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I will beat you at Backgammon. Bartender #FirstDates @FirstDates @sat_jamesmartin Insta: @MerlinFDC4 Enquiries: @STHMgt Publican. Webshop. #ShakerFace
Hi @VinnieJones65 , nice to see you today. Glad I had some secret agave syrup in store for your tea too! Stay well. 👍🏼
What's also fantastic is after you email MP as a business you get a fact sheet from UK Hospitality, details of MP, their interests, facts & figures for your area, really sets you up well for meeting them. The work put in behind the scenes is phenomenal, it's really appreciated.
Brilliant feedback for the hard working @UKHofficial team - get involved #TaxesOut
What's also fantastic is after you email MP as a business you get a fact sheet from UK Hospitality, details of MP, their interests, facts & figures for your area, really sets you up well for meeting them. The work put in behind the scenes is phenomenal, it's really appreciated.
As our #TaxedOut campaign is in the news again, a reminder from Kate about the bits on the website. ✉️ Auto-send emails for businesses and customers to MPs 🖼️ Posters 📲 Social media tools 🤓 Easy read facts. All here👇 ukhospitality.org.uk/campaigns/taxe…
Yes, it is all freely available on our website for any grassroots hospitality venue or indeed workers and customers to use - posters, letters you can send with one click and social media cards to use to highlight key messages on #TaxedOut
Our latest Substack. 84,000 job losses since Autumn. Half the *total* number of jobs lost in the UK. The industry is about to drop off a cliff & we need serious changes to VAT, business rates and lower national insurance Any comments & shares greatly appreciated. #TaxedOut
My thoughts on the Tour de France stage 18: 1. While most people are criticizing the Visma strategy I think it was good as it put pressure on Tadej and did so without exposing Jonas to much more work (2 mins of bridging to Matteo to be exact) than Tadej did. The team put…
"We are the most heavily taxed sector of the economy already" our CEO @UKHospKate told @TalkTV. That's why we're calling for the Government to lower business rates, fix NICs and cut VAT at the Budget. These measures are critical to stop hospitality from being #TaxedOut.
My Starlink went down last night. Saw a lot of grumbles about no customer service to contact... All you had to do was ask Grok, the Ai for all Musk companies, and it gave spot updates quickly. 👍🏼
Morning! ☕ Time for some @TheGameFair drinks shenanigans.
"75% of hospitality and tourism businesses profits go back to the Government in some form of tax or another" our Chair @UKHospKate told @LBC. We need to see action from the Government to stop hospitality being #TaxedOut. Have you written to your MP yet?ukhospitality.org.uk/campaigns/taxe…
A VAT cut needs to be the top priority for the survival of hospitality as we know it. #CutTheVAT #TaxedOut
A VAT cut needs to be the top priority for the survival of hospitality as we know it. #CutTheVAT #TaxedOut
276 Tour stages down. Six to go, and just the small matter of Ventoux tomorrow ⛰️👌 #TDF2025
Humans landed on the moon for the first time 56 years ago today 🌕
There are younger members of my extended family that honestly dream of being part of this. It's inspiring.
I’d go to the moon in a heartbeat, but Mars would be a tougher decision… with the fastest journey being several months. The missions would be years long. The first people to go to Mars will be some of the bravest.
Fully support these pragmatic amendments to the employment rights Bill - consultation and impact assessments matter
Unlike big corporates or public bodies - SMEs don’t have HR Directors/teams, or in-house legal employment experts to handle complex industrial relations with trade unions So we need some sensible lawmaking in Parliament, tomorrow A 🧵 on amending the #EmploymentRightsBill👇 1/
Chancellor's tax raid spells last orders for rural pubs thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/…
It feels impossible to explain what it’s like at the moment. During Covid I felt like we were in this together and we did whatever we could to help. If I’m honest it now feels like the govt don’t care ☹️
“From a financial point of view, last year’s Budget was worse for hospitality than Covid." Our member Phil Thorley (@ThorleyTaverns) told @guardian, the changes have cost his business more than £400,000 a year. We need change in the Budget. #TaxedOut theguardian.com/business/2025/…