Kate Nicholls
UKHospitality launches new education landscape guide
The guide, created in partnership with the Strategic Development Network, showcases how investing in skills and talent at an education level can help businesses discover new talent, develop their existing team, create new partnerships and increase their work within the community.
‘Late night levy’ must go
New figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) shows hospitality is fuelling the night-time economy but worrying trends are emerging, particularly the loss of 800,000 workers in the past six years.
‘Name & Shame’ – Ofgem urged to call out worst behaving energy suppliers
UKHospitality has written to energy regulator Ofgem urging them to penalise all examples of bad practice by energy suppliers and to compel companies to renegotiate the worst deals.
UKHospitality backs plans to extend licensing hours for coronation celebrations
UKHospitality has backed plans to extend licensing hours in England and Wales to 1am for next year’s coronation celebrations for The King.
PM Rishi Sunak commits to delivering a new ‘tourist accommodation scheme’
In response to a question by Conservative MP Nickie Aiken, the Prime Minister committed to delivering a new ‘Tourist Accommodation Scheme’ that will ensure short-term lets have to register with local authorities and will monitor their impact on local communities.
UKHospitality launches guide to recruiting ‘untapped potential’ of over-50’s
As hospitality continues to face staffing challenges, UKHospitality’s new guide shows businesses how they can adapt their recruitment practices and engage with the over-50’s in the job market.
Rail strikes over Christmas will be devastating for hospitality
Responding to news of a fresh wave of rail strikes this winter, UKHospitality Chief Executive Kate Nicholls, said: “Continued rail strikes have had a huge impact on our hospitality sector; preventing staff from making it into work and disrupting consumers’ plans meaning a huge drop in sales for venues across the sector."
Survival this winter is the priority for venues across the country: Nicholls
Responding to the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement, UKHospitality Chief Executive Kate Nicholls, said: “The Chancellor painted a grim picture of what we’re facing as a nation and Britain’s hospitality businesses are already in the midst of severe economic turmoil.
Hospitality facing £900m business rates hike, threatening ‘devastation’
Ahead of the Autumn Statement, new analysis by trade body UKHospitality reveals that business rate bills could go up by more than a third, leaving firms facing collapse.
Abolish late night levy for nightclubs
The levy continues to overburden the hospitality sector with even more costs at a time when businesses are hit by soaring energy prices and staffing issues.
UKH publishes energy advice, guidance, and costs calculator for all businesses
Due to the extraordinarily high energy prices hospitality businesses are facing this winter, UKHospitality is taking the unprecedented step of making its energy guidance publicly available.
Energy efficiency, upskilling and green incentives critical to hospitality’s net zero journey
The UK’s hospitality sector is committed to reaching net zero by 2040 but government partnership with the sector is central to achieving the target, UKHospitality has said in its response to the government’s Net Zero Review.
Every part of UK has something for tourists
Responding to the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee’s (DCMS) ‘Promoting Britain Abroad’ report, UKHospitality Chief Executive Kate Nicholls said: “The DCMS committee is absolutely right to highlight the enormous value tourism offers to the UK economy, and hospitality is at the heart of that offering.
Ukhospitality pushes for energy costs action for hotels
UKHospitality has called on the Government for urgent support if thousands of hospitality businesses are to avoid collapse this winter in the face of soaring energy costs.
Hospitality bucks national trend to deliver 15% apprenticeship growth
The UK’s hospitality sector is delivering continued apprenticeship growth, bucking the national trend in other sectors. Speaking at the Hospitality
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