4 January 2023

Train strikes cost sector £2.5bn

The impact of the train strikes has cost the hospitality sector a total of Â2.5bn in lost sales since industrial action began in June last year, […]
4 January 2023

Energy support could be halved

The hospitality sector needs a âclearâ and âdefinedâ strategy regarding energy support before âbusinesses fall at the last hurdleâ, according to leaders from across the industry.
4 January 2023

Benefits and schemes to ease energy price hikes

As eye-watering energy costs continue to batter the UK, pubs have not been spared but there is help out there for beleaguered businesses and staff members.
3 January 2023

Overtaxed and underpaid?

The headlines have recently been filled with details of rising inflation and the cost-of-living crisis, with strike action across many sectors.
22 December 2022

More rail strikes to hit trade again in January

Strike action agreed by members of rail unions Aslef and RMT will mean chaos for five days in row in early January shortly after the hospitality […]
19 December 2022

Fastest hike in night out cost in 30 years

Pubgoers are facing the fastest rise in the cost of a night out in more than three decades, one organisation has said.
19 December 2022

NTIA ‘welcomes’ Martyn’s Law

The Night Time Industries Association (NTIA) has âwelcomedâ new legislation that will be introduced to tighten security at venues in the wake of the Manchester Arena […]
16 December 2022

Scottish Budget dismay: no rates relief for pubs

Scottish government has come under fire for not announcing business rates relief for hospitality in its Budget yesterday (15 December), with trade bodies warning this could […]
16 December 2022

‘I’m going to call it out for what it is – it’s profiteering’

The MA’s Ed Bedington met up with celebrity pub operator Merlin Griffiths, of Greenhouse Pubs, to hear his thoughts on the week’s news and his view […]
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