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Wine industry launches push for duty cut

20-Jan-2017 By Sophie Witts

The Wine and Spirit Trade Association (WSTA) is stepping up its efforts to encourage the Chancellor to reduce wine duty this year.

Summer Budget 2015: National Living Wage to be introduced in 2016

08-Jul-2015 By Emma Eversham

All UK businesses will have to pay workers a National Living Wage of £7.20 an hour from next April, Chancellor George Osborne has announced. 

Budget 2014: Key points and reaction

19-Mar-2014 By Luke Nicholls

Following the delivery of the 2014 Budget by Chancellor George Osborne earlier today, BigHospitality caught up with some of the key organisations representing pubs, hotels and restaurants as well as individual operators for their reaction.

Budget 2014: George Osborne scraps alcohol duty escalator

19-Mar-2014 By Luke Nicholls

Pubs across the UK can breathe a big sigh of relief today as Chancellor George Osborne has once again scrapped the punitive escalator for all alcohol duties and cut another penny off the price of a pint of beer in his 2014 Budget announcement. 

Budget 2013: The hospitality industry's reaction

20-Mar-2013

Following the delivery of the Budget by Chancellor George Osborne earlier today BigHospitality caught up with some of the key organisations representing pubs, hotels and restaurants as well as individual operators for their reaction.

Pub is the Hub launches Community Services Fund to help pubs diversify

06-Dec-2012 By Luke Nicholls

Pub is the Hub, which provides advice and support for licensees, rural pubs and community services, has today announced the launch of the Community Services Fund to help raise money to allow UK pubs to diversy into new services for the benefit of their...

John Penrose Video Interview: Hospitality industry still needs to show Government why its VAT cut is different

24-Jul-2012 By Peter Ruddick

In a wide-ranging, exclusive video interview for BigHospitality, Tourism Minister John Penrose has ruled out making a VAT cut for the hospitality industry a long-term ambition for the Government and has said businesses still need to show why a cut would...

Chancellor ‘totally wrong to raise beer tax’, says BBPA

20-Apr-2012 By Luke Nicholls

The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has slammed Chancellor George Osborne and the Government for their decision to raise beer tax by a further five per cent in the March Budget.

Budget 2012: Osborne refuses to budge on alcohol duty or reduce VAT for hospitality, but does offer to back business

21-Mar-2012 By Emma Eversham

The Chancellor George Osborne has refused to budge on the alcohol duty escalator or reduce VAT for the hospitality industry, but did outline other plans to help business as a whole in this year's Budget. 

Campaign to cut VAT continues despite rejection from Treasury

28-Jul-2011 By Emma Eversham

A campaign which aims to reduce VAT to 5 per cent for the hospitality industry has vowed to continue despite claims from the Treasury that there is no 'compelling evidence' for the cut.