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CLHNews ISSUE 255
Design and Refit
Property and Professional
February/March 2024
Unleash the Hospitality Sector's “Full Potential” Government Urged... ...By Cutting Taxes and Encouraging Investment
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The government is once again being urged to throw the hospitality and licensed on-trade sector a lifeline by cutting punitive taxes encouraging investment which sector leaders say will create more jobs .
omy contracts rather than grows, and UK gross domestic product (GDP) is estimated to have fell by 0.3% in the fourth quarter of 2023, following an unrevised fall of 0.1% in the previous quarter.
The call follows news that the UK economy fell into recession at the end of last year as households cut back on spending in response to spiralling interest rates and rising living costs, has been described as hugely concerning by sector leaders.
With the consumer spending squeeze continuing the hospitality sector generated like-for-like sales growth of just 0.1% in January according to industry experts CGA.
A recession is defined as two consecutive three-month periods where the econ-
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