Pub bosses warn tax hikes driving youth unemployment crisis Hospitality Pub bosses have warned that Labour tax hikes are driving the youth unemployment crisis, which is pushing the UK towards an “economic catastrophe”. Several hospitality leaders have called on the government to reverse its increases to employer national insurance contributions (NICs), which pubs say are making it harder for them to hire young people. Last [...]
Where is London’s cheapest pint? Hospitality Drawn out of the office and into the City’s pubs by the springtime sun, Square Mile workers will face a bitter taste when they pay for their pints. Canada is one of the 28 London boroughs where the cost of a pint has surged over the past two years, with the price [...]
Over 400 Stonegate pubs in London risk closure, GMB claims business Almost 450 pubs in London face closure after one of the UK’s biggest hospitality groups Stonegate warned on its profitability, the GMB Union has said.
Stonegate Group warns on future as it battles £2.2bn debt pile April 10, 2024 Britain's biggest pub operator Stonegate has raised concerns about its future as it battles a £2.2 debt pile.
‘Last call’ — Stonegate pubs founder to step down November 17, 2023 Payne, a 50-year stalwart of the on-trade sector, started out his career working through the ranks at the likes of Guinness and Bass taverns in the 1970.