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Industry news

The Government has announced a temporary reduction in the standard VAT rate of 20% to only 5% on certain children's meals, family attraction tickets and children's entertainment admissions between 25th June and 1st September 2026. The measure, introduced through HMRC's Revenue & Customs Brief 5 (2026), aims to help families manage the cost of summer activities while encouraging spending across the hospitality and leisure sectors.
As a result of the new tax year, UKHospitality’s latest member survey has reported significant concerns regarding operational costs across the UK’s hospitality scene. The survey collected responses from some of the most influential voices in the UK’s hospitality industry, including the British Beer and Pub Association, the British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) and Hospitality Ulster, revealing the damaging impact on the industry.

Case studies

Love, Amelia is a baby bank charity located in North East England. The organisation provides excellent quality, pre-loved items and equipment to children from birth to 16 years old, who are experiencing poverty and hardship. Since the initial launch in 2019, the charity has supported over 40,000 children. In order to streamline the charity’s operations, whether that be fundraising activities, managing donations, stock and everything in between, they reached out to their local Authorised Partner, Octo-POS for a reliable solution.
Robin Hill is a popular tourist destination and attraction park located in the heart of the Isle of Wight. Across its 88 acres, the park offers a natural woodland, countryside gardens, a variety of food and beverage outlets and entertainment suitable for visitors of all ages. During seasonal periods, the park experiences between 15-20,000 visitors a week, which is why Robin Hill reached out to their local Authorised ICRTouch Partner, ICR Systems, for a range of robust and reliable EPoS solutions.
Ruda Holiday Park, situated in Devon, is a popular tourist destination praised for its family friendly atmosphere and beautiful location near Croyde Bay Beach. As well as operating a variety of food & beverage and retail outlets, the holiday park also offers a wide range of activities and entertainment for families.

Blog posts

Warm summer days are fast approaching, which can only mean one thing - venues all over the UK, particularly those with large outdoor areas will see a significant increase in footfall. You’re no doubt already thinking about ways of extracting as much revenue as possible from the seasonal period whilst keeping costs to a minimum, and upgrading your current EPoS set up is a great way to start.
As we’re slowly heading toward the busy Easter holidays, now’s the perfect time to reassess your current operations and replace your outdated system with robust and reliable solutions. Whether you’d like to diversify your revenue streams, improve CRM with comprehensive loyalty programs or roll out a range of events & ticketing, the ICRTouch ecosystem has you covered.
Here at ICRTouch, providing seamless user experiences is always on the forefront of our mind, and as a company that invests significant resources into continuously improving its solutions, we thought it was about time the robust and reliable PocketTouch had a facelift.

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