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.
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Jul- 2018 -4 JulyBusiness
UKHospitality warns against PPL music licence tariff increase
UKHospitality has cautioned that any increases to the UK music licencing body’s ‘SFE’ tariff will place considerable burdens on venues and limit their ability to offer recorded music. The organisation which provides businesses with licences to play recorded music, PPL, has begun formally consulting on a revised Specially Featured Entertainment…
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Jun- 2018 -8 JuneTrade Associations
UKHospitality calls for ‘level playing field’ on tax for digital and physical businesses
UKHospitality has called on the government to provide equality in the tax system by ensuring that transactions on online platforms are taxed appropriately. The trade association has responded to HMRC’s consultation on online platforms’ role in ensuring tax compliance by their users, recommending: Greater provision of information for smaller users…
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1 JuneBusiness
UKHospitality calls for fairness and transparency for employers and employees
Trade association UKHospitality has called on the government to ensure that employment in the UK is “fair, transparent and flexible for both employers and employees”. Responding to a series of consultations in the wake of the Taylor Review into modern working, UKHospitality has made a series of recommendations to provide…
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May- 2018 -23 MayCatering Companies
Report highlights ‘generous salaries’ on offer for chefs in the hotel industry
A new report benchmarking salaries in the hotel industry has revealed that nine out of 10 of the lowest grade roles offer salaries 10%-20% above the minimum wage. The report also found that general managers earn the highest average salaries within the hotel industry, with head chefs earning the second…
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16 MayTrade Associations
Cost pressures could risk sector jobs, UKHospitality warns
The UK’s largest hospitality industry trade association, UKHospitality, has warned the government that taxation and regulatory pressures risk undoing the job creation carried out by the hospitality sector since 2008. The warning follows the publication of data by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) that shows there are 31,000 fewer…
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14 MayRegulations & Policies
Hospitality trade bodies launch packaging waste reduction pledge
The UK’s hospitality trade bodies have reiterated their commitment to tackling plastic packaging by urging a sector-wide pledge to reduce waste. Delegates at UKHospitality’s ‘Unpack the Future of Hospitality’ event, hosted by the British Institute for Innkeeping (BII) and UKHospitality (UKH), were urged to commit to pledges which included: Collaborating…
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11 MayTrade Associations
UKHospitality calls for planning revamp to support sector
UKHospitality has today called on the government to adopt an approach to planning that supports and encourages the growth and stability of hospitality venues. In its submission to the National (England) Planning Policy consultation, UKHospitality made a series of recommendations aimed at boosting hospitality businesses, including: Full support for the…
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2 MayBusiness
UKHospitality welcomes government’s recognition of immigration policy
UKHospitality has welcomed the government’s acknowledgement of the contributions made by EU nationals to the UK’s small businesses. The group has also called on the government to provide a future immigration policy that enables hospitality businesses to continue to employ EU nationals without disruption. During oral questions yesterday, small business…
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Apr- 2018 -27 AprilBusiness
Hospitality skills council People 1st goes into administration
Employment skills organisation and apprenticeship provider People 1st has entered administration. The company, which serves the hospitality, retail and travel sectors, announced that it had appointed FRP Advisory as its administrators. The organisation’s government funding ended six years ago and its most recent accounts, up to March 2017 showed a…
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26 AprilGovernment
UKHospitality signs Plastic Pact to tackle waste
UKHospitality has emphasised its commitment to tackling packaging waste by signing the Plastic Pact. Launched by sustainability experts WRAP, the Plastic Pact is a business collaboration aimed at cutting plastic waste. The pact, which is signed by 42 businesses responsible for over 80% of plastic packaging sold on products through…
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