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CLHNews ISSUE 246
AUG/SEPT 2022
“Rocketing” Energy Costs Putting Hospitality Jobs & Businesses at Risk, Leaders Warn As operating costs continue to surge, putting up to 250,000 sector jobs and one in five hospitality businesses at risk several of the UK’s leading hospitality bodies have signed an open letter calling on the Government to urgently intervene.
least 300%, the letter sets out the urgent need for the Government and the Conservative leadership contenders to outline a comprehensive support package for the sector.
The letter was addressed to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi and Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng and signed by representatives from UK Hospitality, the British Beer and Pub Association, Night Time Industries Association, the British Institute of Innkeeping and the Music Venue Trust, and highlights, “rocketing energy prices becoming a matter of existential emergency.”
The letter comes just one year after the government launched its hospitality recovery strategy, which envisaged pubs and restaurants helping to reinvigorate local economies, however, only one in three hospitality businesses are reporting a profit, according to a recent survey by the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA). Energy bill increases of up to 150% are the main reason for declining turnover and almost 50% have had to reduce opening hours to avoid closure.
With hospitality operators facing average annual bill increases in the region of at
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