
Reading Time: 4 minutesGlenn Wallace, event manager of the Independent Hotel Show London, catches up with some of the speakers to hear their thoughts on the staffing crisis.
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Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Hospitality leaders share their thoughts on how Liz Truss, newly-appointed UK Prime Minister, can support the industry.
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Reading Time: 2 minutesLouise Gillon, head of hotel finance at Leumi UK, highlights three opportunities for hoteliers and lenders to navigate the recovery.
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Reading Time: 5 minutesUK: Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak has raised the national insurance threshold by £3,000 but ignored pleas to keep VAT at 12.5 per cent for the hospitality industry.
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Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: UKHospitality and the British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) has called on the government to review its proposals under the Business Rates Revaluations Consultation. Whilst
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Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: The British government has extended the rent moratorium which protects commercial tenants from evictions until March next year. A ban which prevented landlords from
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Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: UKHospitality and the Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) have launched an initiative to promote job opportunities within hospitality. UKHospitality will be running sessions
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Reading Time: 3 minutesUS/UK: Recent data from the American Hotel & Lodging Association and UKHospitality reveals that nearly two million hospitality jobs are at risk by the end
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Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: The latest data from UKHospitality and CGA reveals that around £220 million of sales were lost every day from April 2020 to March 2021,