Hospitality Ulster

17/06/2026

Brilliant, congratulations 👏👏👏

One. Two. Three! Thrilled to have been included in the list again for the third year running. In fab company and humbled for the inclusion. Thank you to The UK’s Best Restaurants for the recognition and a massive congrats and huge thank you for all of hard working team.

17/06/2026

Congratulations to Guildhall Taphouse 👏👏👏

Guildhall Taphouse scoops Northern Ireland title for second consecutive year at London ceremony

17/06/2026

Joint strategy day in London with Allen Simpson CEO UKHospitality, big focus on all things taxation, VAT, Rates and employer taxes. With support for the campaign growing fast. Have you signed 👉 https://www.vatstheproblem.co.uk/

12/06/2026

Business as usual message as police meet trade groups in Belfast.

“It is clear from today’s meeting that Belfast City Centre is very much open for business, which includes normal public transport and late night services to support the wider city events this weekend. “

Read the full press release 👉
https://www.psni.police.uk/latest-news/business-usual-message-police-meet-trade-groups-belfast

08/06/2026

Jeremy Clarkson’s pub made a pre-tax loss of more than £8,000 in its first quarter of trading despite being fully booked.

07/06/2026

VAT's the Problem. 🍻

The hospitality industry is under enormous pressure. Rising costs, sky-high business rates — and a 20% VAT rate that's among the highest in Europe.

We're proudly supporting the campaign, calling on the Government to reduce hospitality VAT from 20% to 10%.

10% is fair. 10% means jobs. 10% keeps your local pubs, restaurants and cafés alive.

👉 Please sign the petition now www.vatstheproblem.co.uk

04/06/2026

100,000 signatures in just 72 hours - that's an incredible show of support for cutting VAT to 10% for hospitality.
A huge thank you to everyone who's signed, shared, liked, commented and emailed us. Whether you work in the industry or simply love it, you've helped build real momentum already.
But we're not done yet. Not even close.
We're going for 1 million signatures, and we need everyone in hospitality to get behind it - chefs, servers, bartenders, hoteliers, suppliers, operators and guests too.
Let's keep it going. Share it. Talk about it. Get your teams involved. Let's turn this into something impossible to ignore.
Visit the website to sign the petition:
https://www.vatstheproblem.co.uk/

03/06/2026

🎉 We’ve officially hit 75,000 signatures since launching – the united sector campaign calling for hospitality VAT to be reduced from 20% to 10%.

We want to say a huge thank you to everyone who has liked, shared or engaged with our campaign so far. Your support is helping to amplify the industry's voice – get in touch if you want to find out more about getting involved.

We’re making progress, but there’s still a long way to go.

Help us reach one million by signing the petition

https://www.vatstheproblem.co.uk/

02/06/2026

Have you signed?

Celebrity chef Tom Kerridge’s petition calling for a 10% VAT rate tops 20,000 signatures in 24 hours, backed by UK hospitality trade bodies.

02/06/2026

The hospitality sector has come together to launch - a united campaign and petition calling for hospitality VAT to be reduced from 20% to 10%.
Spearheaded by chef and publican Tom Kerridge, we're working alongside trade bodies across the sector, such as British Beer & Pub Association, the Bll, and Hospitality Ulster, hospitality communities like CODE Hospitality, and you, businesses across hospitality, to say 10% VAT is fair for hospitality.
Our sector pays too much tax, and VAT is the single biggest lever the Government can pull to support venues, our customers, our high streets and our local communities.
This campaign is for everyone: businesses, customers, waiting staff, chefs, kitchen porters, bar staff, hotel teams, farmers, brewers, suppliers and producers.

Like, sign the petition and share this post
- we need your support to reach a million signatures.
Click the link in our bio to sign the petition https://www.vatstheproblem.co.uk/?fbclid=IwdGRjcASLZ-BleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeVQS1Agvamu8OVpmYcrcEnCfFUhXX47PoHYqMWAOmA-gcStzJw6SbiHnQYso_aem_Fv9lVN1CqbHyW4d6RVcgSg