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MP proposes bill to ban tip deductions

A Conservative MP has brought forward a Tips Bill to parliament in a bid to ban restaurants and other hospitality businesses from making deductions from workers’ tips. Under the bill, proposed by Dean Russell, businesses would be unable to make deductions from staff tips, with workers either taking the money…

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Heathrow’s third runway will not be taking off after all

Heathrow’s third runway has been ruled illegal by the court of appeal, because the government did not properly consider its own climate change pledges in line with the Paris Agreement when drawing up its plans. The court is actually on the same street as our offices here at Mulberry Media…

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What’s Nissan driving at with Brexit plans?

Now that the technical aspect of leaving the EU has happened on paper, we are into the implementation period, but the negotiations will soon get going once again. The pound fell today as in a speech which actually overlapped Michel Barnier’s opening salvo with competing coverage, Boris Johnson reiterated his…

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Want to know who will win the election? Watch the pound

In recent years there has been a lot of talk about how badly wrong pollsters can get it. Nobody thought Trump would win, nobody thought Leave would win the referendum, indeed even elections have been too close to call. Though it now feels like a different historical epoch to look…

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Government delays changes to tipping law

The government has announced it has pushed back the introduction of a law which would prevent restaurant owners from pocketing their staff’s tips, three years after a change was suggested. In 2016, a new legislation was promised following a consultation and at the 2018 Conservative party conference, Theresa May said…

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Pizzeria Apollo to offer 25% off for those in support of a Brexit People’s Vote

Pizzeria Apollo in London’s Stoke Newington, is offering 25% off to customers who are in support of a People’s Vote on Brexit. The discount is being offered to customers who bring in a copy of a letter sent to their local MP expressing support for a second referendum. The restaurant…

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What challenges will the hospitality industry face post-Brexit?

It is alarming as we inch closer to Brexit that it is still unclear what the impact of leaving the EU will have on the UK economy and its people. Pundits are trying to predict an outcome, but until the goalposts are cemented in, there is actually still no way…

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Restaurants and bars to be banned from taking employees’ tips

New legislation banning restaurant bosses from deducting or keeping employee tips is set to come into force, Theresa May has announced. Speaking at the Conservative Conference today (1 October), the prime minister named high street chains Prezzo, Strada and Zizzi as some of the worst offending restaurants for taking staff…

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