100,000 signatures in under 72 hours supporting 10% VAT on hospitality! Huge thanks to everyone who’s signed and shared so far. This is just the start - we’re aiming for 1 million. Let’s keep pushing. Share and get your teams involved 👉 https://t.co/MEDVqI2nlS
We’ve officially hit 75,000 signatures since launching #VATsTheProblem – the united sector campaign calling for hospitality VAT to be reduced from 20% to 10%.
A huge thank you to everyone that has engaged with our campaign so far, but there’s still a long way to go. Sign the petition now 👇
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Taxes are costing an average Leon restaurant with £1.3m sales an extra £70k per year compared with before Labour came to power.
Fast food chain founder John Vincent says business rates at the average restaurant have increased £56k per year. He accused Labour of “totally killing the restaurant industry” & insisted that “everyone knows restaurants are done”.
Where will people go out to eat if the restaurants close down?
"I'll always look back on amazing memories at this football club, I've put my heart and soul into the club for nine years and I've not got many regrets."
Watch Andy Robertson's full interview on All Red Video. 💬
Thank you @SteveDarlingMP for raising the UK’s uniquely high VAT rate.
“United Kingdom tourists face a VAT rate of 20% on their spend, whereas in Germany it is only 7% and in Spain, France and Italy it is 10%.”
A holiday tax is the wrong policy and at the wrong time.
“The quickest, easiest and simplest way to get a boost to business would be to cut VAT.”
A lower rate of VAT. Proper reform of business rates. Fixing NIC’s - those are the best ways to cut hospitality’s cost burden. @UKHospKate, our Chair, speaks to @BBCNews.