Uber has announced a deal to acquire Postmates for $2.65 billion that is expected to complete in Q1 2021. Uber strategy is to run the Postmates app separate from its Uber Eats app and keep both brands operating. The acquisition announcement follows quickly after Uber's failed deal with Grubhub, enabling Just Eat to make the $7.3 billion acquisition announced last … [Read more...]
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Chancellor to unveil stimulus for hospitality today
Rishi Sunak will today announce a series of further measures to help the hospitality industry to further combat the impact from Covid-19 amidst the ongoing crisis. Following much of the hospitality industry in England reopening from last Saturday, these businesses do so in circumstances that continue to threaten their existence. A reduction in the VAT rate would be a boost … [Read more...]
Statement on workplace catering and hospitality from House of Commons
Yesterday we published a news item from the GMB union where they accused the House of Commons of not following Government guidelines relating to Covid-19 and catering for workplaces. Earlier today we received a request from the House of Commons asking us to publish the response below from a House of Commons Spokesperson. We are happy to do so to present a balanced … [Read more...]
Hospitality workers taxed on company provided Covid-19 tests
In a letter to Rishi Sunak earlier this week, Tory MP and Chair of the Treasury Committee Mel Stride, requested an explanation on Covid -19 tests carried out and paid for by employers being taxed as a benefit of employment. Just as hospitality businesses are reopening this tax on testing is another straw on camel’s backs already heavily laden. Current guidance from … [Read more...]
Covid Hub opens to support workplace reopening
Bartlett Mitchell has today announced the launch of a Covid Info Hub - giving clients, customers, team members and the wider industry a live portal where they can access support and information ahead of the reopening of the hospitality sector. The portal, which is hosted on the company’s website here, offers users advice, toolkits, videos, expert guides, and a risk … [Read more...]