British consumers cut their spending by the most in more than five years in early 2018 as heavy snowfalls combined with an ongoing squeeze on household budgets to hit retailers, payments company Visa said this week. Visa said inflation-adjusted consumer ...

Diversey and Zenith Hygiene Group plc announce the completion of the transaction by Bain Capital Private Equity which will combine the two companies, creating the UK and Ireland’s largest manufacturer and supplier of cleaning and hygiene products. Completion of the ...

Accolade Wines has launched the UK’s only comprehensive wine report which looks at category development and insight across all trading channels using a wide range of data and industry intelligence. The report shows that 2017 was a year of change for the ...

Oracle Industry Connect today announced the findings of a global study titled “The Loyalty Divide, Operator and Consumer Perspectives, Hotels 2018” auditing consumer perceptions and hospitality brand realities of loyalty programs and influences. “The Loyalty Divide” reveals that hotel operators ...

Following yesterday’s news reports that UK pub giant J D Wetherspoon has shut down down their Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages for all 904 of their pubs and their head office the issue of social media and its “relevance” has ...

The British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) – the leading professional body representing the UK’s licensees – is delighted to announce the twelve semi-finalists for this year’s Licensee of the Year competition have been selected. Sponsored by Sky, the Licensee of ...

In July 2017, the Government commissioned the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) to advise on the economic and social impacts of the UK’s exit from the EU, and how the UK’s immigration system should be aligned with a modern industrial strategy. A Call for ...

The recent business rates revaluation has been as bad as the financial crash of 2008/2009 for restaurant groups and retailers, according to commercial real estate specialists Colliers International Around 12,000 jobs have been lost or put in danger over the ...

£40,000 was raised on the evening of Monday 9th April at industry charity Hospitality Action’s inaugural Rugby Legends Dinner sponsored by Sharp’s Brewery and hosted at Deer Park Country House Hotel. 200 guests enjoyed delicious food prepared by a brigade ...

Pub operator JD Wetherspoon is to close down its Twitter, Instagram and Facebook accounts for its individual pubs and head office. The company, which has almost 900 pubs across the UK and Republic of Ireland, is shutting all the accounts ...