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A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: Heston Blumenthal got by on three hours sleep a night; Rates bill for Dorchester set to double to £7.5m; Sports fan buys closed Altnaharra hotel; Hovis bakes jumbo bread-and-butter pudding and more...
Posted: 05 October 2009 | 10:18
Hospitality businesses are being advised to brace themselves for significant increases in business rates, due to be announced today (2 October). The new rates, which are based on valuations taken for all commercial properties in April 2008, will come into effect on 1 April 2010...
Posted: 02 October 2009 | 10:00
Campaign group Justice for Licensees (JFL) is calling on the Government to delay a planned hike in VAT and alcohol duty next year. The organisation is formally writing to chancellor Alistair Darling and prime minister Gordon Brown urging them to reconsider implementing...
Posted: 16 September 2009 | 13:00
No sooner had the air cleared from the smoking ban than the dangers of alcohol reared its head. Overall levels of alcohol consumption by the general public have increased rapidly over the past 10 years as we all drink more wine, spirits and alco-pops (but we all drink less beer) and the term binge-drinking has entered the national vocabulary.
Posted: 15 September 2009 | 12:54
Fast-food businesses in Essex could be hit with a “fat tax” of £1,000 in a bid to reduce the growing obesity problem in the area. The controversial plans are being considered by Barking and Essex Council and would hit everything from takeaway kebab and fish n’chip shops to McDonald's.
Posted: 11 September 2009 | 15:03
The Vintners Federation of Ireland (VFI) has called on the Irish government to cut VAT rates and encourage employment in order to save the troubled pub industry.
An independent study commissioned by the VFI showed that 4,800 pub industry jobs have been lost in the past year, 43% of pubs have reduced ...
Posted: 27 August 2009 | 11:41
Every week in the Caterer poll the industry delivers its verdict on the big stories of the day. Kerstin Kühn rounds up the results of the last six months.
Posted: 21 August 2009 | 10:15
The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has urged the Government to stop its “heavy-handed approach” to pubs after more than 7,000 consumers objected to recent legislative proposals. According to the BBPA some 7,150 pubgoers contacted the Home Office by the end of the consultation ...
Posted: 18 August 2009 | 10:00
Pub managers are being forced to risk their health by working longer hours than any other group of employees in the UK, trade union Unite has warned.
In its Manifesto for the Pub Industry, Unite has called for a maximum working week for pub managers of 48-hours, a minimum of 25 days holiday a year ...
Posted: 11 August 2009 | 12:33
Last summer the rift between Michelin-starred chefs Gordon Ramsay and Marcus Wareing - which ultimately left Marcus leaving Gordon Ramsay Holdings - was big news.
Posted: 07 August 2009 | 15:52
The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) is calling on the Government to abolish alcohol duty on all beer containing less than 2.8% alcohol to help lure people back into pubs. The “People Pint” campaign could save punters 60p per pint of lower strength beer and help them drink sensibly, CAMRA insists.
Posted: 05 August 2009 | 12:30
Widespread opposition to the Mandatory Code for the sale of alcohol has led to calls for the Government to reconsider the legislation before consultation closes in August. The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has formally asked the Government to reconsider the code ...
Posted: 28 July 2009 | 17:49
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: Little Chef's roll-out plan for Blumenthal menu; TV chef Richard Phillips under fire over tips; Arab Investment tables bid for Coffee Republic; celebrity chef to buy fruit and veg from school garden and more ...
Posted: 20 July 2009 | 10:37
The Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) is driving an initiative to persuade the EU to amend rules preventing the UK Government from lowering beer duty for draught beer served in pubs. Leading the campaign is John Grogan MP, chairman of the influential Parliamentary Beer Group ...
Posted: 16 July 2009 | 16:13
Nearly half of Britain’s rural pubs could be missing out on vital funds to help them weather the recession, a new report has warned. According to a survey by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) village businesses, including pubs, are entitled to 50% relief - and in some cases up to 100% relief ...
Posted: 07 July 2009 | 11:36
French restaurants have dropped their prices after a government tax reduction came into effect this week.
Value-added tax (VAT) in France was yesterday cut from 19.6% to 5.5%, in a bid to boost consumer spending and create thousands of jobs. The move follows a decade of lobbying ...
Posted: 02 July 2009 | 08:00
A restaurateur who launched a nationwide petition demanding that Gordon Brown raise the VAT limit, says he will carry on fighting despite a knock back from a Treasury minister. Over 50 restaurant owners throughout the Midlands have signed the on-line petition from Leicester curry house ...
Posted: 19 June 2009 | 07:00
The owner of City restaurant One Lombard Street has urged the Government to suspend stamp duty on business leases for the duration of the recession. Soren Jessen’s call came after he was landed with a £54,000 stamp duty charge when renewing his lease on the restaurant’s premises...
Posted: 18 June 2009 | 12:42
In the economic downturn, struggling businesses may be able to spread the cost of their tax bills,says Chris Lane, a partner at accountancy firm Kingston Smith LLP
Posted: 12 June 2009 | 15:26
British beer drinkers pay more than nine times the rate of duty as German consumers and seven times as much as the French, the British Beer & Pub Association revealed today. Across the 27 EU countries, only Finland and Ireland impose higher excise duty rates on beer ...
Posted: 01 June 2009 | 07:00
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