Category: News

UK Chancellor announces VAT cut for hospitality sector

On 8th July, the UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a cut in VAT from 20% to 5% for hospitality, tourism and accommodation services. This cut is effective from Wednesday 15th July. The announcement applies to hotel, pubs, restaurants, cafes, zoos and cinemas. It covers food, accommodation and attractions, but will not apply to alcohol. An

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Measures to help UK pension schemes extended

Yesterday, 16th June, the Pensions Regulator (TPR) announced an extension to measures designed to help UK pension schemes navigate the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. TPR will continue to give defined contribution and automatic enrollment providers 150 days to report late payments of contributions. Previously, TPR required information on late payments within 90 days.

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Taking action for hospitality

Last weekend, over 550 participants got moving to raise over £68,000 in support of Hospitality Action – a charity helping hospitality employees facing financial and emotional hardship in challenging times. The ‘20,000 Mile Hospitality Challenge’ encouraged participants to collectively cover 19,491 miles of the UK coastline. The Red House International team was delighted to participate

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Let’s stay connected

In these challenging times, whether you are working remotely or just need some extra insight and support, we want to help you stay connected with your industry peers. Our secure and moderated forum – ‘Connect‘ – allows you to create polls, start discussions and maintain your network. The platform boasts powerful features for you to

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Welcoming Jasveen Sethi to the team

In these challenging times for the hospitality and travel industries, we are delighted to welcome Jasveen Sethi to the RHI team. In her role as Senior Reward Consultant, Jasveen will project manage the EMEA hotel industry reward group (HIRG) – supporting 49 hotel organisations across 49 countries – as well as providing ad hoc analysis

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UK gender pay gap reporting suspended

Due to the Coronavirus outbreak, the Government Equalities Office (GEO) and the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) have taken the decision to suspend enforcement of the gender pay gap deadlines for this reporting year (2019/20). In a joint statement, Minister for Women & Equalities, Liz Truss, and EHRC Chair, David Isaac, said: “We recognise

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Global airline survey awarded to RHI

Red House International is delighted to have been selected by the Airline People Directors’ Council (APDC) to manage the International Ground Staff survey for the global airline industry. The project includes full design and annual production of the compensation and benefits surveys, specifically for ground staff roles, for 35 member companies across 54 countries. Andrew

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EMEA hotel survey awarded to RHI

Red House International is delighted to have been awarded the ongoing management of the Hotel Industry Rewards Group (HIRG) EMEA survey, for 49 companies operating across 49 countries. The project includes: Operating the closed salary and benefits surveys for 2,300+ hotels and 300,000+ incumbents across Europe, Middle East and Africa; Providing accurate, up-to-date information to

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