Flat October for Drinks Sales Leaves On Premise Hoping for Budget boost
On Premise operators and suppliers ended October with a small drop in drinks sales as consumers kept a lid on their spending, CGA by NIQ’s…
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Hospitality
All the latest hospitality news for pubs, bars, clubs, restaurants and hotels in the UK hospitality sector and licensed on-trade industry.
Telford Community Pub Set to Relaunch Following Over £110,000 Refurbishment
Popular community pub, The Malt Shovel in Telford, relaunched following a combined investment of more than £110,000 from experienced licensee, Alison Bolton and Admiral Taverns,…
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Autumn Budget 2025: Hospitality Sector Demands Meaningful Support From Government
As the Autumn Budget 2025 approaches, the leisure and hospitality sector is looking for measures that will restore consumer confidence and provide relief from this…
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Holiday Tax U-Turn Would Cost Brits £518 Million
The introduction of a holiday tax at the Budget would be a dramatic reversal of Government assurances to the House of Commons just two months…
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Editor’s Viewpoint : Finally, A Voice That Gets It
By Peter Adams, Editor, CLH News. It was outside Parliament, at a “pots and pans” demonstration a couple of years back, that I first encountered…
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Ireland Wins World’s Best Steak at World Steak Challenge
Ireland has won the World’s Best Steak award at the World Steak Challenge in London. In addition to this, Ireland landed a record-breaking 68 medals…
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Restaurant Group Foodlink And AVT Capital Choose Leeds For First India Bistro Restaurant In The UK
Hospitality Investment company AVT Capital has partnered with Foodlink Global Restaurants (UAE and India) to bring its celebrated India Bistro concept to the UK for…
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SIBA Launch ‘Industry Newcomer’ And ‘Beer Champion’ Categories To Highlight Outstanding Individuals
The Society of Independent Brewers and Associates (SIBA) have today launched the SIBA Business Awards 2026, including two new categories for ‘Brewing Industry Individual Newcomer…
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PCA Announces New Data Release On Tied Tenant Views On Six Largest Regulated Pub Companies
The Pubs Code Adjudicator (PCA) has published further data from its 2025 Annual Tied Tenants Survey, offering deeper insights into how each of the pub…
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Hotel Group’s Culinary Academy Recruits New Trainee Chefs
Two apprentice chefs have joined a Cumbrian hotel group’s specialist training academy. Natasha Bull, who has moved up to the Lake District from Derbyshire to…
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Sherborne Community Pub Reopens Following Transformational £200,000 Refurbishment
Popular community pub, The Mermaid on Bristol Road in Sherborne, reopened on Wednesday 12th November following a phenomenal, combined investment of £200,000 from experienced licensee,…
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UK Drinks Industry Unites in Call on Chancellor Not to Raise Excise Duty
With two weeks to go until the Autumn Budget, and on the day of a collective meeting with the Exchequer Secretary, the seven trade bodies…
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Lib Dems Call For Emergency Hospitality VAT Cut At Budget
The Liberal Democrats are calling for an emergency 5% VAT cut for pubs, restaurants and other hospitality and entertainment businesses at the Budget, as part…
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The MOBO Group and Greene King Partner Together to Open ‘House of MOBO’ Pub in South London
The MOBO Group and Greene King have today announced the opening of a new pub partnership together – the ‘House of MOBO’, a vibrant community…
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Backbone Of Our Communities Are At Risk; Fair Taxes Could Turn Pub Closures Into Job Growth’
Steve Alton, CEO of the British Institute of Innkeeping (BII), has today written to the Hon. Rt. Chancellor Rachel Reeves ahead of the upcoming Budget,…
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