And on that bombshell…

Hospitality is vital but rising costs are squeezing the sector. The UK charges 20% VAT on meals and stays — among Europe's highest. Tom Kerridge's VAT's The Problem, backed by ~220,000 signatures calls for a 10% VAT. buff.ly/H0mqZxm #VATsTheProblem #MaitreD #Hospitality

VAT cut petition smashes 200,000 signatures Read here: morningadvertiser.co.uk/Arti… #HospitalityVAT

At 3pm today the #vatstheproblem campaign had reached 200,578 signatures Let’s keep this going by signing and sharing Visit vatstheproblem.co.uk to sign @ChefTomKerridge @UKHofficial @beerandpub @ntiaofficial @BIIandBIIAB @HospUlster @IoH_Online

150,000 signatures already in supporting the 10% VAT campaign on hospitality! Thank you to everyone who has already signed far. Lets keep this going. If you haven’t yet signed this petition pleased do, and feel free to share We want to hit the 1 million mark at least. Click the link below 👇 vatstheproblem.co.uk

100,000 signatures in under 72 hours supporting 10% VAT on hospitality! Huge thanks to everyone who’s signed and shared so far. This is just the start - we’re aiming for 1 million. Let’s keep pushing. Share and get your teams involved 👉 vatstheproblem.co.uk/

Great start, let’s keep the momentum #VATstheproblem vatstheproblem.co.uk

Nearly 92k signatures this morning…let’s get over the 100k mark today! 🙌🍻 Huge thanks to everyone who had already put their name to this! Please keep signing & sharing… #VATsTheProblem @ChefTomKerridge @BIIandBIIAB @UKHofficial @beerandpub vatstheproblem.co.uk

Check on the stats this morning & amazed to see so much support for this campaign. 60k signatures! But it’s just the start, we need to see 1 million signatures behind this for the Gov to finally take us seriously. Every signature helps…please sign! vatstheproblem.co.uk

We’ve officially hit 75,000 signatures since launching #VATsTheProblem – the united sector campaign calling for hospitality VAT to be reduced from 20% to 10%. A huge thank you to everyone that has engaged with our campaign so far, but there’s still a long way to go. Sign the petition now 👇 vatstheproblem.co.uk/

Our pubs, restaurants, cafes, hotels, nightclubs and many more, are at the heart of our communities. They bring people together and bring life to our cities, towns and villages, but they're under huge pressure from rising costs. In the UK, you pay one of the highest VAT rates in Europe. 20% extra in VAT for your pint, meal out or stay away. In France, Spain and Italy, it's 10%. In Germany? 7%. Our message to Government is simple. Let's stand together to say VAT at 10% is fair for hospitality. Please help us by signing and sharing the petition below: vatstheproblem.co.uk/?_hsenc…

Our pubs, restaurants, cafes, hotels, nightclubs and many more, are at the heart of our communities. They bring people together and bring life to our cities, towns and villages, but they're under huge pressure from rising costs. In the UK, you pay one of the highest VAT rates in Europe. 20% extra in VAT for your pint, meal out or stay away. In France, Spain and Italy, it's 10%. In Germany? 7%. Spearheaded by @ChefTomKerridge, our message to Government is simple. Let's stand together to say VAT at 10% is fair for hospitality. Please help us by signing and sharing the petition below: vatstheproblem.co.uk/?_hsenc…

If Rachel Reeves had reached out to Hospitality we could have helped with her Great British Summer project. Instead of 5% VAT on kids meals we would have offered them for free in exchange of VAT being reduced to 10% not the 5% she has offered on kids meals.

The Inverurie Supporters Club AGM is being held on Friday 12 June at 7.30pm, upstairs in the Hopeville Club - ALL WELCOME. If you are planning to attend, please reply to the email - afcisc.membership@gmail.com - or leave a FB message to allow us to gauge numbers ⭐️⭐️🔴⚪️⚽️

Thank you @HuddlestonNigel for raising hospitality job losses. “This has led to 100,000 job loses in the UK in hospitality and tourism alone over the last two years.” Hospitality provides first jobs, entry level jobs and jobs everywhere. Gov’t must protect jobs, not add more taxes.

The Inverurie Supporters Club AGM is being held on Friday 12 June at 7.30pm, upstairs in the Hopeville Club - ALL WELCOME. If you are planning to attend, please reply to the email - afcisc.membership@gmail.com - or leave a FB message to allow us to gauge numbers ⭐️⭐️🔴⚪️⚽️

With the new national minimum wage kicking in our entry point staff such as commis chef, Kitchen Porter, FOH helper will now be paid £31,724 for full time. £4009 on top to hire this person in NI contributions. Plus £1,274 pension. Total is £37,007.

This week we have seen fruit and veg prices jump by 150% in some products. We have NMW going up this week, Business rates hikes of upto 500% and energy prices are going through the roof. Let it be clear! HOSPITALITY NEEDS A VAT CUT! AND NEED IT NOW.

They have gone because of the disastrous Budget. Because of the NI increase operators are having to cut both staff and hours. The Saturday job in a pub/restaurant is becoming a thing of the past. Our teenagers deserve better.

This is disgusting. The vast majority of those jobs in Hospitality are for young people 18-24.