Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 33584
Hospitality Industry: Costs
Tabled: 25 February 2025
Answered: 11 March 2025
Question
Paula Barker
Labour — Liverpool Wavertree
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the resilience of the independent hospitality sector to absorb the rising costs of (a) national Insurance, (b) alcohol duty, (c) energy prices
Answer
Gareth ThomasThe government will protect the smallest businesses and charities by increasing the Employment Allowance to £10,500. This means that in 2025/26, 865,000 employers (43%) will pay no National Insurance Contributions at all.The alcohol duty cut on qualifying...
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