Paul Heathcote MBE
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The official Paul Heathcote MBE Chef & Restaurateur , Contract and Event caterer. Sometimes a bit of TV & media stuff. Husband & Father Ski bum in another life
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Joined March 2009
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Nearly 500 signatures on my back hospitality campaign to cut the VAT!! Lets get 500 more before the end of the day!! @UKHofficial Get signing here!! https://t.co/qUMHxfymxx 👇👇
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It will grow nothing and unless government u-turn on Ni reduce VAT and change the business rates expect less pubs and restaurants and less employment in the sector
And our clueless trade body support it like we’ve won the lottery. Pathetic.
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All the below plus incredibly high food inflation cutting the red tape is really a red herring for the government to body swerve the changes and retain the tax income
@UKHospKate @nookandwillow @AjpOxford @UKHofficial Everyone understands the pressures facing hospitality, and pubs in particular. This isn’t the cure to those problems, but it is a welcome step towards pulling down some of the barriers that have held the sector back. Nobody is pretending it is a silver bullet. The deeper issues
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Agree Gary @UKHospKate it may be a change that’s required however don’t be deceived it’s really a government red herring to say they are promoting growth and therefore avoid the necessary VAT NI and business rates changes, it’s an empty gift
Hello, Gary Usher here… The government have proposed an idea to “help” the hospitality industry by allowing longer opening hours. I feel it’s my duty to explain like others have, how insulting this is. There’s not a single operator I know that wants to open longer. The
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@UKHospKate First of many to come unfortunately Government is killing off our industry tax is way to high NI VAT and business rates all need bringing down Private equity backers call time on bar chain The Alchemist - Sky News #TaxedOut
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Palatine, which bought the cocktail bar operator ten years ago, is working with Pura Advisory on a sale of the business amid tough industry-wide trading conditions, Sky News learns.
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Hospitality needs help the figures don’t surprise, the greatest reduction in jobs since the the last budget has been in our sector and it continues to rise, lower VAT, lower business rates, and a reversal of the NI will help growth, at the moment hospitality is contracting
42% of Brits say their local high street is in decline and and that rises to 55% in suburban areas. And 74% believe hospitality deserves more Gov't support. (@ZonalUK) Hospitality is being #TaxedOut of communities across the UK - find out more here👇 https://t.co/p861i3WDgu
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This afternoon our CEO, @allen_m_simpson, gave evidence to the @CommonsBTC on the importance of hospitality to the high street and the need for a strategy to ensure we are supported. "Half of the jobs lost since the Budget have been purely in hospitality." Watch 📺👇
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Today’s increase in job losses does nothing to discredit this estimation the hospitality is being taxed out @RachelReevesMP NI, wage increases was a disaster we have corrosive business rates and the highest VAT in Europe, food inflation running at 30% over 5 yrs, change required
Hospitality industry on track to lose 111,000 jobs by next Budget ➡️ https://t.co/IeFwxw7WyL
https://t.co/IeFwxw7WyL
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Brioche Burger buns do have other uses, French toast with slightly warmed plums and Creme Fraiche
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Zero growth in July hospitality going backwards, 37% food inflation in the last five years, untenable business rates, utilities costs @RachelReevesMP NI increase, VAT I see no light at the end of the black hole which is deeper and much bigger than inherited @UKHospKate #TaxedOut
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Our Prime Minister can’t look left or right at the moment
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Food inflation at July 2025 for the last 5 years has gone up 37% the previous 5 years stood at 4.4% Add @RachelReevesMP NI increase is it any surprise hospitality is really struggling
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Government please read the trail of comments the hospitality industry is suffering due to the wage and NI increases, the industry is also now giving less opportunities to young people which is a drain on life experiences… or what some people might phrase working people
Successive Governments have both ignored and let Hospitality down. Its the UKs 5th biggest sector and the UKs 3rd biggest employer. Every day our local papers are reporting on the loss of our pubs, restaurants, bars, live music venues etc. Enough is enough, drastic action
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Just posted by @TommyBanks8 What does the government not understand about our hospitality business? There was so many struggling before @RachelReevesMP April’s NI increase that unfairly hit our pubs & restaurants
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Government asleep at the wheel
‘Worse than Covid’: hospitality bosses blame Reeves’ budget for UK downturn | Hospitality industry | The Guardian
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Government asleep at the wheel
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.
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BBC News interview for tonight My Dad on his 90th Birthday with my son having both just swam 90 lengths . Dad has 90 more to swim outdoors this afternoon whilst Sam will be lifting 90,000lbs in weights followed by 9 sets of tennis #ProudMoment
https://t.co/gxiFuCKFrt
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It’s really quite easy, incentivise small businesses with less tax and they will grow, invest and employ people creating wealth do the opposite and the opposite will happen Its taken government less than twelve months to create this lack of confidence
Front page of Sunday Times. Small business confidence lowest since 2008!
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Anybody in the industry surprised?
“Figures have suggested that more than one in 10 restaurants are at risk of closure this year following the Chancellor’s Budget and NIC hike. More than 4,000 restaurants were forced to shut last year.”
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Who in hospitality is surprised?
100,000 jobs lost across the economy since January - 60,000 fewer people employed in hospitality.
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