NTIA Calls for Action as Operators See Insurance Premiums Double
The Night Time Industries Association (NTIA) has called on the government to intervene over the issue of spiralling insurance premium costs within the leisure sector,…
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Pint of Beer Predicted to hit £13.98 by 2025
As we see the fastest price in the last 40 years a survey has predicted that beer is likely to almost £14 per pint by 2025 .
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Nottingham Council Reconsiders Late-Night Levy Charge
Nottingham’s Late-Night Levy looks set to be to be scrapped following a Full Council meeting next month. The levy, which requires businesses that sell alcohol…
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The NACC Care Chef of the Year 2022 Finalists Revealed
The line-up of talented care chefs set to compete in the national final of the National Association of Care Catering (NACC) Care Chef of the…
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Gintel: UK On-Trade & Hospitality Favours Marketplace Dominators Over Local Small Batch Gins
Market research by Shepper, an innovative data-collection service, has revealed that the UK’s on-trade and hospitality outlets are preferring to serve leading brands of gin and tonic as their house products instead of supporting local and small-batch counterparts.
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Rishi Sunak Pledges Business Rates Reduction if Elected PM
Former Chancellor Rishi Sunak has pledged to cut business rates this autumn as his latest tax promise in the Tory leadership race. Speaking at a…
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Flaws in the Licensing System Remain Unresolved, says New Lords Report
Significant issues remain between the licensing and planning systems and little progress has been made in addressing the lack of coordination between the two systems….
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Pubs & Bars ‘at Risk of Being Forgotten’, Say Hospitality Trade Bodies
Scotland’s three major hospitality trade associations, the Scottish Beer & Pub Association (SBPA), Scottish Licensed Trade Association (SLTA), and UKHospitality Scotland (UKHS) have called on…
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Rapidly Escalating Energy Bills are Killing Our Nations’ Pubs
The British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) has today written to the Secretary of State for BEIS and the Chancellor, highlighting the devastating impact of the…
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Championing Hospitality for Positive Action and Change
In the latest episode of the new season of Accor’s podcast, Heart of Hospitality, Duncan O’Rourke, host and CEO Accor Northern Europe, speaks to Kate…
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Cedabond Announces Nigel Quince as New Commercial Director
Cedabond is delighted to be appointing the highly experienced Nigel Quince as their new Commercial Director following Mark Kendall’s move to Gratte Brothers Catering Equipment Ltd.
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Stonegate Group Celebrate Graduation of General Managers to Area & Regional Manager Level
Stonegate Group has recently celebrated the graduation of 16 managers from various Stonegate sites across the country, from its internal progression programme Aspirations. The programme…
Read more...Just Half of English Councils Making Payments from £1.5bn pandemic Fund
Just over half of councils in England have begun making payments to firms from a £1.5 billion Covid support package, almost 18 months after it…
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Like-for-Like Sales Increase Almost 5% in July
Sector like-for-likes were up 4.7% year-on-year in July as drink sales drove growth, according to data from S4labour, the people, productivity and payroll system. The…
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Cash is King as Consumers Take More Staycation Breaks
• Post Offices handled a record £801 million in personal cash withdrawals in July, up almost 8% month-on-month (£744 million, June 2022) • Post Office…
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