UK Readies Multimillion-Pound Pubs Support Package This Week
A bartender serves pint of beer to a customer in a pub in London.
Photographer: Betty Laura Zapata/BloombergThe UK government will announce a support package for pubs this week in a bid to help cushion the sector from business rates.
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves has been under pressure from the hospitality sector since she announced business rate reforms in last year’s budget. The package is expected to be limited to pubs, with the rest of the sector — including hotels, holiday parks, restaurants and nightclubs — set to be excluded.