After the Budget
Labour pledged to “level the playing field between the high street and online giants” but the Budget told a very different story.
Our new analysis shows the average hotel will see bills rising £28,900 next year and £111,300 by 2028/29, totalling £205,200 extra over three years. Meanwhile, online giants, office blocks and out-of-town supermarkets benefit from far smaller increases.
Recently, the Government announced an emergency business rates package for pubs, but urgency is needed to deliver hospitality-wide support.
Business rates support package - our response
The Government recently announced emergency pubs relief which will provide respite, but promised strategy must deliver hospitality-wide support.
Pubs will feel some relief, but urgency is needed to deliver on Government's intention to tackle sector's rising cost of doing business.
Business rates calculator
Our simple calculator, available exclusively for members, shows what your pub, hotel, restaurant, café or bar is likely to pay over the next three years, so you can see the real numbers behind the policy.
In light of the announcement of support for pubs and live music venues, our calculator has now been updated to reflect the new discount for eligible venues.
How to challenge your business rates valuation
Our members can exclusively access a step-by-step guide, produced in partnership with Colliers, on how to review and challenge their business rates valuation.
Write to your MP and oppose the business rates changes
We're urging hospitality businesses to express their concerns about how changes to business rates, announced in the Budget, will affect your businesses.
Webinar: Business rates after the Budget
Hear from Public Affairs Director David Sheen and Chief Executive Allen Simpson as they unpack what the business rates changes mean for your business, give you information on how to challenge your valuation, and hear what UKHospitality is doing to fight for a fairer system – including our call for the Chancellor to increase the hospitality rates discount from 5p to 20p.
Calling for support at the Scottish Budget
Following a support package announced in England, we're calling for the Scottish Government to make good on its promise to use new funds to support the sector.
Bring forward business rates for hospitality in Wales
We're calling for the Welsh Government to use new funding to help hospitality, following support being announced for pubs in England.
Our analysis reveals Welsh Government’s decision to exclude hospitality from business rates reform will hit the sector with £131 million in additional cost over three years.
