Pickle Hospitality Consultants

15/12/2023

This goes out to everyone in the Hospitality industry .
Merry Xmas everyone 🎁

23/11/2023

Great news in the Autumn statement as Business rates relief is extended for another year 💪👌🏻
Did you know you it’s not too late to claim up to 75% relief off you business rates for this financial year if you haven’t already ?

Details here taken from government website 👇

https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-business-rate-relief/retail-discount

Retail, hospitality and leisure relief

You could qualify for retail, hospitality and leisure relief if your business is mainly being used as a:

shop
restaurant, café, bar or pub
cinema or music venue
hospitality or leisure business - for example, a gym, a spa or a hotel
What you’ll get
If you’re eligible, you could get 75% off your business rates bills for the 2023 to 2024 billing year (1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024).

The most you can get in relief each billing year is £110,000 per business.

If you opt out of retail, hospitality and leisure relief for the 2023 to 2024 billing year you cannot change your mind.

How to get retail, hospitality and leisure relief
Local councils manage business rates relief in their area.

Contact your local council to:

check if you’re eligible
find out how to get retail, hospitality and leisure relief
check if you can get any other types of business rates relief on top of retail, hospitality and leisure relief
If your circumstances change
Report changes to make sure you’re paying the right amount and do not get a backdated increase in your bill or overpay.

Contact your local council if:

your property becomes empty
you get another property
you make any changes to your property that would increase its value - for example, extending or renovating it
the nature of your business changes or it moves to different premises
If the amount of retail, hospitality and leisure business rate relief you’re eligible for changes, you’ll usually need to pay your new rate starting from the day your circumstances changed.

Check which changes in circumstance you need to report to the Valuation Office Agency (VOA).
If you think you should be getting retail, hospitality and leisure relief but are not
Contact your local council if you’re not getting retail, hospitality and leisure relief and you think you’re eligible for it.

If you’re not eligible for retail, hospitality and leisure relief
You may be eligible for another type of business rate relief. For example, if:

you have a small business
you are in financial difficulty
Check what other reliefs you may be eligible for.

Check if you can get a reduction in your business rates bill with business rates relief and find out how to apply.

07/11/2023

He who works with hands is an artisan.
He who works with the mind is a scientist.
He who works with the heart is an artist.
He who works with his hands, mind and heart is called a CHEF 😉

10/07/2023

A really interesting and informative article about new legislation on Tips for employees.
It’s about time all restaurants shared the tips to the staff fairly as they have earned it but could mean the extra admin costs are passed on to the owners. The government should be giving already stretched businesses relief on this !

A new law ensuring hospitality staff receive all money left to them in tips is coming. Here’s what you need to know.

13/04/2023

Here is an interesting article on hospitality sales. Some winners and losers across the whole industry. In these challenging conditions there are many ways to control costs without compromising on quality! We also have many ideas to drive sales.

Get in touch if you would like to discuss ideas
https://www.picklehospitality.co.uk/

The latest Barclays report is grim reading for restaurants with sales down 5.6% in March and consumer research showing that 62% of consumers are trying to cut down on eating out in full-service establishments.

31/03/2023

The Refrectory, Southwell looking for a chef