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Beefeater Closes Final 106 Restaurants as Whitbread Completes Major Hospitality Restructuring

Beefeater has this week closed its remaining 106 UK restaurants, bringing the long-running restaurant brand to an end as parent company Whitbread presses ahead with a major restructuring of its hospitality operations.

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Westminster Presses Ahead With Vertical Drinking Curbs Despite Sector Backlash

Westminster City Council has confirmed it will maintain licensing policy wording designed to discourage so-called “vertical drinking” across the West End, despite a wave of criticism from the hospitality trade, residents and senior political figures earlier this year.

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Night-Time Economy Needs Space to Recover, NTIA Tells Chancellor

Following Chancellor John Healey’s first major economic speech, in which he placed growth, investment and wealth creation at the heart of the Government’s agenda, the…

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Westminster Council to ‘Better Explain’ Vertical Drinking Term Amid Calls for More Support

Westminster City Council has published a revised licensing policy following a high-profile debate about what it called “vertical drinking”, and has also urged the Mayor…

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‘Burnham Bounce’ Boosts Confidence, Costs Curb Investment

Hospitality has felt a ‘Burnham Bounce’, but tax burdens and political instability are holding back investment, new member survey results from UKHospitality, the British Beer…

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Busier Pubs and Longer Visits Fail to Lift Summer Bank Holiday Pint Sales

UK pubs and bars were busier and consumers stayed longer over the Summer Bank Holiday weekend, but stronger engagement failed to translate into increased draught beer and cider sales, according to the latest data from The Oxford Partnership and Vianet.

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