Poor quality Thermomix UK and Ireland 2 blades broken in 2 weeks !

Only a chef gets home at 11:30pm after a (15 hour) day at work and is happy!!!

As Xmas Party season starts next week...if you are making a booking, please choose an Independent. Our Hospitality Independents are the heart beat of our communities and High streets. Support The Independents.

Starting Christmas shopping today. Making a conscious effort this year to shop local and shop independent. Support the independents. Support the High Streets.

National insurance rise will 'wipe out' hospitality venues, MPs warn ➡️ thecaterer.com/news/national-… thecaterer.com/news/national-…

Kate Nicholls OBE It’s all smoke and mirrors, we all know the small independents are struggling to survive. Growth my derrière !

It is, very sadly, the most immediate way to keep costs in check. In addition, most of those 70% will be owner operators who will continue to pick up the slack themselves (they're already earning less than NMW on the whole). Places stay open, but at what cost? Rachel Reeves

If you are going out this weekend, please support your local independents. They need you now more than ever before.

Discussing VAT with another owner however the company is product sales. When being told they only pay VAT on the profitable margin on a sale blows my mind. Hospitality gets absolutely shafted with VAT.

Pretty sure we could unite as an industry. I keep seeing chat about apprenticeship schemes etc & it blows my tiny mind that people think shit like that needs addressing when so many businesses are going bust. Feel like we could make enough noise about VAT to get noticed

#CUTVAT #CUTVAT #CUTVAT #CUTVAT #CUTVAT #CUTVAT #CUTVAT #CUTVAT … #HOSPITALITY #ONLYCHOICE

Kate Nicholls OBE Reeves described the NI rise to the Cabinet as 'low hanging fruit'. Not sure hospitality agree and I hope you say that to the next Cabinet minister you speak to Kate. Outrageous comment.

We start the week off with some bad news. 69,000 jobs have been lost in Hospitality since the budget, with more to come. The budget was a disaster for our sector, which many warned about. We urgently need to reverse this by lowering the NI and by bringing VAT in line with

Other countries support hospitality with a lower VAT, hospitality in the UK pays a full 20%. The EU average VAT on hospitality is 10%-13%. The Government should follow the majority of European rival nations by reducing VAT on the sector. #TaxedOut

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In the last twelve months, Hospitality has lost more jobs than any other sector. 108,000 fewer jobs in total. The Govt urgently needs to start recognising the UKs 3rd biggest employer needs support.

"Hospitality has been the hardest hit. We have seen the biggest fall in job numbers." Our Chair Kate Nicholls OBE spoke to BBC Breakfast about the devastating impact increases to employer NICs has had on jobs and how hospitality is being #TaxedOut. Read more: ukhospitality.org.uk/campaigns/taxe…

Financially, the cost squeeze on hospitality is harder now than the covid era! Tax is destroying hospitality and this government doesn't care #TaxedOut

"75% of hospitality and tourism businesses profits go back to the Government in some form of tax or another" our Chair Kate Nicholls OBE 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…