29/07/2026
The pressures facing hospitality are real, and yesterday we were grateful for the chance to talk about the headwinds our industry faces.
Tom Morrison, MP for Cheadle, asked to meet our directors because he wanted to hear directly from people in hospitality about the challenges we're up against. Joining Tom were James and Doug Almond, The Station House general manager Zac, and Niall McCloskey from Joseph Holt.
Over lunch at The Station House, we set out how hard the current climate makes it for businesses like ours to plan ahead, asked for clarity on the changes to business rates, and championed the campaign for a fairer rate of VAT for hospitality.
Pubs support thousands of local jobs and hold communities together - we're thankful to Tom for taking the time to listen to our concerns, as we would be to anyone working to help our industry.
You can find out more about VAT's the Problem and back the campaign here: https://www.vatstheproblem.co.uk/