From Karen's Diner to Trove: The restaurants, pubs, bars, and cafes that have closed in Greater Manchester this year so far
manchestereveningnews.co.ukSince the start of the year, we’ve seen a new Government take control, we’ve found a local champion in Luke Littler, we’ve finally got to attend gigs at Co-op Live, and we’ve even found time to celebrate England getting to the Euro 2024 final in quite rowdy fashion.
But in the same span of almost eight months, those working in the hospitality sector have also had to face a slew of challenges.
In addition to the cost of living crisis and the continued impact of Brexit, it was announced back in March that the then-Government’s Spring Budget would not, as it had been hoped, include VAT cuts and business rate caps to help the industry.
Whilst the Budget did include a freeze on alcohol duty for a year, the pleas for VAT to be cut down to 12.5% from the current 20% level were ignored.
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