Government
The latest news and updates on government policy, from the business journalists at Catering Today. We bring you the latest on what’s happening in the restaurants, bars and catering industry, with exclusive stories, analysis, best practice and industry comment.
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Feb- 2020 -24 February
Hospitality insolvencies at highest level in seven years
Insolvencies in the hospitality sector increased by 10.4% in 2019, the highest amount in seven years, according to analysis by…
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19 February
New immigration laws will be ‘disastrous’ for hospitality, says UKH
Kate Nicholls, the CEO of hospitality trade body UK hospitality, has said the government’s proposed pos-brexit immigration laws will be…
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Oct- 2019 -31 October
Treasury Committee urges MPs to reform ‘broken’ business rates
The government has been urged to fix the “broken” business rates system as it is continuing to affect high street…
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Sep- 2019 -12 September
Government risk ‘watering down’ food regulations in pursuit of US trade deal
The UK could face the prospect of “watered-down” food regulations after Brexit with Parliament having little say, the UK Trade…
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11 September
Corbyn’s £10 minimum wage pledge ‘difficult to stomach’ for restaurants
Jeremy Corbyn has pledged a £10 an hour minimum wage for all workers over 16 if the Labour party is…
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6 September
‘Natasha’s law’ enacted in parliament
‘Natasha’s Law’ was enacted yesterday (5 September), which will require businesses to include full ingredients labelling on direct sale foods,…
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Jul- 2019 -25 July
Jailed restaurateur hit with 12-year ban after £1m tax fraud
Jailed restaurateur Lam Chin Seong, from Barnet, has been banned from running companies for 12 years after he was found…
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1 July
Supplier at centre of listeria outbreak goes into liquidation
The Good Food Chain, the company which was investigated by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) following a recent listeria outbreak,…
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Jun- 2019 -27 June
FSA continues to look into Listeria outbreak
The Food Standards Agency (FCA) is continuing its investigation into the listeria outbreak, which killed five people. The evidence suggests…
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27 June
Gove appoints Leon founder to oversee food system review
Environment secretary Michael Gove has appointed Henry Dimbelby, founder of restaurant chain Leon, to lead the first major review of…
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