Kate Nicholls OBE

The country needs jobs. We create them but just as importantly we develop people, we creete places, we build communities - but we are being #TaxedOut Support our Budget campaign - get involved and make your voice heard 👇🏻

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ENGLAND ARE LEVEL IN THE 96TH MINUTE! MICHELLE AGYEMANG HAS DONE IT AGAIN 🔥

Good to hear Downing St has today ruled out a tourism tax

Talking to ⁦@itvlondon⁩ about tourism taxes - we are already the most heavily taxed sector of the economy and 139th out of 141 countries for price competitiveness. Let’s not tax London #LetsDoLomdon

"If you're already the most highly taxed visitor destination, the last thing you should do is put an additional tax on as a bed tax." Our Chair @UKHospKate spoke to @LBC this morning and explained why a tourist tax is detrimental to hospitality, tourism and consumers.

"It’s crucial the commission embarks on a partnership approach with business and consumer groups to reach the right balance," @UKHospKate said to the @guardian. We've responded to the launch of the Pensions Commission 👇 theguardian.com/money/2025/jul…

Access to work is not just an economic imperative it is a social and moral one too Hospitality could provide the jobs and supported pathways to work the country needs but not while it is being #TaxedOut thetimes.com/comment/column…

Bar, café and retail jobs are society’s heartbeat thetimes.com/comment/column…

The more you tax us to employ people, the less people we will employ…the more you increase costs of doing business, the more we will have to increase our prices. It’s not f’kin rocket science. Inflation ⬆️ Unemployment ⬆️ You cannot tax your way to growth! #TaxedOut

This is lovely - a poster in self catering places across the country from our friends at PASC. Reminds you why hospitality matters - visitors spend money everywhere. #TaxedOut

We're calling for the Government to permanently lower business rates for hospitality businesses in this autumn's Budget, alongside fixing NICs and a cut to VAT. The Daily Mail covers our calls for change, to stop hospitality businesses being #TaxedOut. dailymail.co.uk/money/markets/…

Increases to employer NICs have resulted in 84,000 hospitality job losses since the Budget. Our Chair @UKHospKate told @BBCBreakfast that "you can't balance the nation's books on the backs of hospitality workers". We need to see the Government fix NICs, lower business rates…

Kate Nicholls, the chair of industry group UK Hospitality, said the Government should 'deliver permanently lower business rates' for the sector in this autumn's Budget. thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/…

Fully support these pragmatic amendments to the employment rights Bill - consultation and impact assessments matter

A smart, controlled, balanced scheme for young EU visitors would be good for tourism, studying and work experiences - a positive step thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…

🏡 JD Vance chooses Cotswolds for family summer holiday telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/0…

Just after filming this we got the latest updated numbers for October-June and it is 86,000 and counting instagram.com/reel/DMQLXliia…

It is not just businesses being #TaxedOut its customers too. Visitor levies have an admin burden and cost to businesses too but measures like this make us less competitive as a tourism market - and we are already 139th out of 141 countries

Great question from @Forestferret1 - do we have draft letters to send to MPs? Yes - for hospitality businesses and for customers. Both at this link in the “how you can help” bit👇 ukhospitality.org.uk/campaigns/taxe… @UKHofficial @UKHospKate