Bangladesh Caterers Association UK

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Bangladesh Caterers Association UK has been lobbying government for long time for VAT reduction!

Great news for the hospitality sector.

As part of the Government’s Summer Cost of Living Support Package, VAT on children’s meals eaten in restaurants, cafés, and pubs will be reduced from 20% to 5% between 25 June and 1 September 2026. The temporary reduction will also apply to children’s cinema and theatre tickets, as well as entry to family attractions such as zoos, theme parks, and aquariums.

The Government says the measure is intended to support families during the school holidays. However, the reduced VAT rate will not apply to takeaways, adult meals, general shopping, or most other services.

While this announcement is welcome, the Bangladesh Caterers Association UK believes a short-term reduction of only two months is not enough. The hospitality industry has been lobbying the Government for a permanent VAT reduction to help businesses survive rising costs, protect jobs, and support long-term growth across the sector

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Late Jorif Miah, who is often regarded as a guide and pioneer for Bangladeshis in Great Britain.

He arrived in London by ship in the early 1930s. His ancestral home was in Islampur Borobari, in present-day Chandnighat Union, Moulvibazar.

After coming to England, through hard work and perseverance, he started one restaurant business after another. On his own initiative, he brought relatives, acquaintances, and even strangers from his homeland (Moulvibazar)to London. His system worked like this: people would work in his restaurant, and from their weekly wages, they would keep half, while the other half would be saved with him. Later he would make them partners in business and help open restaurants for them.

Through this remarkable initiative, Jorif Miah and his late brother Sirajul Islam Israel Miah (Founder of Bangladesh Caterers Association-UK in 1960) established many restaurants across London and throughout Great Britain.

Since these businesses continued to thrive, others were inspired to enter the restaurant trade as well.

According to information from the 1990s, there were around 12,000 to 15,000 Indian restaurants across Great Britain, and about 90% of them were owned and run by Bangladeshis, particularly people from the Sylhet Division of Bangladesh. Perhaps for this reason, Bangladeshis there became socially, politically, and economically prosperous.

This photograph of Jorif Miah was taken in his youth at a Turkish restaurant in frith street Soho, London.

May Allah (swt) grant them both highest place in Jannatul Ferdous, Ameen!!

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