Restaurant Owner Blasts Labour for 'Leaving Sector Out to Dry' with Business Rate Cuts: 'It Is a Sticky Plaster!'

Restaurant owner blasts Labour for 'leaving sector out to dry' with business rate cuts: 'It is a sticky plaster!'

A leading restaurant and pub owner has criticised the government’s business rates relief, saying it “leaves the sector out to dry” and fails to address the real issues facing hospitality

‘Sticking plaster’ support plan for pubs neglects other sectors says Chamber - East Midlands Chamber

Full root and branch reform of business rates is still needed and must support more sectors and types of hospitality, East Midlands Chamber has said, in reaction to a new government package that will reduce the rates pubs pay. Pubs will get a 15% cut to new business rates for a year, followed by a freeze for two years, which the government claims would save £1, 650 for an average pub. Business rates reform is one of the asks in East Midlands Cha…