The government’s failure to cut VAT and business rates in today’s mini-budget will mean hundreds of restaurants and pubs will close this winter, according to hospitality industry leaders. They say Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s (pictured, second left) strategy to boost growth will come too late to save small-scale businesses, even if it proves successful. Kate Nicholls, […]
The Castle Hotel in Taunton (above) has joined chef Tom Kerridge in offering bargain-price lunches for the month of September to lift the country’s mood during the current cost of living crisis. The fixed-price menu of two courses for £15 or three for £20 will be served in the hotel’s restaurant Brazz from Tuesday to […]
The trade body UK Hospitality has again underpinned its belief that a “unified” approach to reopening restaurants after lockdown restrictions are lifted. After the Welsh government put forward its criteria, and Nicola Sturgeon, first minister of Scotland, outlined what a phased lifting could look like, UK Hospitality warned that a confused message could damage the […]
