2 h. ago Four hospitality businesses shut a DAY under Labour due to 'relentless increases in operating costs'

Between October and December 2025 the number of food and drink venues in Britain shrank by 0.4 per cent - equivalent to the net loss of 382 businesses.

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13 h. ago Invasion Day: police clear Perth protest site amid reports of ‘threat’ as huge marches held across Australia

Anti-immigration protesters clashed with First Nations people and supporters in Melbourne and Canberra at otherwise peaceful ralliesPolice in Western Australia have shut down the location of a planned Invasion Day rally after receiving reports of a threat targeting the Perth CBD.WA police issued a warning on Monday afternoon urging the public to stay away from the area and await further advice, saying they had deployed “significant police resources” to and set up an exclusion zone around Forrest Place. One person is in custody, they said. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Rachel Reeves refuses to budge and limits business rates bailout to pubs despite wider hospitality industry shedding almost 70,000 jobs in a year

The Chancellor insisted pubs faced a 'far different' situation from other businesses such as hotels, restaurants and cafes as she appeared at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

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6 d. ago Jobs crisis for London as unemployment rate doubles in less than two years

Nationally the biggest falls in employment were in retail, where 72,000 jobs were lost, and hospitality, down by almost 70,000.

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6 d. ago Top Highland hotels unite to back ‘help out hospitality’ push this spring

“Upcoming changes to business rates and wage thresholds will make profitability even tougher” – Barry Knight, The Full Range

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6 d. ago Fears for UK job market as wage growth falls and unemployment stays at 5

Retail and hospitality sectors have seen some of the biggest falls in payrolled employees

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6 d. ago London's unemployment rate almost doubles in less than two years in growing jobs crisis

Nationally the biggest falls in employment were in retail, where 72,000 jobs were lost, and hospitality, down by almost 70,000.

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7 d. ago Who is on the frontline of Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown?

These are the federal agencies detaining people across the US – mostly, but not all, under the umbrella of the Department of Homeland SecurityWhen the Trump administration ordered a surge of armed federal immigration enforcement personnel on to the streets of Minneapolis, the Department of Homeland Security declared it the largest operation in its history and the liberal midwestern city became Donald Trump’s latest chosen hotspot.Such escalations mark the US president’s agenda of mass arrests and deportations from the US interior. The highest-profile efforts involve officers from multiple agencies rushing to prominent Democratic-led US cities, against local leaders’ wishes. But coast to coast, federal officers have been raiding homes, businesses, commercial parking lots – even schools, hospitals and courthouses. The efforts have delighted the president’s hardcore Make America Great Again voter base, but are also tearing families apart and spreading fear and even death on the streets...

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8 d. ago 'Our pubs are a Labour cash cow': The landlords facing financial ruin from Rachel Reeves' brutal tax raids as huge hikes in business rates put their once thriving locals on the brink of closure

Rachel Reeves' tax hikes - including a major business rates setback for the UK hospitality sector - have left owners suffering 'sleepless nights' as they decide between closure or financial ruin.

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8 d. ago 'Our pubs are a Labour cash cow': The landlords facing financial ruin from Rachel Reeves' brutal tax raids as huge hikes in business rates put their once thriving locals on the brink of closure

Rachel Reeves' tax hikes - including a major business rates setback for the UK hospitality sector - have left owners suffering 'sleepless nights' as they decide between closure or financial ruin.

Economics

1 week ago M6 set to remain shut all day after woman found dead near busy motorway

Formal identification has yet to take place but there are not believed to be any suspicious circumstances, say Greater Manchester Police

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1 week ago M6 set to remain shut all day after woman found dead by busy motorway

A woman was pronounced dead at the scene of the M6 motorway

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1 week ago Hundreds of homes evacuated in middle of the night after WW2 bomb blown up at sea and school shut for another day

ONE of two WW2 bombs that caused thousands to be evacuated from their homes has been blown up - and the second will be detonated this morning. A major incident was declared in Devon yesterday, with schools and hotels closed and thousands of people evacuated. Bomb squads raced to a building site and a marina...

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1 week ago Last road in Scotland reopened after its longest snow closure in 'many years'

Mountain pass had been shut since New Year’s Day

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1 week ago Scottish mountain pass reopened after its longest snow closure in 'many years'

Mountain pass had been shut since New Year’s Day

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1 week ago Can 'embarrassing' Starmer stick to ANY policies? PM 'set for more U

Keir Starmer has cemented his reputation for flip-flopping with two more major concessions in 2026, just a fortnight into the New Year.

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1 week ago Labour is 'squeezing the life out of hospitality': Hotel chiefs slam 'punitive' business rates hikes and call for pubs tax U

As the backlash over the Chancellor's botched business rates reforms mounts, Sir Rocco Forte described it as 'a mess of the government's own making'.

Economics

1 week ago Rachel Reeves says she is 'working intensely' on pubs bailout

Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirmed there is 'additional support coming' and she was determined to 'get this right'.

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1 week ago Shock number of pubs & restaurants that may have to shut EVERY DAY unless Labour reverses business rates hike revealed

AN average of six pubs, ­restaurants or hotels will shut every day from April unless the Government reverses its business rates hike, industry leaders warn. Figures suggest 2,077 hospitality venues face being wiped out. They have survived in recent years due to government schemes giving them relief on business rates. But discounts are due to...

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2 w. ago Six hospitality firms a day could close without rates help, warns trade group

UK Hospitality estimates that 2,076 firms could close in 2026 as a result of rising property taxes.

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