@Madz_Grant Really enjoyed reading this. What a different time it was. Where have the characters and caricatures of Britishness gone. Like Keith Floyd they also have provided beautiful recipes to us for posterity. The nostalgic reminder of British cultural renaissance as an antidote to woke
"Imagine a cafe makes £1 off a croissant, they need to sell 25,000 croissants to justify the price of hiring somebody right now. And clearly that's unrealistic."
Our CEO @allen_m_simpson spoke to @TimesRadio about why it is vital the Government fix NICs at the Budget. #TaxedOut
Hospitality businesses are being #TaxedOut.
84,000 hospitality jobs have been lost since the Budget - expected to rise to over 100,000 by the end of November.
We need urgent action from Government to lower business rates, fix NICs and cut VAT at the Budget. @BBCBreakfast
This afternoon our CEO, @allen_m_simpson, gave evidence to the @CommonsBTC on the importance of hospitality to the high street and the need for a strategy to ensure we are supported.
"Half of the jobs lost since the Budget have been purely in hospitality."
Watch 📺👇
This is what it means when a sector which bring light and life to our high streets and communities and joy to our lives is #TaxedOut - one of my favourites lucky to make £1 but the taxman makes £8.50 and earns £3.67 in VAT alone so our customers are being taxed too
Since it's conference season, here's a scene from the 2023 @NFUtweets conference when @Keir_Starmer came into the press room after addressing farmers at the conference. Here's a brief reminder of what he told farmers - enjoy 🧵(1/7)
For every retweet of this post, I will donate £1 to the @VC_and_GC_Assoc up to £50,000.
Time is running out following @I_W_M’s decision to close the Lord Ashcroft Gallery.
Visit while you still can, to honour the bravery of those who risked so much to protect our great nation.
Such a privilege to photograph the installation of Lincolnshires very own Angel yesterday. “On Freedoms Wings” please take time to visit the link below and read about the story behind this icon…it really does give you goosebumps
https://t.co/X8Mapfwm4k
Today in #PMQs, two big hospitality issues were raised:
1. Tax rises costing 89k hospitality jobs. We need to fix NICs.
2. The importance of business rates reform, where we need the maximum discount for hospitality.
Our Budget asks👇
https://t.co/eMFLowc9w9
#TaxedOut
With our latest #TaxedOut analysis revealing more than half of all job losses since the Budget are in hospitality, our Chair @UKHospKate spoke to @BBCBreakfast and called for three key changes from Government:
👉Fix NICs
👉Lower business rates
👉Cut VAT
https://t.co/eMFLowc9w9
Tourism is our 2nd largest service export but if we want to truly unlock its potential to deliver economic growth across all regions we not only need to encourage more people to visit but also more Brits to take a break at home too. improving the balance of trade deficit matters
The warning lights are flashing red in the labour market. 2 months ago, we had seen 70,000 jobs lost in hospitality due to the budget - its now jumped 20,000 or 4% of workforce. Half of all jobs lost across the economy are in hospitality. We need the Chancellor to fix nics
Drivers of current inflation spike are almost exclusively govt mandated and with growth sluggish and consumer confidence suppressed, now is not the time to be unduly cautious about interest rate cuts
Yesterday, there was a debate in the @UKHouseofLords on the National Insurance Contributions Bill.
Thank you to Baroness Lawlor for raising the disproportionate impact the increase to the employer NICs threshold will have the hospitality sector.
Farmers will protest outside parliament tomorrow due to concerns over cheap food imports and the lack of measures to boost British food security 🚜🪧
https://t.co/yD7U8QgkAP
Great to have so many MPs and hospitality businesses join us in the House of Commons yesterday ahead of today’s Westminster Hall debate on what is needed to drive unlock growth and investment across the sector. A timely reminder that we generate 1 in 5 new jobs & £54bn in tax