Business Rates
We provide essential coverage of business rates policy and reform, and how it impacts operators across the UK foodservice and hospitality sector. From government relief schemes and revaluation updates to lobbying efforts led by UKHospitality and industry coalitions, this captures the key developments influencing site viability and cost pressures. Whether you run a single high-street restaurant or oversee a multi-site pub or catering group, we explain how changes to the business rates system affect your bottom line, and what you need to know to plan ahead.
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Feb- 2022 -16 FebruaryFeatures
The importance of sourcing an ethical rating specialist
Why is it important for hospitality firms to mitigate costs as much as possible? Controlling overheads and costs is always a key part of building a successful, viable business. After two years of disrupted trade due to the pandemic and with rising inflation hitting every area from energy to staffing,…
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8 FebruaryPubs and Bars
Leeds ‘most vibrant’ UK city for hospitality, report finds
Leeds has been named the most vibrant city for eating and drinking out in the UK, with only a -0.2% drop in sales compared with the same period in 2019, ahead of Glasgow, Bristol and Birmingham, where restaurant, pub and bar sales held up relatively well in late December and…
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7 FebruaryNews
Star Pubs and Bars unveils partnership with Dunlop Heywood
Star Pubs and Bars has announced its new partnership with rating specialist Dunlop Heywood. It revealed the partnership is set to help ensure that its leased and tenanted pubs are not “excessively” assessed and overcharged for their business rates. According to the firm, Dunlop was appointed after an “extensive” tendering…
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7 FebruaryNews
Price rises for consumers now ‘inevitable’, says UKH
Nearly half of operators (47%) are reporting that they will be forced to increase consumer prices by over 10% this year, with 15% anticipating hikes of over 20%, according to a UKHospitality survey. of over 340 hospitality businesses representing 8,200 venues, employing 190,000 people. Overall, it is expected that prices…
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1 FebruaryPubs and Bars
UKH urges gov to boost duty reforms
UKHospitality has revealed that while it has “heralded” the reforms to the alcohol duty system that were announced in the last budget, it is now urging the government to support the “beleaguered” industry further by expanding them. In its response to a government consultation, UKHospitality has called for the government…
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Jan- 2022 -31 JanuaryRestaurants
UKH outlines guidance for calorie labelling legislation
UKHospitality has produced guidance on the new calorie labelling legislation, due to be implemented this April. It is intended to help affected businesses and to ensure consistent enforcement post-April and is therefore available to anyone in the sector, not just UKHospitality members. The guidance has been compiled in conjunction with…
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28 JanuaryPubs and Bars
BBPA calls for heightened gov support after ‘devastating’ winter
While publicans and brewers have “raised their glasses” following the end of Plan B restrictions this week, the BBPA is still calling for more government support as the “devastating” impact of Omicron over winter has become clear. The BBPA is urging the government to help combat the increasing financial pressures…
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28 JanuaryBusiness
UKH welcomes launch of mission to help 500,000 find work
UK Hospitality has welcomed the launch of a new Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) scheme to help 500,000 jobseekers into work by the end of June. It comes after latest figures from the ONS showed the demand for workers with a record 1.2 million vacancies to fill, 59% higher…
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24 JanuaryGovernment
VOA ‘aggressively pursuing’ fines for hospitality, warns Colliers
The government’s Valuation Office Agency (VOA) has reportedly accelerated its demands to hotel and pub businesses by issuing and “aggressively pursuing” an increasing number of fines for late Valuation Forms of Return, Colliers Business Rates Team has warned. It said the increased fines are being sought despite the fact that…
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20 JanuaryPubs and Bars
Revolution Bars posts upbeat trading update
Revolution Bars Group, the operator of 67 premium bars, trading mainly under the Revolution and Revolucion de Cuba brands, has announced that like-for-like (LFL) sales for the majority of the half, from 19 July 2021, when restrictions were relaxed in England, to 13 November were very strong at +14% versus…
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