Plus: Preposterous London property of the week, Lime insists its e-bikes don't pose a threat to your legs, and Transport for London pays for 24/7 security to keep the homeless away from Park Lane.
Avoiding NI charges has always been the reason behind """optional""" service charges, no? It's just expanding to places where you wouldn't expect them, at much lower rates than restaurants. Give it a few years and you'll be perfectly used to paying 15% service charge on a pint.
Good luck getting them removed. Some servers take it as a personal insult when you ask to remove the service charge. Wonder what the numbers are for people who take the time to get it removed, probably less than 5%?
Can't see pubs lasting much longer if this carries on. A G&T in my local, trendy East London pub is already almost £8 - for a stingy UK measure of gin barely bigger than a tablespoon, it's absolute joke.
Avoiding NI charges has always been the reason behind """optional""" service charges, no? It's just expanding to places where you wouldn't expect them, at much lower rates than restaurants. Give it a few years and you'll be perfectly used to paying 15% service charge on a pint.
Good luck getting them removed. Some servers take it as a personal insult when you ask to remove the service charge. Wonder what the numbers are for people who take the time to get it removed, probably less than 5%?
If the next government cuts NI back to reasonable levels I imagine this practice will cease
Lime Bike regulation is included in the forthcoming English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill. Clauses 18 - 20.
Can't see pubs lasting much longer if this carries on. A G&T in my local, trendy East London pub is already almost £8 - for a stingy UK measure of gin barely bigger than a tablespoon, it's absolute joke.