Newspage Raws
Questions we’ve put to Newspage’s experts, with their answers. Search by keyword or topic and by date, newest or most answered first.
9 Raws in independent pubs
· 4 expert responses
Why are pubs and restaurants struggling while the economy grows?
Output from pubs, restaurants and cafés fell by 1.9% in the three months to September 2026, the fifth three-month fall in a row, according to the Office for National Statistics . The drop came as the wider UK economy…
- business
- management
- hospitality
- money
- independent business
- leisure
- tourism
- bad business practice
- human resources
- food
- innovation
- artisan
- corporate guff
- headhunting
- small business
- Business finance
- SME finance
- financial health
- money saving tips
- money tips
- commercial finance
- money hacks
- corporate governance
- business wellbeing
- debt
- NMI
- purpose-led business
- NewspageMPC
- Retail economics
- debt issues
- community interest company
- social enterprise
- corporate events
- Fractional service provider
- healthy eating
- nutrition
- ESG
- Fair Work Agency
- invoice finance
- diet
- supply chains
- counterfeit
- logistics
- TEST
- weight loss
- beauty spots
- dieting tips
- Fractional CFO
- Fractional CMO
- Fractional consulting
- hotels
- ISAs
- management consulting
- poor diets
- walking
- catering
- child trust funds
- Ethical Leadership
- events gone wrong
- fast food
- independent pubs
- management training
- nightmare holidays
- pizzas
- pubs
- SIPPs
- time out
- hotel nightmares
- rambling
· 8 expert responses
How is rising cost of everyday essentials affecting people's ability to manage their finances?
Research conducted by Newspage has found the price of staple goods has soared over the years, with the cost of a loaf rising 164% in the nearly three decades between 1996 and 2025, outpacing overall inflation of almost…
- business
- financial services
- property
- mortgages
- management
- retail
- independent business
- bad business practice
- human resources
- innovation
- artisan
- corporate guff
- Communities
- headhunting
- remortgages
- first-time buyer mortgages
- mortgage protection insurance
- moving home mortgages
- House prices
- self-employed mortgages
- Housing market
- residential property
- Financial Advice
- bad credit mortgages
- commercial mortgages
- contractor mortgages
- commercial property
- expat mortgages
- foreign national mortgages
- development finance
- new build mortgages
- shared ownership mortgages
- Business finance
- limited company director mortgages
- landlord mortgages
- portfolio landlord mortgages
- let-to-buy mortgages
- interest-only mortgages
- second charge mortgages
- large loan mortgages
- HMO mortgages
- mortgages for nurses and NHS staff
- self-build mortgages
- mortgages for doctors and medical professionals
- mortgages for retirees
- landlords
- limited company buy-to-let mortgages
- high net worth mortgages
- holiday let mortgages
- debt consolidation mortgages
- guarantor mortgages
- joint borrower sole proprietor mortgages
- product transfers
- Right to Buy mortgages
- SME finance
- mortgages for teachers
- lifetime mortgages
- rental market
- armed forces mortgages
- offset mortgages
- scrapstampduty
- auction property mortgages
- key worker mortgages
- CCJ mortgages
- later life lending
- property management
- family-backed mortgages
- non-standard construction mortgages
- second home mortgages
- small retailer
- holiday lets
- retirement interest-only mortgages
- whole-of-market mortgage advice
- green mortgages
- 5% deposit mortgages
- first-time landlord mortgages
- home improvement remortgages
- independent retailer
- mortgages with defaults
- mortgage in principle
- corporate governance
- property porn
- 100% and no-deposit mortgages
- business wellbeing
- professional sports people mortgages
- purpose-led business
- semi-commercial mortgages
- zero-hours and agency worker mortgages
- fixed-rate mortgages
- mortgages after an IVA
- mortgages after bankruptcy
- Retail economics
- variable-rate and SVR mortgages
- mortgage calculators
- planning
- porting a mortgage
- tracker mortgages
- community interest company
- debt management plan mortgages
- divorce and separation mortgages
- graduate and newly qualified professional mortgages
- over 50s mortgages
- rip-off landlords
- social enterprise
- boarded up high streets
- commercial office space
- Fractional service provider
- mortgages with missed payments
- office working
- surveying
- ESG
- Fair Work Agency
- listed building mortgages
- low credit score mortgages
- over 60s mortgages
- renovation mortgages
- buy-to-let
- consumer buy-to-let mortgages
- fee-free mortgage brokers
- Japanese knotweed mortgages
- land mortgages
- maternity leave mortgages
- mortgages on benefits income
- ex-local authority property mortgages
- flat above a shop mortgages
- mortgage arrears
- office leasing
- office space
- Fractional CFO
- Fractional CMO
- Fractional consulting
- leasehold and short lease mortgages
- long-term fixed-rate mortgages
- management consulting
- office rentals
- pawnbroker
- poor service
- single applicant mortgages
- Bank of England base rate and mortgages
- Butcher
- cladding and EWS1 mortgages
- early repayment charges
- high loan-to-income mortgages
- independent pubs
- low income mortgages
- mortgage affordability
- mortgage application process
- mortgage broker fees
- mortgage fraud and scams
- mortgage overpayments
- mortgage rates
- over 70s mortgages
- Property118
- repayment mortgages
- spray foam insulation mortgages
- student mortgages
· 5 expert responses
Source: Kate Underwood, Kate Underwood HR & Training
World Day for Decent Work
The first job that goes wrong follows them for years Tomorrow is World Day for Decent Work, and the ITUC has made 2026 about young workers organising for the future.…
