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We must find out why businesses pay too much for their energy – and soon

A previous investigation in 2016 found that a lack of competition in the supply of energy to SMEs meant their bills were 18% too high.

Evening Standard

Budget could cost hospitality another 100,000 jobs warns industry boss

Workers aged 16 to 24 make up 10% of the country's total workforce but account for about half the workers in some hospitality roles

Evening Standard

Pint of beer price to rise in London pubs clobbered by Reeves on tax, business rates and staff pay hike

London MPs criticised the growing burden being placed on the hospitality sector by the Chancellor

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Higher business taxes to cost pub sector £150m and threaten jobs – analysis

Firms will end up paying more despite business rates being lowered in the Budget, industry bosses are warning.

Evening Standard

Fury as London pubs, hotels, and shops hammered by business rates soaring by tens of thousands of pounds

Premier Inn expects its business rate bill to go up by between £40 million and £50 million a year

Evening Standard

Hospitality bosses hit out at "yet another" above inflation hike in minimum wage in 2026

It also comes as firms are still reeling from Reeves' £25billion raid on employers' National Insurance in last year's Budget.

Evening Standard

‘We are dreading what will come’: Inside the battle for Britain’s pubs as they brace for the Budget

After a bruising few years, the country’s pubs are preparing for the Budget and say they cannot afford more bad news, Dan Haygarth reports

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Reeves could allow holiday tax on English hotel and Airbnb stays

Move to give mayors powers to raise funds through levies, but industry says it will ramp up prices and inflation

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Stonegate, UK's Pub Giant, Mired in £2.2 Billion Debt Trap

Stonegate, the UK's largest pub operator, faces mounting debt of £2.2 billion, with plans to sell assets to stay afloat amid rising costs and challenging economic conditions.

International Business Times UK

Fears for UK’s pubs and restaurants as hospitality hit hardest by job cuts

The industry could lose up to 111,000 job losses in little more than a year, warns trade body UKHospitality

The Independent UK

Starmer warned not to row back on workers’ rights after Rayner departure

Union boss says employment rights bill ‘is a vital first step in tipping the balance back toward workers’

The Independent UK

UK Pub Closures Soar: More Than 1,100 Shut Since Autumn as Hospitality Faces Worst Crisis in Decades

Over 1,100 pubs and restaurants have closed since last autumn, with tax rises, wage increases and higher bills driving Britain's hospitality sector into its worst crisis in decades.

International Business Times UK

‘Overheads have gone up’: Britain’s hospitality sector faces tough time this summer

Pubs and restaurants report rising costs including food price inflation, labour and NICs while employing fewer seasonal staff

The Guardian - UK

‘Worse than Covid’: hospitality bosses blame Reeves’ budget for UK downturn

With data suggesting the sector has been hit hardest, some employers can’t afford to recruit summer worker

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UK-EU deal hailed as milestone but is ‘just the beginning’, says industry

The new deal was widely welcomed across business sectors for helping cut red tape and reducing checks on food exports.

Evening Standard

Revealed: The illegal truth behind some of London's top restaurants

Half-a-million-pound fines. Repeated raids. And a secret illegal workers underground world propping up the capital’s most-hyped dining spots. Rachael Burford investigates

Evening Standard

Warning on jobs and price rises as national insurance hike comes into effect

Kate Nicholls, chief executive of UKHospitality, said workers and business will be affected.

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National Insurance hike comes into effect with warning on jobs and price rises

Kate Nicholls, chief executive of UKHospitality, said workers and business will be affected

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London pubs and clubs set to stay open longer this summer following Sadiq Khan reforms

Sadiq Khan has been given new powers which could lead to pubs and clubs in central London being open for longer this summer

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This is why London pubs and clubs could be staying open later this weekend

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has been given new powers to keep bars open later

Evening Standard

Hospitality bosses demand investigation into "extortionate" energy bills

Soaring gas and electricity bills are one of the biggest threats to the survival of many restaurants and bars

The Guardian - UK

Hospitality industry asks UK watchdog to look into ‘entrenched’ energy bill problems

Trade body tells Competition and Markets Authority it fears companies may have been overcharged for years

The Guardian - UK

Hospitality firms ‘to incur £1bn costs from employer NICs on 774,000 more workers’

Industry body says businesses and jobs at risk unless Rachel Reeves’s tax changes delayed or altered

The Independent UK

TGI Fridays and Pizza Hut could go: The future of the classic chain restaurant no longer seems bottomless

IN FOCUS: Chain restaurants were once the cornerstones of British dining, loved for their affordability and reliability. But rising costs, changing tastes and the pressures of a shifting dining landscape are pushing them to the brink. Can they adapt, asks Hannah Twiggs, or are they destined to become relics of…

Evening Standard

Reeves to make pensions pitch in first Mansion House speech

Her speech will come against a backdrop of criticism from the hospitality sector about changes to national insurance contributions.

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