Government News - Boutique Hotelier

UKHospitality stresses desperate need for financial support as sector faces £4bn sales drop

INDUSTRY by Eamonn Crowe on December 17, 2021

Chancellor says government will do "whatever it takes", but UKHospitality demand further support for businesses

Hospitality and tourism sector bodies call for a permanent lower rate of VAT

INDUSTRY TRAVEL & TOURISM by Zoe Monk on October 1, 2021

As VAT for the hospitality sector rises to 12.5% from today, trade bodies say the government risks derailing recovery at a time when businesses are still in survival mode if the change isn't permanent

Hospitality business owners banned from keeping staff tips under new legislation

FOOD & BEVERAGE INDUSTRY OWNERS & OPERATORS by Zoe Monk on September 24, 2021

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The new service charge rules for card payments were first proposed in 2016, with the five-year delay said to have cost waiting staff an estimated £10,000 each in lost tips

UKHospitality and BII call on Government to introduce Business Rates reform

INDUSTRY by Zoe Monk on August 25, 2021

Overhaul of system that sees hospitality overpay £2.4bn each year is crucial to long term recovery, the trade bodies have stressed

Easing of legal restrictions does not mean easing of hospitality’s challenges, sector trade bodies warn

INDUSTRY TRAVEL & TOURISM by Zoe Monk on July 22, 2021

Vacancy levels are running at 10% across the sector, implying a shortage of over 200,000 workers, and the 'pingdemic' has meant up to as many as a fifth of staff are isolating at any one time

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63% of guests will avoid hotels that remove all Covid measures

MARKET DATA SURVEYS by Zoe Monk on July 19, 2021

Despite government rules changing today in England, new BW survey found that nearly 80% of guests would prefer hotels to continue with Covid risk measures, such as social distanced seating and mask wearing

Government launches new strategy focused on ‘reopening, recovery and resilience’ for hospitality sector

TRAVEL & TOURISM by Zoe Monk on July 16, 2021

New strategy will see the creation of a new Hospitality Sector Council as well as a number of new initiatives introduced to raise the profile of the industry as a career and cut waste and reduce emissions

Scotland to move to level 0 from July 19 but curfew remains for hospitality

SCOTLAND by Zoe Monk on July 14, 2021

A new midnight curfew will be introduced at all hospitality venues, as well as a cap on numbers, with Sturgeon saying that the sector remained a ‘relatively risky environment’

UKHospitality Cymru calls on Welsh Government to lift restrictions

WALES by Zoe Monk on July 12, 2021

UKHC executive director David Chapman is asking the government to let the sector 'open up, stay savvy, stay safe' giving hospitality businesses the chance to manage a 'huge influx' of summer visitors

Business support starts to taper off from today after just over one month of full reopening

HOTEL MANAGEMENT OWNERS & OPERATORS by Zoe Monk on July 1, 2021

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The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, which began in March 2020 and has provided a lifeline to thousands of businesses, will be scaled back as well as the business rates holiday

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