Expand ‘Alcohol-Free’ Labelling To Help Support Small Independent Breweries
Allowing beer of less than 0.5% ABV to be labelled as ‘alcohol-free’ would bring it in line with the EU and America, address the barriers…
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More Flat Drinks Sales Before Make-Or-Break Christmas
On Premise drinks sales were virtually flat again last week, ahead of the crucial run-in to Christmas for operators and suppliers. CGA by NIQ’s latest…
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Curry Oscars Winners Revealed at Glittering Awards Ceremony
More than 1200 VIP guests attended the Asian hospitality sector’s most prestigious event of the year, the Asian Curry Awards, otherwise known in the trade…
Read more...Consumers Ready To Spend On Hot Beverages in 2024
The Hot Beverages Spotlight Report, part of CGA’s Food Insights Spotlight series, delivers a bird’s eye view of the segment to help suppliers, wholesalers and…
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Tourism Bouncing Back, But VAT Cut Needed to Reach Pre-Pandemic Levels
UKHospitality is calling for the Government to address the UK’s lack of competitiveness on the global tourism market, beginning with a cut to VAT for…
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Nightcap Sales Hit by Train Strikes
Nightcap, the owner of The Cocktail Club, the Adventure Bar Group, Barrio Familia and the Dirty Martini group of bars, has announced its audited full…
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2023 Andrew Fairlie Scholarship Winners Crowned By All-Star Chef Panel
The Hospitality Industry Trust (HIT) Scotland has announced two worthy recipients of the fourth annual Andrew Fairlie Scholarship. Darren Seggie, 35, Lecturer of Culinary Arts…
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Pubs and Restaurants to Save on Average £11,728 to £16,507 In Business Rates
The freezing of the small business rates multiplier for another year coupled with the extension of the 75% discount for occupied retail, leisure and hospitality…
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The Chancellor’s Alcohol Duty Hikes Are Losing the Treasury Cash and Putting Businesses at Risk
Wine and spirit businesses are calling on the Chancellor to freeze alcohol duty at the Autumn Statement later today after latest data shows a worrying…
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Michelin Star Restaurant Pensons, in Tenbury Wells, to Close
WORCESTERSHIRE’S only Michelin Star restaurant is closing due to “inflationary and interest rate pressures”. Pensons, at The Netherwood Estate, in Tenbury Wells, will be closing…
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Deliveries and Takeaways Worth 15 Pence Per Pound of Restaurant Spend
Delivery and takeaway sales at Britain’s leading restaurant groups rose 5% year-on-year in October 2023, CGA by NIQ’s Hospitality at Home Tracker shows.
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Celebrating National Older Workers Week 2023
Currently, one in three workers will be aged 50 or over by 2025, and the number of older workers in the UK labour market has…
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Hospitality Heavyweights Team up with Punch Pubs & Co
Punch Pubs & Co has appointed three Strategic Advisors to the Board. After securing the services of Dame Karen Jones and John Colley earlier in…
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Autumn Statement – Chancellor Has One Last Chance to Come Good on Election Promise
The Chancellor must freeze the business rates multiplier for all sizes of businesses when he gives his Autumn Statement this week, or the High Street…
Read more...Drinks Sales Flat Again Ahead of Christmas Run-In
More wet weather kept On Premise drinks sales flat in the first full week of November, according to CGA by NIQ’s latest Daily Drinks Tracker….
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