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Why the hospitality industry is losing sleep over tourist tax

Making London even more expensive by charging visitors for hotel stays could hit the economy by £2 billion

Evening Standard · Sep 28

Hundreds of hospitality businesses call on Burnham to lower VAT

The VAT’s The Problem campaign has called for hospitality VAT to be reduced from 20% to 10%.

Evening Standard · Sep 13

The hospitality industry fears a tourist tax will deter visitors – the evidence says otherwise

Studies from hotspots across Europe that have introduced levies suggest they have no impact on visitor numbers

The Guardian - UK · Sep 10

‘Restaurants won’t survive’: Michelin chef opens venues abroad to withstand UK taxes

Jason Atherton, who has restaurants in Dubai, St Moritz and now Tuscany, says it’s tough to stay afloat in UK hospitality industry

The Guardian - UK · May 7

Gordon Ramsay one of the first celebrity chefs to bring US-style 20% service charge to London

A discretionary service charge of 20 per cent was added to diners’ bills at Gordon Ramsay’s Lucky Cat restaurant on New Year’s Eve

The Independent UK · Apr 27

Two-thirds of UK hospitality businesses plan to cut jobs and one in seven will close, survey finds

Sector cites ‘billions of pounds in additional costs’ from new business rates and increase in minimum wage thresholds

The Guardian - UK · Mar 31

April to bring price hikes as Keir Starmer touts measures to ease cost of living

The Prime Minister pointed to a 7% drop in the price most households pay for energy from Wednesday.

Evening Standard · Mar 31

One in five UK hospitality businesses fear collapse as costs surge

Exclusive: Pubs, restaurants and hotels warn of mounting pressure days before rates rises and higher wage bills take effect

The Guardian - UK · Mar 29

Cost of staycations could rise due to potential ‘holiday tax’

Around 200 bosses of leading UK accommodation firms have hit out at the government plans

The Independent UK · Feb 12

UKHospitality chair Kate Nicholls: The help for pubs is a good start, but there's so much more to be done

Businesses in hospitality all benefit from one another — it is a virtuous circle, says Kate Nicholls. The Government must do more

Evening Standard · Feb 6