Peter Walker FIH MI

Hotelier/GM. Fellow of Institute Hospitality. Master Innholder. Views are my own.

[UKHospitality @UKHofficial]

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

[Michel Roux Jr @michelrouxjr]

Great start, let’s keep the momentum
#VATstheproblem https://t.co/aDT48LARTk

[ThatPubChick 🥂 @pub_that]

Nearly 92k signatures this morning…let’s get over the 100k mark today! 🙌🍻

Huge thanks to everyone who had already put their name to this! Please keep signing & sharing…
#VATsTheProblem
@ChefTomKerridge
@BIIandBIIAB
@UKHofficial
@beerandpub

https://t.co/eXGXhqqGRc

[ThatPubChick 🥂 @pub_that]

Check on the stats this morning & amazed to see so much support for this campaign. 60k+ signatures! But it’s just the start, we need to see 1 million signatures behind this for the Gov to finally take us seriously. Every signature helps…please sign!

https://t.co/eXGXhqqGRc

[UKHospitality @UKHofficial]

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 👇

https://t.co/wtQRPN2te1

[The Scottish Hospitality Group @scothospgroup]

Our pubs, restaurants, cafes, hotels, nightclubs and many more, are at the heart of our communities.

They bring people together and bring life to our cities, towns and villages, but they're under huge pressure from rising costs.

In the UK, you pay one of the highest VAT rates in Europe. 20% extra in VAT for your pint, meal out or stay away. In France, Spain and Italy, it's 10%. In Germany? 7%.

Our message to Government is simple. Let's stand together to say VAT at 10% is fair for hospitality.

Please help us by signing and sharing the petition below:

https://t.co/QQU9wK50Mn

[The Scottish Hospitality Group @scothospgroup]

Our pubs, restaurants, cafes, hotels, nightclubs and many more, are at the heart of our communities.

They bring people together and bring life to our cities, towns and villages, but they're under huge pressure from rising costs.

In the UK, you pay one of the highest VAT rates in Europe. 20% extra in VAT for your pint, meal out or stay away. In France, Spain and Italy, it's 10%. In Germany? 7%.

Spearheaded by @ChefTomKerridge, our message to Government is simple. Let's stand together to say VAT at 10% is fair for hospitality.

Please help us by signing and sharing the petition below:

https://t.co/884qmqIBRm

[ChefDeanBanks @banks_chef]

If Rachel Reeves had reached out to Hospitality we could have helped with her Great British Summer project. Instead of 5% VAT on kids meals we would have offered them for free in exchange of VAT being reduced to 10% not the 5% she has offered on kids meals.

[Aberdeen FC Inverurie Supporters Club @isc_afcsuppclub]

The Inverurie Supporters Club AGM is being held on Friday 12 June at 7.30pm, upstairs in the Hopeville Club - ALL WELCOME.

If you are planning to attend, please reply to the email - [email protected] - or leave a FB message to allow us to gauge numbers ⭐️⭐️🔴⚪️⚽️

[UKHospitality @UKHofficial]

Thank you @HuddlestonNigel for raising hospitality job losses.

“This has led to 100,000 job loses in the UK in hospitality and tourism alone over the last two years.”

Hospitality provides first jobs, entry level jobs and jobs everywhere.

Gov’t must protect jobs, not add more taxes.

[Aberdeen FC Inverurie Supporters Club @isc_afcsuppclub]

The Inverurie Supporters Club AGM is being held on Friday 12 June at 7.30pm, upstairs in the Hopeville Club - ALL WELCOME.

If you are planning to attend, please reply to the email - [email protected] - or leave a FB message to allow us to gauge numbers ⭐️⭐️🔴⚪️⚽️

[ChefDeanBanks @banks_chef]

With the new national minimum wage kicking in our entry point staff such as commis chef, Kitchen Porter, FOH helper will now be paid £31,724 for full time. £4009 on top to hire this person in NI contributions. Plus £1,274 pension. Total is £37,007.

[ChefDeanBanks @banks_chef]

This week we have seen fruit and veg prices jump by 150% in some products. We have NMW going up this week, Business rates hikes of upto 500% and energy prices are going through the roof. Let it be clear! HOSPITALITY NEEDS A VAT CUT! AND NEED IT NOW.

[Sacha Lord @Sacha_Lord]

They have gone because of the disastrous Budget.

Because of the NI increase operators are having to cut both staff and hours.

The Saturday job in a pub/restaurant is becoming a thing of the past.

Our teenagers deserve better.

[Sacha Lord @Sacha_Lord]

This is disgusting.

The vast majority of those jobs in Hospitality are for young people 18-24.

[Aberdeen FC Inverurie Supporters Club @isc_afcsuppclub]

Thank you to EVERYONE who took part in the ISC quiz night

- Quiz Master Colin Reid
- Heads & Tails Winner - Bruce Edmond
- Signed AFC shirt Winner - Morven Troup
- Quiz Winners - Leven On A Jet Plane
- Wooden Spoons - A Pint Of Wine & Two Cokes
#redarmy #COYR #standfree #afc

[Peter Walker FIH MI @psw1588]

A truly epic & inspiring visit to @InvernessCastle today - makes me proud to be Scottish - and what an addition to Scotlands tourism offering #scotland #proud #inverness #castle

[UKHospitality @UKHofficial]

"A reduction in VAT is the biggest thing that would save hospitality."

Thanks to @ChefTomKerridge for highlighting on @bbcquestiontime how the UK's VAT rate is an outlier compared to our competitors.

That's why we have been calling for a lower rate of VAT for hospitality.

[Aberdeen FC Inverurie Supporters Club @isc_afcsuppclub]

Inverurie Supporters Club Bus times for Wednesday’s game, go to the ISC FB page to book a seat
https://t.co/aI9GkQXep1

⭐️⭐️🔴⚪️⚽️
#aberdeen #inverurie #redarmy #dandies #COYR #dandydons #standfree #pittodrie @aberdeenfc #afc #football #scottishcupwinners

[Allen Simpson @allen_m_simpson]

Watching @ChefTomKerridge on @bbcquestiontime I felt quite emotional.

So clear on the importance of hospitality and the harm being done.

And he’s right. A VAT cut in line with Europe would fix it.

Go to our VAT site👉https://t.co/mRRLOXnIML

https://t.co/ubuOhw1PSq