Food and Drink

Food and DrinkHospitalityNewsPubPub NewsPubs

Butcombe Group Celebrates Record-Breaking Community Week, Raising over £40,000 for Local Causes and Industry Charities

Butcombe Group has announced its most successful Community Week to date, hitting an incredible total of £40,540, a £20,000 increase from the previous year, while also delivering hundreds of volunteering hours to local charities,…

Read more...
BarsBreweriesBusiness NewsFood and DrinkHospitalityNewsNight LifePub NewsPubsRestaurantsSpiritsTourism

Chancellor ‘s Budget Sparks Alarm as Nightlife Businesses say Treasury Modelling “Fails Reality”

Britain’s night-time economy is facing an unprecedented crisis as new flash survey data reveals the Chancellor’s autumn Budget will deliver a devastating blow to pubs,…

Read more...
BusinessEating OutFood and DrinkHospitalityNewsNight LifePub NewsPubsRestaurants

Card Spending Sees Greatest Fall since 2021 in November

Consumer card spending declined -1.1 per cent year-on-year in November – the greatest fall recorded since February 2021 (-9.5 per cent), and considerably lower than the latest CPIH inflation rate of 3.8 per cent. Amid ongoing consumer uncertainty, essential…

Read more...
Eating OutFood and DrinkHospitalityNewsPubPub NewsPubsRestaurants

New Research Shows Growing Demand for Tech and Convenience in Pubs

More than half (55%) now say they lean towards pre-booking, ordering food and drinks digitally, and forming an orderly queue away from the counter (as opposed to the more traditional form of spreading out across the bar) when…

Read more...