Kate Nicholls

This archive features our reporting on Kate Nicholls OBE — a key voice in the UK’s hospitality and foodservice policy landscape. As Chair of UKHospitality, Nicholls plays a central role in lobbying government, shaping regulation, and influencing the commercial environment in which restaurants, pubs, bars, cafés, and catering firms operate. Catering Today covers Nicholls’ statements, policy positions, and leadership activity because her work directly affects the trading conditions, labour challenges, and long-term resilience of foodservice businesses. For operators navigating rising costs, staffing pressures, or post-pandemic recovery, her advocacy and insights are both timely and consequential.

  • Mar- 2022 -
    16 March
    RestaurantsUKH welcome ‘positive news’ from ONS figures, but warn industry ‘remains fragile’

    UKH welcome ‘positive news’ from ONS figures, but warn industry ‘remains fragile’

    UKH has said the latest figures from ONS are “positive news” for the industry, after it reported that jobs in the hospitality sector are up 252,000 in the last 12 months, and unemployment has dropped to 4%, below pre-pandemic levels. However, it warned that the sector “remains fragile”, and renewed…

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  • 10 March
    Trade AssociationsUK public support maintaining 12.5% VAT, UKH says

    UK public support maintaining 12.5% VAT, UKH says

    There is strong support amongst the public for VAT to remain at its current rate of 12.5% beyond April, according to a new study by YouGov commissioned by UKHospitality. Excluding those who didn’t give a view, only 21% believed the Government should stick with its current plan to increase VAT…

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  • Feb- 2022 -
    24 February
    GovernmentGov must help hospitality move away from single-use plastics, says UKH

    Gov must help hospitality move away from single-use plastics, says UKH

    UKHospitality has said it has called on the Government to support hospitality businesses as they move away from single-use plastics, ahead of a proposed ban next year. The trade body said it is backing a planned April 2023 ban on single-use plastics, but wants to see government support as the…

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  • 18 February
    CoronavirusHospitality suffers £115bn loss amid Covid damage

    Hospitality suffers £115bn loss amid Covid damage

    The hospitality industry has suffered a £115bn loss over the last two years due to Covid-19 as the sector was “hit first and hit hardest” by the pandemic, UKHospitality has said. According to its data, the sector has racked-up a loss of £114.8bn sales compared to what was expected for…

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  • 8 February
    GovernmentOver 250 hospitality leaders call for VAT to be held at 12.5%

    Over 250 hospitality leaders call for VAT to be held at 12.5%

    More than 250 business leaders from hospitality and leisure have written to the chancellor, Rishi Sunak, urging the Government to keep VAT at 12.5% beyond March 2022, according to UKHospitality. It revealed the letter calls on the Treasury to maintain the current level to enable many “fragile” businesses to continue…

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  • 7 February
    NewsPrice rises for consumers now ‘inevitable’, says UKH

    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 February
    Pubs and BarsUKH urges gov to boost duty reforms

    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 January
    RestaurantsUKH outlines guidance for calorie labelling legislation

    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 January
    BusinessUKH welcomes launch of mission to help 500,000 find work

    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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  • 25 January
    RestaurantsUKH welcomes easing of travel restrictions

    UKH welcomes easing of travel restrictions

    The news that international visitors to the UK who are vaccinated against Covid-19 will no longer be required to test on arrival has been welcomed by UKHospitality. The new rules will come into operation at 4am on the 11 February, and will apply to all inbound visitors to the UK,…

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