Mixed Picture On Drinks Sales As Festive Rush Begins
Year-on-year drinks sales fell again at the beginning of December but there were brighter spots of trading to raise hopes for a strong Christmas and…
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MPs Back Card Payments On Gaming Machines
The Culture, Media and Sport Committee has backed UKHospitality’s call for card payments to be permitted for use on gaming machines. The committee said it…
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Upheld Alcohol Complaints More than Double in 2023
The Portman Group’s Independent Complaints Panel (ICP) upheld more than double the amount of complaints in 2023 compared with the previous year, with products subject…
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FPI Inflation “Up Like A Rocket, But Falling Like A Feather”
Inflation as measured by the CGA Prestige Foodservice Price Index (FPI) fell again during the month of November to 15.0% – its lowest level since…
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Greene King Supports Brand New Macmillan Initiative
Greene King is strengthening its resolve to help even more people living with cancer as it announces it will be supporting a new Macmillan initiative…
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Lanchester Wines Put Focus on Sustainability
Tom van der Neut is business unit controller at Lanchester Wines. While carbon offsetting is relatively mainstream, more and more businesses are looking at how…
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Sodexo Health & Care Donates 100,000 Meals to The Bread and Butter Thing
Sodexo Health & Care has this week donated 100,000 frozen meals to support food redistribution charity, The Bread and Butter Thing, provide much-needed food to…
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Insurer Data Reveals Hospitality Payment Failures Up By 43% YOY
The UK’s second-largest trade credit insurer, Atradius, has revealed the number of claims they received in the hospitality sector increased year-on-year by 43% in Q3…
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‘Don’t Short-Change Christmas Staff’, Employers Urged
Employers are being reminded they must pay their workers at least the National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage this festive season, including seasonal staff…
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Best Practice Property Disposal
By Paul Johnson, Head of Corporate Sales at Leaders Romans Group (LRG) (www.lrg.co.uk) Hospitality was the sector most affected by the pandemic and many businesses…
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Rates Relief Extended But Bills Still Set To Rise
The Welsh Government has announced that business rates relief will be extended at a lower level of 40% and that rates will rise by 5%…
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Scottish Tourism And Hospitality Bodies Express ‘Extreme Disappointment’ At Scottish Budget
The Scottish Tourism Alliance, UKHospitality Scotland, the Scottish Licensed Trade Association and the Scottish Beer and Pub Association have highlighted the material threat of long-term…
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Admiral Taverns Invests Over £690,000 Into Two Hull Community Pubs
BarsAdmiral Taverns has invested £692,000 across two Hull community pubs on Anlaby Road. The Parkers, run by passionate operator Paul Harker, has received a £268,000…
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Looking Forward to 2024 with Lanchester Wines
Lesley Cook is Lanchester Wines’ director of purchasing. We caught up with Lesley to look at what will affect the wine trade in 2024. One…
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Alun Cairns MP Sends Important Message to MPs for the Community Pub Hero Awards
In a video message Alun Cairns MP, Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Beer Group, has called on MPs to nominate their local pubs for…
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