Time to take a longer term view
Retirement planning is an important consideration for anyone working in the licensed trade, writes advisor Angus Kirk
VAT cut extension vital for hospitality sector
The announcement by Scottish finance minister Kate Forbes that the current non-domestic rates ‘holiday’ for hospitality and tourism businesses is to be extended until April 2022 gives some much-needed good news to a hospitality sector struggling to survive the devastating effects of this protracted lockdown
Staff and costs hold back sector
The much hoped for recovery still seems a long way away, writes Leon Thompson of UK Hospitality Scotland.
Further licensing law changes on horizon?
The Immigration Bill 2015-16 contains a number of proposals that will affect liquor licensing laws in England and Wales.
With the potential for elements of...
Employment law landscape shifts
Further legislative change is on the horizon and hospitality sector employers must keep up to speed, writes lawyer Laura Salmond .
New licence conditions could clash with licensing legislation
Recent council motions may be well meaning but they are at odds with licensing, writes Stephen McGowan of TLT.
When it comes to wine, operators should dare to be different
By Guy Chatfield
IN the throes of doing the day job a couple of weeks ago, something tickled me – metaphorically speaking, that is!
I was...
Address staff dress code with caution
How far can a restaurateur or bar owner go when it comes to dress code, and what does the law say on the issue?
Coronavirus: Operators should keep pushing on insurance
Business interruption insurance is intended to cover financial losses where business operations have been interrupted, because of unexpected events causing damage to the property insured. The coronavirus pandemic is definitely an unexpected event, and it has interrupted the operations of most businesses across the drinks, leisure and hospitality industry which were forced to close due to sanitation and contamination concerns
An unwelcome Christmas gift
AS Christmas ‘gifts’ go, it would have been as welcome as an ill-fitting woolly jumper from grandma.
In normal circumstances, licensed operators spend the final...
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