Greater Manchester’s Night Time Economy Czar Sacha Lord has presented his plan to the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool to save the Hospitality Industry
Lord appeared alongside Manchester Central MP Lucy Powell, deputy mayor of Greater Manchester Kate Green, and restauranter Simon Wood and told the event action is needed now otherwise ‘we are going to see more businesses close’.
He called on the next Labour Government to reduce VAT on the hospitality industry to 12.5 per cent
The move he says would
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Sacha Lord, the night time economy adviser for Greater Manchester, has urged the Labour party to reinstate hospitality VAT from 20% to 12.5%.
The move would allow pubs, restaurants and clubs to pay the same rate of VAT as they did during the pandemic, while placing the UK rate in line with that of other European countries, as theirs are closer to 10%.
Lord said he would also call for an end to the “outdated and unfair” business rate scheme as well as strengthening the remit of energy market regulator Ofgem.
Lord would also like to see the ending of what he described as over centralised licensing laws and changes and called for T-level qualification in hospitality, so ‘students can consider the industry for careers,
