Hospitality

Warning that numbers won’t add up for restaurants as higher Vat rate arrives

Hospitality Vat rate is scheduled to increase from 9 per cent to 13.5 per cent this week while restaurant sector vows to lobby to get it back down

Darren Madden, chairman of the Mayo branch of Irish Hotels Federation and owner of The Clew Bay Hotel in Westport, Co Mayo. Picture: Michael McLaughlin