'Many pubs simply won’t survive': Ludlow publicans blast Budget measures to help pubs as 'meaningless'
A couple that run a south Shropshire pub have called the Government's business rate relief for the hospitality industry "meaningless" and have warned many pubs are not going to survive with more help.
In the autumn Budget last Wednesday, the Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced a new discount that will see retail, hospitality and leisure businesses save 5p for every £1 paid in business rates.
But Tim and Jane Vaughan, from The Queens in Ludlow, said the measure was "meaningless"
The couple said: "The Government claims to understand the pressures on high-street businesses, but their so-called rate reductions are meaningless when the revaluation has pushed our costs up even more. It’s totally unsustainable for businesses like our own.
