur £1bn costs from employer NICs on 774,000 more workers’

Industry body says businesses and jobs at risk unless Rachel Reeves’s tax changes delayed or altered

The Guardian - UK

TGI Fridays and Pizza Hut could go: The future of the classic chain restaurant no longer seems bottomless

IN FOCUS: Chain restaurants were once the cornerstones of British dining, loved for their affordability and reliability. But rising costs, changing tastes and the pressures of a shifting dining landscape are pushing them to the brink. Can they adapt, asks Hannah Twiggs, or are they destined to become relics of…

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Evening Standard

Reeves to make pensions pitch in first Mansion House speech

Her speech will come against a backdrop of criticism from the hospitality sector about changes to national insurance contributions.

The Guardian - UK

‘That’s two people we won’t hire now’: bosses react to Reeves’s tax rises

Employers say they will be counting costs of budget amid increases to national insurance contributions

The Guardian - UK

US economic growth slows, as Germany avoids recession and France gets Olympics boost – as it happened

Eurozone GDP grew by 0.4% in the last quarter, faster than expected, as Germany’s economy avoids second contraction in a row

The Guardian - UK

Pubs and restaurants warn of closures if taxes rise and business rates relief ends

Joint statement by lobby groups calls on chancellor to make Covid-era rates relief for hospitality permanent

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Evening Standard

London suffers net loss of 40 pubs in a year, despite record high employment in sector

Smaller pubs have been particularly hard hit amidst ‘sky-high’ costs, with UKHospitality warning ‘urgent action’ is needed from the new Government

The Independent UK

Pubs to get welcome boost from England Euro 2024 success

The British Beer And Pub Association estimates that landlords will pull an extra 10 million pints from the pre-match build up to the final whistle

Evening Standard

England's Euro 2024 success worth £800million to UK's pubs and restaurants

Trade body UKHospitality says it expects England’s appearance in the final to deliver a 50% increase in sales

The Guardian - UK

UK attractions try to win back visitors as post-Covid ‘revenge spending’ ends

Alton Towers and Legoland owner alters tactics after period of VAT cuts and people spending cash saved during lockdowns

Evening Standard

UKHospitality CEO Kate Nicholls on cutting VAT, 'staycations' and adapting to WFH - How To Be A CEO podcast

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Evening Standard

London hospitality industry raked in £46bn last year in post-pandemic bounceback

The data comes as separate figures show how live music helped bring 'huge crowds' to the capital in 2023

Evening Standard

Hospitality companies face £160m sales hit from upcoming tube strikes

UKHospitality said firms are set to experience lost sales to the tune of £160 million later this month

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