- HR
- entrepreneurship
- management
- retail
- independent business
- human resources
- Communities
- small business
- business tips
- small retailer
- start-up
- independent retailer
- workplace culture
- business bullshit
- employee rights
- employment law
- workplace stress
- employer rights
- Parental leave
- crowdfunding
- employee benefits
- Paternity leave
- Maternity leave
- independent pubs
- payin30days
· 3 expert responses
Source: Kate Underwood, Kate Underwood HR & Training
Could your managers be personally sued for missing a reasonable adjustment? EAT says yes
A tutor with disabilities asked to run her sessions online instead of face-to-face. When it went wrong, her tribunal claim named not just the agency that employed her, but four individual staff by name. The first…
- HR
- entrepreneurship
- management
- retail
- independent business
- human resources
- Communities
- small business
- business tips
- small retailer
- start-up
- independent retailer
- workplace culture
- business bullshit
- employee rights
- employment law
- workplace stress
- employer rights
- Parental leave
- crowdfunding
- Paternity leave
- Maternity leave
- independent pubs
- payin30days
· 5 expert responses
Source: Kate Underwood, Kate Underwood HR & Training
Bereavement leave law widens to cover step-families and kinship carers, small businesses have six months to catch up
The government announced today that from April 2027, staff in Great Britain will get up to two weeks' unpaid leave when they lose a spouse, partner, parent, adult child or sibling, now including step, half, adopted,…
- HR
- entrepreneurship
- management
- retail
- independent business
- bad business practice
- human resources
- Communities
- small business
- small retailer
- independent retailer
- workplace culture
- employee rights
- employment law
- workplace stress
- employer rights
- big business bullying tactics
- Parental leave
- late payments
- Paternity leave
- Maternity leave
- independent pubs
· 5 expert responses
Source: Kate Underwood, Kate Underwood HR & Training
Right to work checks extend to freelancers, contractors and gig workers on 1 October: is a £60,000 penalty fair on a firm with no HR department?
On 1 October, the right-to-work rules stop being about employees. They extend to workers, individual sub-contractors, gig and platform workers and casual staff on zero hours.…
- HR
- entrepreneurship
- retail
- independent business
- human resources
- Communities
- small business
- business tips
- small retailer
- start-up
- independent retailer
- workplace culture
- business bullshit
- employee rights
- employment law
- workplace stress
- employer rights
- Parental leave
- crowdfunding
- Paternity leave
- Maternity leave
- independent pubs
- payin30days
· 6 expert responses
Source: Kate Underwood, Kate Underwood HR & Training
Ministers consider slowing minimum wage rises for under 21s with almost a million young people out of work: relief for small employers, or a pay cut for the young?
Downing Street and the Treasury are examining whether fast minimum wage rises for under-21s have priced young people out of work. The Low Pay Commission has been asked to weigh job prospects in future recommendations.…
- HR
- entrepreneurship
- management
- retail
- independent business
- human resources
- Communities
- small business
- business tips
- small retailer
- start-up
- independent retailer
- workplace culture
- business bullshit
- employee rights
- employment law
- workplace stress
- employer rights
- Parental leave
- crowdfunding
- Paternity leave
- Maternity leave
- independent pubs
- payin30days
· 3 expert responses
Source: Kate Underwood, Kate Underwood HR & Training
Free Robot Lawyers Meet Day-One Rights: The Tribunal Storm Is Already Here
Britain's employment tribunals are drowning. Open single claims hit 64,000 by the end of March 2026, up from 45,000 a year earlier, and applications for interim relief have surged 1,200%, from roughly 20 a year to 20 a…
- HR
- entrepreneurship
- retail
- law
- independent business
- bad business practice
- human resources
- Communities
- small business
- business tips
- small retailer
- start-up
- Brand management
- independent retailer
- workplace culture
- business bullshit
- employee rights
- employment law
- workplace stress
- employer rights
- big business bullying tactics
- Parental leave
- crowdfunding
- late payments
- Paternity leave
- Maternity leave
- independent pubs
- payin30days
· 4 expert responses
Source: Kate Underwood, Kate Underwood HR & Training
The 999 Service That Runs On Goodwill Is Running Out Of Volunteers
July 2026 was the busiest month on record for wildfires, with fire crews across England and Wales tackling 393 in a single month and more than 716 so far this year, per the National Fire Chiefs Council . Outdoor fires…
- business
- HR
- entrepreneurship
- management
- independent business
- bad business practice
- human resources
- innovation
- artisan
- corporate guff
- Communities
- community
- local authorities
- society
- headhunting
- small business
- Business finance
- SME finance
- business tips
- start-up
- workplace culture
- business bullshit
- corporate governance
- business wellbeing
- business rates
- employee rights
- purpose-led business
- employment law
- workplace stress
- community interest company
- employer rights
- social enterprise
- broken society
- council fails
- culture
- Fractional service provider
- ESG
- Fair Work Agency
- Parental leave
- councils
- crowdfunding
- local heroes
- Paternity leave
- social norms
- council workers
- events
- Maternity leave
- pub closures
- culture wars
- independent pubs
- pubs
- WDN
- bars
- locakl authorities
- payin30days
- pot holes