03/06/2026
🚨 Support Your Local Hospitality Businesses 🚨
Did you know that hospitality businesses are currently charged 20% VAT on food and drink sales? At a time when costs are rising across the board – ingredients, energy, wages, rent and everything in between – it’s becoming harder and harder for independent businesses to survive.
A reduction in VAT to 10% would be a huge help to cafés, bakeries, restaurants, pubs and other hospitality businesses across the UK. It would allow businesses to invest more in staff, keep prices fair for customers and continue serving the communities that support them.
If you value your local independent businesses, please take a moment to sign and share this petition. Every signature helps show the Government how important hospitality is to our towns and communities.
❤️ Let’s help protect the places that bring people together.
The hospitality sector has come together to launch – a united campaign and petition calling for hospitality VAT to be reduced from 20% to 10%.
Spearheaded by chef and publican Tom Kerridge, we’re working alongside trade bodies across the sector, such as and , hospitality communities like , and you, businesses across hospitality, to say 10% VAT is fair for hospitality.
Our sector pays too much tax, and VAT is the single biggest lever the Government can pull to support venues, our customers, our high streets and our local communities.
This campaign is for everyone: businesses, customers, waiting staff, chefs, kitchen porters, bar staff, hotel teams, farmers, brewers, suppliers and producers.
Like, sign the petition and share this post – we need your support to reach a million signatures.
Click the link in our bio to sign the petition 👇
https://www.vatstheproblem.co.uk/
