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The average pint of lager in pubs is 80p more expensive than is justified by inflation and like-for-like changes in taxes since 1987, a new study has claimed. The GMB union, which produced the research, blamed the rising cost of pub rents for increased beer prices.
Posted: 12 September 2011 | 11:03
Employers that have staff who are union members may have certain legal obligations. Legal expert Laura Kearsley explains what these are
Posted: 24 February 2011 | 10:47
The TUC will tell the Low Pay Commission (LPC) to recommend raising the adult national minimum wage next year by 21p to £6.14 an hour when the two organisations meet on 1 November. The TUC will put the case to the LPC, which advises the Government on the minimum wage.
Posted: 29 October 2010 | 12:43
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: Richard Shepherd puts Langan’s Restaurants on the market; Premier Inn launches £199 wedding and honeymoon deal; GMB blames pub tie for decline of rural pubs and more...
Posted: 20 September 2010 | 11:06
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: sea change sees mellowing of macho kitchen culture; Splendid Hotel Group seeks £200m for seven London hotels; Jamie Oliver is Britain’s 22nd most generous donor to charity and more…
Posted: 19 April 2010 | 10:52
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: 10% of Scottish B&Bs in newspaper survey refused rooms to ‘gay’ guest; Shearings and Bay restaurant brands set for sale?; Pret a Manger plans record number of openings; Pebble Hotels owner to run former London Town pubs and more…
Posted: 12 April 2010 | 10:29
Topics covered in our weekly Infozone briefing include: No 'giveaway' in Budget, warns chancellor; interns being exploited, says TUC; and equality watchdog to investigate 'Polish-speaking' jobs.
Posted: 19 March 2010 | 17:30
Representatives from the GMB Pub Revolution branch are to meet new Pubs Minister John Healey in Westminster on Tuesday. The meeting, at 12.15pm, will come ahead of a meeting of up to 100 GMB parliamentary group members who will meet MPs to highlight their problems...
Posted: 12 March 2010 | 14:56
Story of the week: Industry figures have paid tribute to Rose Gray, the co-founder of the acclaimed River Café in London, who has died aged 71 after a prolonged battle with cancer. It was Hotelympia 2010 this week, and to round off the five-day event, the godfathers of the British culinary scene...
Posted: 05 March 2010 | 16:10
The GMB union is holding a road show to drum up support for potential industrial action by disgruntled pub licensees. Neil Gerrard sat in on the London meeting.
Posted: 04 March 2010 | 13:14
The GMB union has unveiled details of 16 public meetings to discuss the tie with licensees ahead of potential industrial action.The aim of the GMB's national roadshow is to win support of tied licensees to take part in an official ballot for action to secure £12,000 cuts in the wholesale prices ...
Posted: 08 February 2010 | 13:58
The GMB union is to start touring the country in a bid to meet as many lessees of tied pubs as possible before it ballots on potential industrial action. GMB national officer Paul Maloney told Caterer that meetings would start tomorrow in London, with dates also planned for Birmingham, Manchester...
Posted: 11 January 2010 | 16:25
Battle lines are being drawn in the dispute between the major pub companies and their tenants over the beer tie, with the GMB union launching an official ballot on potential industrial action. Following the failure of the Campaign for Real Ale to persuade the Office of Fair Trading to rule that the beer tie...
Posted: 04 January 2010 | 16:56
Justice for Licensees staged a protest outside Parliament yesterday (7 December) against “unfairly high beer and rent prices” imposed on licensees by the major pubcos. The pub protest group, backed by the Unite union and trade associations, called on the Government ...
Posted: 08 December 2009 | 07:00
Staying green through the gloom; overtime pay declines.
Posted: 04 December 2009 | 15:00
Two of Britain's biggest pub companies, Punch Taverns and Greene King, have fired a warning shot at a group of 3,000 tied pub tenants who are set to be balloted over industrial action by the GMB union. Earlier this week the GMB sent out 32,000 letters to pub company tenants...
Posted: 03 December 2009 | 08:00
The GMB union is to start balloting publicans over potential industrial action against the major pubcos within the next seven to 10 days. National convenor Paul Maloney told Caterer that the union will be sending out 32,000 letters this morning to pub company tenants and other tenants...
Posted: 01 December 2009 | 11:00
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: Premier Inn seeks legal advice over Travlelodge ‘refund’ campaign; M&B shareholder blocks appointment of new chairman; Toby ; Michelin-starred chefs on menu at Edinburgh’s Christmas food fair and more…
Posted: 30 November 2009 | 10:25
The TUC will argue that the national minimum wage (NMW) should be raised by 20p to £6 per hour when it meets the Low Pay Commission on Friday. The commission, the independent body that advises the Government on the NMW, is meeting the TUC to discuss rates for the period ...
Posted: 29 October 2009 | 12:48
Contract caterer Sodexo is to reimburse "tens of thousands" of staff members on its national minimum wage monthly payroll after it underpaid them, Caterer has learnt. The catering giant came under fire from the GMB union, which said it had been miscalculating its national minimum wage formulas.
Posted: 01 September 2009 | 14:00
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