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Have you heard about the ‘VATs The Problem’ campaign? 🍽️🍷

Backed by well-known chef Tom Kerridge and supported by industry body UKHospitality, the campaign is calling on the Government to cut VAT for hospitality businesses from 20% to 10%.

The UK’s 20% rate of VAT is one of the highest rates for hospitality in Europe. It’s the second highest, in fact. Only Denmark is higher.

A lower rate of VAT would reduce the cost pressures facing the sector, and would allow more venues to stay open, rather than have to close their doors for good.

We caught up with Paul Askew of Barnacle & The Art School to hear more. 👀

#VATsTheProblem #UKHospitality #Hospitality #Liverpool #LiverpoolFood ...

Liverpool Yacht Club has just started the 105th edition of its Isle of Man Midnight Race! 🛥️

The objective is simple, start from Liverpool, end in the Isle of Man, the first yacht to make it there wins!

Almost 120 years since the first edition, today’s race sees 15 yachts take to the River Mersey in hopes of being the first to arrive in the Isle of Man this evening (or perhaps tomorrow)!

We caught up with the team behind the historic race to hear all about it! 🤩

Best of luck all 👏

#Liverpool #YachtRace #IsleOfMan #LiverpoolYachtClub ...

Calling all beauty lovers! 💄

The incredible Beauty To Go bar at Selfridges inside the Trafford Centre is now OPEN!

Taking on the style of a classic salad bar, this unique pop up lets you handpick the beauty products you’d like to be included in your box, making it the perfect thoughtful gift for a loved one, or yourself of course! 😍

Open until 8pm today, from 11am and 8pm, and from 12 noon to 6pm on Sunday.

We sent Rach down to take a look 🤩

#Selfridges #TraffordCentre #BeautyToGo #Beauty ...

WIN A THREE-COURSE MEAL + BOTTLE OF WINE FOR TWO AT SEAFORTH RESTAURANT! 🍽️🍷

We’ve teamed up with the stunning Seaforth Restaurant at five-star The Municipal Hotel Liverpool to give one lucky winner a three-course meal and a bottle of wine for two!

The perfect excuse for a date night! 🥂

To enter:
👉 LIKE this video
👉 SHARE this video to your stories
👉 TAG who you’d bring in the comments below!

Winner announced on Friday 19th June 2026.

GOOD LUCK! 🤞

*The winner will be selected using an Instagram comment picker and generator and will be contacted via DM from this account only (@theguideliverpool)

#MunicipalHotel #Liverpool #Competition #TheGuideLiverpool ...

**FIRST LOOK** 🤩

Peaches & Cream on Dale Street is back open this weekend after a revamp and we’ve got a first look 👀

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WIN BIG IN OUR JUNE GUIDE 🥳

June has arrived and there’s loads to do in Liverpool. We’ve at the Museum of Liverpool and have rounded up some of the biggest, most unmissable events happening this month, and trust us, you’ll love what’s to come 🤩

Plus, you could WIN two tickets to every one of the massive On The Waterfront shows on the Pier Head 18-21st June.

One winner will see all of the following live
🟡Paul Weller
🟡Red Rum Club
🟡10 Years of Cream Classical
🟡Snow Patrol

To enter:
1. SHARE this post on your story tagging in @theguideliverpool & @otwfliverpool
2. COMMENT below with the artist you’d look forward to seeing most
3. LIKE & RESHARE
We will choose one winner at random on Friday 12 June.

How amazing is Liverpool going to be in June 😍 ...

Let’s Bus It! 🚌☀️

Whether you’re off out with your mates, commuting to the office, or planning a big day out with the whole family, hopping on a bus is one of the quickest, easiest, and cheapest ways you can explore our wonderful city region!

Why not visit the gorgeous Sefton coastline, some of the picturesque Wirral villages, or even the animals at Knowsley Safari? The possibilities are ENDLESS! 🤩

#Liverpool #MerseyTravel #LetsBusIt #Merseyside #LiverpoolCityRegion ...

Scouser Robyn is officially in the Love Island Villa. 🏝️🥳

We’ve been at a special launch night screening with her friends and family and they are here with all the reaction to episode one with Robyn’s Mum Stacey leading the way.

#LoveIsland #Liverpool #TheGuideLiverpool ...

Scouser Robyn is entering the Love Island Villa tonight and her friends and family have put on a pyjama party to celebrate 🥳

#loveisland #robynloveisland #scouserloveisland #theguideliverpool ...

March of the Day has officially begun! 🤩⚽️

Hundreds of walkers have set off from Liverpool today on their journey to Leeds, calling at 50 football stadiums along the way!

The group is made up of a mix of the general public and a handful of ex-professional footballers & sporting legends.

March of the Day brings football lovers together to raise money for Leeds Hospitals Charity and The Darby Rimmer MND Foundation.

We caught up with Mike Wilson, one of the events organisers, to hear more! 👀

#Liverpool #MarchOfTheDay #MND #MNDAwareness #Charity ...

Southport Food & Drink Festival continues for the final day today at Victoria Park. 😃

Gates open at 11am-6pm and it’s FREE to attend.

Plus if you travel with @merseyrail, it’s just £2 return to get there. 🥳

Tuck into a host of tasty food from around the world. Kids can enjoy the Children’s Festival and there’s lots of entertainment too. ...

What a brilliant Saturday at Victoria Park for Southport`s Food & Drink Festival 🎉☀️

Don`t worry if you missed it today, it`s back on again tomorrow for its final day! 10:00 - 18:00

It`s free entry and just £2 to Southport on Merseyrail, so get yourselves to Victoria Park for a day full of food, drinks, live music, entertainment, kids activities, shopping and so much more!

@visitsouthport @southportfoodfest @sefton_council #southportfoodanddrinkfestival #southport #merseyside ...