'The Biggest Deceit': Ludlow Pub Owners' Fury at Budget

'The biggest deceit': Ludlow pub owners' fury at budget

Help hospitality? Pub landlords in Ludlow say changes in the budget are killing their business

‘Fewer than one in 10 pubs will be profitable by April’

A flash survey undertaken by the British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) in the wake of the Budget shows the devastating impact of broken promises destroying the pub sector. BII chief executive, Steve Alton BII members revealed that only one in three are currently profitable, due in the main to the previous budget in October 2024, which delivered huge increases in employer National Insurance contributions, the minimum wage, and the doubling of bus…

'Many pubs simply won’t survive': Ludlow publicans blast Budget measures to help pubs as 'meaningless'

A couple that run a south Shropshire pub have called the Government's business rate relief for the hospitality industry "meaningless" and have warned many pubs are not going to survive with more help.