Budget rises squeeze hospitality firms’ resilience

A FIFTH of hospitality firms have no cash reserves, nearly eight in 10 have hiked prices and more than half have axed jobs due to rising costs from the autumn Budget.

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“Shocking” figures from four trade bodies show 69% have less than six months of reserves and one in five has nothing to fall back on. Reliance on low-skilled workers has left the sector especially exposed to