
"An empty budget": hospitality reacts to Hunt's Spring Budget
The hospitality sector has reacted with criticism to the Spring Budget after Chancellor Jeremy Hunt failed to announce a much-needed reduction to VAT or business rates.

The hospitality sector has reacted with criticism to the Spring Budget after Chancellor Jeremy Hunt failed to announce a much-needed reduction to VAT or business rates.

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has frozen alcohol duty until February 2025 in a ‘tax-cutting’ Budget designed to warm up voters ahead of an imminent general election.

Award-winning pub The Guinea Grill has reopened its doors following an expansion of the pub to create additional dining space and two new private dining rooms.

Flat Iron has confirmed it will open a restaurant in Manchester this summer over a year after its plans to move to the city were first revealed.

The senior market manager at KERB+ on how KERB’s inKERBator programme is empowering women to take the leap into street food and the wider hospitality industry.

An ambitious food-led pub with rooms will launch in the hills of Wiltshire this summer following a complete restoration and expansion of an existing building.

Coffee shop chain The Gentlemen Baristas has been bought out of administration for £785,000.