The hospitality sector will take to the streets on Tuesday over what they say is the Government’s failure to deal with the increased costs that is shuttering restaurants
The hospitality sector will take to the streets on Tuesday over what they argue is the Government’s failure to deal with the increased costs that are shuttering restaurants
Mick Hughes, co-owner of The Stockhouse in Trim, Co Meath, says the next restaurant he will open will be “beside Leinster House and it will be called the ‘Cock and Bull’ because that’s all we are hearing from the Government”. Hughes has 25 full- and part-time staff, of whom 90 per cent are on the minimum wage; increasing it will wipe out the €4,000 budgetary support introduced to help restaurants with energy costs.“That is on top of the extra costs of supplies, double time on the new bank holiday, increased sick pay and many more little extras that are crippling small businesses,” he says.
“Employees will be delighted with an 80c increase in minimum wage but let’s hope their employer remains open to pay it,” he says.
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