Hospitality businesses taking on students or temporary staff during the summer are being reminded that these employees may not need to pay tax on their earnings.
London restaurants will be the first target for a new round of tax enforcement measures, under plans announced today by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) to tackle tax dodgers.
The heads of pub, hotel and restaurant operators Whitbread and Fuller’s have joined leaders of some of the UK’s largest companies in a strong show of support for the government’s proposed spending cuts
The coalition government’s move to raise VAT to a uniform 20 per cent from January next year in yesterday’s emergency budget is a 'missed opportunity' for UK hospitality
Chancellor George Osborne has announced VAT will rise to 20 per cent from January of next year, as he delivered his ‘unavoidable budget’ today in parliament
Pub and hotel operator Fuller’s has cautioned that the coming months will likely be tough for hospitality operators, as consumers feel the pinch of swingeing government cuts
Carluccio’s, the Italian restaurant group, has warned that the UK’s coalition government and cuts in public spending to tackle the national deficit will fuel a climate of uncertainty
The new coalition government formed by the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats yesterday should have a positive effect on the hospitality industry, experts have said
The Chancellor confirms that alcohol tax increases will remain in place after announcing in his Pre Budget Report that the VAT rate will return to 17.5 per cent in January
Soren Jessen, owner of 1 Lombard Street and Papillon restaurants in London petitions Downing Street to suspend stamp duty on lease extensions during the recession to help keep restaurants afloat
The British Beer & Pub Association warns that 10 per cent of jobs in the pub sector could be lost in the next five years if the Chancellor continues to move forward with planned beer tax increases
