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The hospitality industry welcomed the 'first positive Budget in years', which eliminated business rates for thousands of small firms, but said other rising costs are still hitting the High Street hard.
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costs → welcome → Street
Businesses said last night that Labour must 'go further, faster' to tackle fundamental problems with how they are taxed or help with mounting costs.
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they → say → costs
Their frustration came even as tens of thousands of small businesses were given a reprieve on paying business rates at all, while bigger firms will see lower than expected increases to their tax bills.
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firms → come → bills
The Chancellor raised the threshold of Small Business Rates Relief from £12,000 to £18,000 for retail, hospitality and leisure businesses.
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Chancellor → raise → businesses
This means that 70,000 firms that 'give character to our communities' – including cafes, pubs and beauty salons – will pay nothing from next April if their rateable value is up to £18,000, with a small tapering off in rates above that level.
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small → mean → level
And larger firms breathed a sigh of relief as John Healey announced that other retail, hospitality and leisure venues would get a real-terms freeze on their bills for the next two years.
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venues → breathe → years
Businesses welcomed news that more small firms would receive rates relief - but said more needs to be done
This means that a hotel that has been facing up to 25 per cent increases plus inflation in each of the two years will only see an increase at the rate of inflation alone, according to analysis from property firm Ryan.
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that → welcome → Ryan
The Government said it would pay for these breaks by hiking gambling duties and forcing online giants like Amazon and Ebay to ensure sellers on their platforms are paying VAT.
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sellers → say → VAT
UKHospitality chief executive Allen Simpson dubbed yesterday as 'the first Budget in several years to deliver any positive news for hospitality at all'.
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Simpson → dub → hospitality
The last two Budgets have seen retail and hospitality hit with shock increases to business rates, wages and employer National Insurance contributions.
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retail → see → rates
Although there had been 'meaningful progress', Simpson said there was still 'a hill to climb' and urged the Government 'to go further, faster, to address the unequal tax burden on the sector' in order to boost economic growth and help create jobs for the young.
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Simpson → say → young
Ros Morgan, chair of the Real Rates Reform Alliance, added: 'While business rates relief for smaller businesses is welcome, the Government is once again tinkering around the edges of a broken system that penalises businesses for investing in premises, creating jobs and driving economic growth.'
Former Pizza Express entrepreneur Hugh Osmond said that help on rates 'won't touch the sides' as wages, energy and food costs all pile fresh pressure on companies.
Pub bosses also questioned whether the 'cavalry' promised by Prime Minister Andy Burnham, who has a fondness for the sector and gave it a tax break in his first week, had arrived.
Greene King chief executive Nick Mackenzie said that the Budget was 'a missed opportunity' as rising employment costs and a beer duty rise 'will more than outweigh any benefit' from a previously announced 20 per cent cut to rates.
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costs → add → rates
The British Retail Consortium (BRC), which represents big names from Marks & Spencer to Tesco, said the Chancellor had broken a promise to offer 'breathing space' to shops after 120,000 retail jobs had gone in the last two years.
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jobs → represent → years
BRC chief executive Helen Dickinson said the business rates announcement was 'smoke and mirrors' as retailers will still see a 3.5 per cent increase to bills, which she described as 'another body blow to high streets already struggling with rising costs and empty units.
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she → say → costs
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An 'overwhelming proportion' of employment and rates come from half a million bigger outlets, rather than the small firms helped yesterday, she said.
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she → come → firms
Sir Rocco Forte, chairman of Rocco Forte Hotels, said: 'The vital hospitality sector is crying out for real reform of business rates to level the playing field between online firms and those with bricks and mortar premises, not more tinkering that we saw in the Budget.'
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we → say → Budget
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