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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Sep- 2020 -30 SeptemberGovernment
Hospitality leaders ask for PM’s help to avoid ‘bleakest of winters’
Over 100 hospitality businesses have written directly to prime minister Boris Johnson calling on him to personally do more to support the sector before the ‘‘bleakest of winters’’. Led by trade organisations, including UKHospitality and the British Beer and Pub Association, the letter states that there will be more job…
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25 SeptemberCoronavirus
Hospitality associations claim chancellor’s plan ‘doesn’t go far enough’
Leading hospitality associations UKH and BBPA have “expressed relief” at “some elements” of the chancellor’s new Winter Economy Plan but added they are concerned jobs remain “at serious risk.” The new “Job Support Scheme” announced yesterday follows the “devastating” additional restrictions for the hospitality sector revealed earlier in the week.…
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24 SeptemberCoronavirus
Quarter of hospitality businesses likely to collapse without support, survey finds
One quarter of hospitality businesses believe they may collapse in the next three months if they do not receive further government support, according to the latest survey from industry leaders. Pub and hospitality trade bodies, British Beer and Pub Association, UKHospitality and British Institute of Innkeeping, held a survey of…
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24 SeptemberCoronavirus
Deliveroo calls for further industry support as restrictions grow
Deliveroo, alongside major restaurant partners, is calling on the government to provide further financial support to the restaurant sector as restrictions tighten. In a letter addressed to Rishi Sunak, which was signed by the CEOs of Pizza Hut and KFC, the online food delivery company outlined what additional support is…
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23 SeptemberTrade Associations
UKHospitality calls on Scottish government to give more industry support
UKHospitality in Scotland has called on the Scottish government to provide additional support to the country’s hospitality industry, following additional Covid-19 restrictions which are set to affect businesses. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced yesterday (23 September) that bars and restaurants must close by 10pm by 25 September and table service…
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22 SeptemberCoronavirus
PM announces new 10pm curfew for hospitality
All pubs, bars and restaurants will be required to close by 10pm from Thursday 24 September, the prime minister has announced, as the government aims to curb the rise in coronavirus infections. All venues will now be required to operate via table-service unless offering takeaway and retail and indoor hospitality…
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18 SeptemberPeople
Mayor of London urges government to extend business rates holiday
The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, and London Councils have joined together to urge the Government to extend the business rates holiday and help protect thousands of jobs in London and across the country. Businesses in the retail, hospitality, leisure and childcare sectors are currently benefiting from 100% relief from…
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14 SeptemberTrade Associations
Thousands of pubs could be hit with £800m business rates bill
A business rates bill of £800m could be the ‘‘last straw’’ for pubs in the UK, according to The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA). The trade association explained today (14 September) that should the specific relief from the government’s Business Rates Review end as planned in March 2021, pubs…
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4 SeptemberComment
Can technology save the hospitality sector?
The coronavirus pandemic has placed a great deal of pressure on UK industries. That said, seems that the hospitality sector has experienced far more than its fair share. In mid-March, the UK went into lockdown, essentially freezing entire revenue streams for bars, restaurants and cafes, with the sector reporting almost…
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Aug- 2020 -25 AugustRestaurants
BBPA calls for Eat Out to Help Out Scheme to be repeated
The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has called on the Government to repeat its Eat Out to Help Out (EOTHO) scheme. The trade association has hailed the scheme, which is set to end after August, as a great success for many of its member’s food-led pubs, noting that it…
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