Levy
Coverage focuses on the strategy, operations, and sustainability initiatives of the UK’s leading sports and entertainment caterer, part of Compass Group UK & Ireland. Reporting includes catering partnerships at major venues such as Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Twickenham, ExCeL London, and the OVO Arena Wembley. Topics span net zero commitments, plant-forward food strategy, digital ordering and payments, branded concessions, and premium fan experience delivery — offering insight for professionals tracking high-volume, event-driven hospitality across sport, music, and exhibition spaces.
-
Feb- 2023 -23 FebruaryBusiness
Third of hospitality firms at risk of going under, says UKH
UKHospitality has revealed that 32% of hospitality firms are at risk of failure within the next year, despite hospitality sales in 2022 surpassing pre-Covid levels. The hospitality association said this is because sales remain “significantly behind 2019” in real terms due to inflation. The UKHospitality Quarterly Tracker, in association with…
Read More » -
15 FebruaryBusiness
Inflation falls to 10.1% in January
Inflation slowed for the third consecutive month in January to 10.1%, down from 10.5% in December, but remains close to a near 40-year high. According to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), on a monthly basis, inflation fell by 0.6% in January 2023, compared with a…
Read More » -
7 FebruaryNews
Levy UK&I retains catering contract with ExCeL
Levy UK and Ireland, the sports and entertainment arm of Compass Group, has announced it has retained its contract with ExCeL. Levy has been the catering partner at ExCeL since 2000 and is responsible for providing food and drink at its events, delivering catering for conferences, events, hospitality, and retail…
Read More » -
6 FebruaryBusiness
Sodexo gifts £2m of apprenticeship levy
Sodexo has gifted £2m of its apprenticeship levy to support a number of small companies and not-for-profit organisations across the UK. The food services and facilities management business first took the decision to “gift with purpose” a portion of the apprenticeship levy it pays in 2019. In August 2021, it…
Read More » -
Dec- 2022 -16 DecemberBusiness
Third of venues to reduce Christmas opening hours due to vacancies
A third of hospitality businesses plan to reduce opening hours over Christmas as they face a shortage of applicants for vacancies, according to UKHospitality, while 32% have already been forced to reduce their opening hours. In addition, it was also revealed that more than a third of businesses (35%) plan…
Read More » -
Nov- 2022 -17 NovemberNews
Chancellor freezes tax thresholds in Autumn statement
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced a raft of measures to help “stabilise” the UK economy and reduce inflation, with tax cuts and spending cuts totalling £55bn in the Autumn statement. As part of the new measures, Hunt confirmed that tax as a percentage of GDP will rise by over 1%…
Read More » -
9 NovemberTrade Associations
Hospitality sector urges govt to tackle recruitment crisis
UKHospitality, the BBPA, BII, the Institute of Hospitality and charity Springboard, have addressed MP Mel Stride in a joint letter calling on the minister’s support in an industry-wide recruitment campaign. The hospitality industry’s letter follows a survey that showed the current vacancy rate for hospitality businesses stands at 11% compared…
Read More » -
1 NovemberRegulations & Policies
UKH calls for Liverpool City Council to scrap late night levy
UKHospitality has urged Liverpool City Council to remove its late night levy, warning that continuing to collect the levy alongside additional pressures could lead to closures, discourage new openings and impact on employment in the city. According to the trade body, during the time they have been in operation, levies…
Read More » -
Oct- 2022 -17 OctoberGovernment
Chancellor reverses almost all mini-budget tax cuts
Newly appointed chancellor Jeremy Hunt has reversed almost all of the mini-budget commitments made by previous chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng last month, in a statement made at the Treasury today (17 October). He confirmed the basic rate of income tax will remain at 20% “indefinitely” until the economic situation stabilises, marking…
Read More » -
Sep- 2022 -14 SeptemberNews
Nottingham to scrap late-night levy to ease pressure on businesses
A levy on late night licensed premises in Nottingham is set to be revoked from 31 October in a bid to ease financial pressure on local businesses. Nottingham City Council said the economic situation for the hospitality industry has changed since the introduction of the Levy eight years ago, due…
Read More »
