Hospitality

Farage puts pints over poverty with plan to cut price of beer by reinstating two-child benefit cap
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage in a pub
Politics

Farage puts pints over poverty with plan to cut price of beer by reinstating two-child benefit cap

The Reform UK leader laid out his proposal to boost hospitality as Labour’s bill to end the two-child benefit limit and lift 450,000 kids out of poverty progressed through parliament
Is the £10 pint nearly here? Why drinks prices are going up
a barman serving a pint at the pub
Social Justice

Is the £10 pint nearly here? Why drinks prices are going up

Inside the fight to save independent cafes from 'corporate greed and exploitative capitalism'
independent cafes

Inside the fight to save independent cafes from 'corporate greed and exploitative capitalism'

Covid left me thousands of pounds in debt – I was suicidal. Here's how I turned things around
Debt

Covid left me thousands of pounds in debt – I was suicidal. Here's how I turned things around

First Dates star Fred Sirieix: 'I left France because I loved punk'
Letter To My Younger Self

First Dates star Fred Sirieix: 'I left France because I loved punk'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
This UK music festival is building homes and tackling homelessness: 'It's a festival of giving'
metal band Evil Scarecrow at UK music festival Beat the Streets
Homelessness

This UK music festival is building homes and tackling homelessness: 'It's a festival of giving'

Restaurateur Hakan Topkaya puts love into his kebabs. The cost of living crisis threatens it all
kebab, london
Hospitality

Restaurateur Hakan Topkaya puts love into his kebabs. The cost of living crisis threatens it all

UK hospitality is fighting for survival. What does that mean for our kebabs, curries and chips?
Cost of living

UK hospitality is fighting for survival. What does that mean for our kebabs, curries and chips?

Keeping tips from staff is now illegal - here's what you need to know
Customer tipping staff in a restaurant
Employment

Keeping tips from staff is now illegal - here's what you need to know

Police launch probe after Liverpool cafe serving homeless people for free hit with third break-in in two weeks
Paper Cup Coffee Liverpool
Homelessness

Police launch probe after Liverpool cafe serving homeless people for free hit with third break-in in two weeks

‘We had to turn away a man who hadn’t eaten for two days’: Liverpool café serving homeless people for free broken into twice in two weeks
Paper Cup Coffee opened last year in Liverpool to give homeless people free food
Homelessness

‘We had to turn away a man who hadn’t eaten for two days’: Liverpool café serving homeless people for free broken into twice in two weeks

'I see my father in them': How one small tea shop plans to empower 1,260 refugees
Recruitment

'I see my father in them': How one small tea shop plans to empower 1,260 refugees

Cafe that finds work for adults with learning disabilities appeals for help amid cost of living crisis
Cafe Van Gogh
Small businesses

Cafe that finds work for adults with learning disabilities appeals for help amid cost of living crisis

Brewdog labels itself ‘anti-sponsor’ of Qatar World Cup... but will still show it
brewdog qatar
Qatar World Cup

Brewdog labels itself ‘anti-sponsor’ of Qatar World Cup... but will still show it

A Michelin star chef is opening a pop-up restaurant staffed entirely by homeless people
Chef Adam Simmonds is opening a restaurant staffed by homeless people
homelessness

A Michelin star chef is opening a pop-up restaurant staffed entirely by homeless people

Cafes, pubs and restaurants are already being hammered by sky-high energy bills
Energy

Cafes, pubs and restaurants are already being hammered by sky-high energy bills

The south London café helping people with learning difficulties into work
Cafe Van Gogh
Hospitality

The south London café helping people with learning difficulties into work

Pubs and clubs in Newcastle will have to provide free taxis for staff working late-night shifts
Violence against women

Pubs and clubs in Newcastle will have to provide free taxis for staff working late-night shifts

Boris Johnson set to scrap plan to let workers keep tips despite admitting minimum wage isn’t enough to live on
Workers' rights

Boris Johnson set to scrap plan to let workers keep tips despite admitting minimum wage isn’t enough to live on

How to deal with new rules for restaurant menus if you’re worried they might be triggering
Mental health

How to deal with new rules for restaurant menus if you’re worried they might be triggering

Government announces support for crisis-hit hospitality sector - but no furlough or rise in sick pay
Employment

Government announces support for crisis-hit hospitality sector - but no furlough or rise in sick pay

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Hospitality job vacancies ‘nosedive’ as Omicron causes Christmas party cancellations
Employment

Hospitality job vacancies ‘nosedive’ as Omicron causes Christmas party cancellations

Should employers make sure staff get home safe? This local council thinks so
Employment

Should employers make sure staff get home safe? This local council thinks so

Restaurants banned from keeping tips as government admits minimum wage is not enough
A waiter pours red wine into a glass. Restaurants must now give all tips to staff.
Employment

Restaurants banned from keeping tips as government admits minimum wage is not enough

Wetherspoons has been hit with beer shortages due to Brexit and Covid
News

Wetherspoons has been hit with beer shortages due to Brexit and Covid

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