Barclays Reveals 2025’s Top 10 Consumer Spending Trends, as Card Spend Declines -0.2%
Consumer card spending declined -0.2 per cent year-on-year in 2025, after growing 1.6 per cent in 2024 and 4.1 per cent in 2023. In…
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Food and Drink
No and Low-Alcohol Beer Sales Set to Surpass 200 Million Pints Mark in UK
British consumers are expected to purchase over 200 million pints of non-alcoholic and low-alcohol beer during 2025, representing substantial growth in the category and highlighting…
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Gold Service Scholarship Final Unveils 10 Finalists from Across UK
Ten food and beverage front-of-house professionals from across the United Kingdom will compete in the 2026 Gold Service Scholarship final in January. Representing London, Edinburgh,…
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Hospitality Sector Welcomes Inheritance Tax Changes
UKHospitality has welcomed the Government increasing the threshold for Business Property Relief (BPR) from £1m to £2.5m, when it is introduced in April 2026. Yesterday,…
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Historic Edinburgh Pub Set For Major Investment In The New Year
A much-loved Belhaven pub in the heart of Edinburgh’s Old Town is set to ring in the New Year in style with a brand-new look…
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Bloxwich Pub Reopens Following A £390,000 Makeover
The Spotted Cow on Wolverhampton Road in Bloxwich reopened on Friday 19th December following a phenomenal investment of more than £390,000. The pub is part…
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Greene King Champions The Spirit Of Christmas Supporting Communities This Festive Season
Greene King is rolling out the Christmas spirit, by offering more than 4,000 free meals to community heroes, volunteers and those spending Christmas by themselves….
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Restaurants’ Delivery Sales Growth Beats Inflation In November But Takeaways Flag
Britain’s leading restaurant groups saw delivery sales rise by 3.6% year-on-year in November, according to the latest NIQ Hospitality at Home Tracker, powered by CGA…
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UK Bartenders’ Guild Announce The Great Honkaku Shochu & Awamori Contest 2026
The UK Bartenders’ Guild invites bartenders to experiment with Japan’s most distinctive spirits by entering this year’s competition to win an educational trip to Japan…
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Ahead Of Dry January, Gen Z Interest In Monthlong Abstinence Stalls
Monthlong abstinence is becoming less popular among Gen Z legal drinking age (LDA+) drinkers in several key markets around the world, according to the latest…
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Rateable Values for Some Hotels are Going Up by Over 300%
Government tax and employment policies are hurting hospitality profits even during the usually prosperous Christmas season, say leading audit, tax and business advisory firm, Blick…
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BBPA Launches Academy Graduate Scheme To Find Its Next Generation Of Custodians
A one-of-a-kind sector-wide graduate scheme in collaboration with some of the UK’s leading pub companies and breweries has been launched by the British Beer and…
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“‘Chrimbo Limbo’: The Dead Zone Costing Restaurants And Hotels A Fortune”
As UK inflation shows signs of easing, consumer confidence might be beginning to stabilise, but spending remains highly selective. For the hospitality sector, this creates…
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Hospitality Venues Hit With Average £32k Business Rates Increase
The shocking figures reveal the scale of cost increases facing hospitality businesses across the country. Even when factoring in a lower multiplier – or tax…
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Perthshire Hotel Provides Foodbank Meals After Closure Threat
A Pitlochry hotel is to supply three chefs and 100 free three-course Christmas lunches to the town’s foodbank this Christmas. McKays Hotel Bar and Restaurant,…
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