With our #MyPub campaign we urge every pub in the UK to engage with their local MP, getting them to call on the Chancellor to invest in pubs through lower tax.
With the incredible pressures you are currently facing, running your essential businesses at the heart of communities across the UK, we want to ensure that Government are left in no doubt about the impact on you, your business and your customers.
The Autumn Budget in October 2024, delivered a hammer blow of additional taxes however, with your businesses facing a cut of that relief, meaning those of you who pay Business Rates will see them more than double in April 2025. In addition, the Budget delivered huge increases in the employment costs you are now facing, through the 10% increase in NICs, the lowering of the threshold where you will start to pay NICs for part-time staff and the 50% rise in NMW since 2020.
1) Download the letter template – this is a word document that you can copy and paste into your message to your MP (the template may appear in your download bar at the bottom of your screen, or in your downloads folder)
2) Find your local MP – this will load a webpage where you can type in your postcode to find your local MP. Selecting their name will load a form for you to paste your letter into.
3) Paste the letter template into the body, personalising your message if you wish, then fill out your contact information and hit preview and send
Our #MyPub campaign has been successful in connecting many of your pubs with your local MPs to share the powerful impact your businesses have at the heart of your community, share the challenging trading realities for your pubs and gain their backing for the support needed to safeguard your futures. Thank you to many of you for your support since the launch of the campaign last summer.
Through your work, the extension to the 75% business rates relief was secured for England until the end of March 2025, with pubs being singled out yet again for their role in their communities. This was a targeted ask of Government to gain early confirmation of essential ongoing support and was achieved in full for many of your pubs.
Remember to share your MP’s visit on social media. Find your local MP’s account on whatever platform is your preference and follow/like their account. Most MPs have an account on X (Twitter), but some will have Facebook and other platforms too.
If you would like, you can also use one of our digital assets in your posts – simply choose from the images below that you would like to use.
When sending them a message, or tagging them in a post, please make sure you include the hashtag #MyPub and tag us as well. For Facebook and X we are @BIIandBIIAB, and on Instagram we are @Britishinstituteofinnkeeping.
