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Scottish Government urged to rapidly introduce hospitality support
UKHospitality Scotland has called for the Scottish Government to make good on its promise to use new funds to support the sector.
Press Release
Welsh Government urged to bring forward business rates support for hospitality
UKHospitality Cymru is calling for the Welsh Government to use new funding to help hospitality, following support announced for English pubs.
Business rates support package – our response
Pubs will feel some relief, but urgency is needed to deliver on Government’s intention to tackle sector’s rising cost of doing business.
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Calls for further support as Scottish hospitality hit with business rates increases
The average pub in Scotland will see its business rates bill increase by £36,525 across the next three years.
News‘Disastrous’ Welsh Budget lands hospitality with £122m business rates bill
The Welsh Government’s decision to end current business rates relief and exclude hospitality from reform will punish hospitality venues.
Almost 9,000 hospitality jobs lost since the Budget
The sector employed 8,784 fewer people in December 2025, compared to November 2025, according to new figures from the ONS.
Hotels and holiday parks call for hospitality-wide business rates solution
More than 130 leading accommodation businesses say increases to business rates ‘the most significant challenge’ the sector faces.
NewsScottish hospitality still facing higher rates bills, despite support measures
UKHospitality Scotland has said the measures announced in today’s Scottish Budget do not go far enough, with hospitality businesses still left facing increases worth thousands of pounds.
Hospitality set for 2,076 closures, without sector-wide business rates solution
New modelling from UKHospitality reveals that six hospitality venues could close every day in 2026.
