Robert Maynard

Co-Owner @Wildflorhove / Co- Owner Chanctonbury Wines, a Merchant & Bar.

[Robert Maynard @Robtheboozer]

@DanNeidle - And as such, micro business doesn’t seem relevant. Fact is if i, for example, go to the wall as a small operator in the grand scheme, HMRC loses 400k P/A in PAYE / VAT. Now in truth we exist almost solely to employ people and pay tax, there’s no margin left.

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@DanNeidle But almost no cafes, restaurants, pubs or bars that the general public engage with are micro businesses. Given the high cost / high revenue / high margin structure of hospitality it’s a bit of a red herring. It’s also HMRC driven for all hospitality to be reg from day 1..

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@DanNeidle Would love more flesh on the who benefits figures. Owning two hospitality businesses, I don’t know a single non-vat registered operator out of hundreds I’m personally acquainted with… seems like that’s a questionable cornerstone of the report?

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As restaurants, pubs, bars drop like flies and we lose our best independents, the government introduces a cut to 5% VAT for Legoland. Off to bed.

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@ChezBruce @onpassage Great wine, but hard for sales now the U.K. trade price is higher than wine docs retail 😬😬

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@UKHospKate @thetimes Where can we buy these £1.31 cost pints?? Major brewers are selling their publicans beer at generally twice that on a good day….

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@MattChristmas1 One of the best cheeses from these isles!!!

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If someone has made a good restaurant / hospitality EPOS with a shopify-esque e-commerce module for national shipping / website, I will give you zillions of pounds. Anyone?

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@banks_chef @UKLabour This fire set in in 2022 when mortgage rates spikes and we saw an unbelievable drop in custom. While taxes and such haven’t helped, the fact is a lack of disposable income has destroyed hospitality. Mortgage rates down, spending up.

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@jimofayr @AlexTheBike @groutie60 @HindleyLancs @joukesp @kennyp1343 @TheWatchfulCook @JojoRussellvine @RussellVine1981 @TheKirstenMac @GilesMacDonogh Have this on the shelf at the shop, absolutely delicious. Seriously good stuff.

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@devecs @jimofayr @CadelLupo @wtp1962 @JojoRussellvine @RussellVine1981 @rs_bc_bl @TheWatchfulCook @joukesp @TheWineCruUK @Menstriebhoy @maggs_phil @robertomoex Love those Correggia wines!!

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@joewarwick Rubbish. Less money get a Murano (Probably free from a winemaker) more money get a Laguiole or tosspot money a Code38

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@jamiegoode Fantastic wines. Some great stuff on show today!

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@Masterofwhine We sell Triennes for £6 a glass, so they’re doing pretty well given the fact it’s inside France.

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@wyahaw @GlynnDavis It’s also a lethal GDPR breach and a massive discretion issue for guests. Has nobody thought that through?

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@MattChristmas1 It’s the worst. Terrible service protocol. And anyone who thinks it’s impressive probably think the ivy godalming is the ivy and tasting menus are cool.

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@jstanfordchef @APCOvernight Classic APC, worst of the worst and used by many food distributors. Would often see them drive past WF, not see a space and drive off.

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@ozclarke @TomSurgey Is always thirsty!

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@jamiegoode @ADHalliwell If you think of the sheer volume of trash, it must be so frustrating for the (Many!) producers of delicious wines both classic and contemporary.

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@devecs @BarbaraRich_law Surely Caecilius has a Union?!