in the uk, prices are going up and that is a real concern for households as they face higher energy bills and as we were talking about there, the gas price in global markets is extremely high, petrol at the pump currently up, and then the cost of going out to eat could be on the rise as well because on friday, the much reduced rate of vat that has applied to the uk hospitality and tourism since july the uk hospitality and tourism sincejuly last year the uk hospitality and tourism since july last year is the uk hospitality and tourism sincejuly last year is heading higher. businesses say this, and top of rising costs in the supply chain and wages will force prices up at a time when they are still recovering from they are still recovering from the crippling effects of covid restrictions, and they cannot afford to lose customers. this is a business correspondent. kitchens like these have been up kitchens like these have been up and running again for a few months now but the financial shoc