Card Spending Grew just 3.6% in May but Pubs & Bars See Sales Uplift
Consumer card spending grew just 3.6 per cent year-on-year in May – less than half the latest CPIH* inflation rate of 7.8 per cent and…
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Highlights
Warm Weather And Cider Drive More Drinks Sales Growth
Drinks sales were in year-on-year growth for a fifth successive time last week, thanks to warm weather and surging cider sales. CGA by NIQ’s latest…
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The Tips Bill Gains Royal Assent and Becomes Law
The Employment (Allocation of Tips) Bill has become an Act of parliament (law) by gaining Royal Assent. The Bill imposes unlawfulness for employers to withhold…
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Pedalling 2 Pubs UK Edition 2023 – Pedalling, Pints, Pubs And People
Following the incredible success of the intrepid Pedalling for Pubs riders, who raised over £315k for industry charities, Only a Pavement Away and the Licensed…
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Hospitality Sector Bounces Back to Highest Growth Outlook in 12 Months
Almost two fifths of small businesses in the hospitality sector are predicting growth in the next three months (38%), more than twice the proportion compared…
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Small Firms in Hospitality & Retail in the “Crosshairs” as GDP falls in March
Responding to Office for National Statistics figures showing that GDP fell by 0.3% in March 2023 compared with the previous month, but rose by 0.1%…
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CAMRA Calls on Minister to Save High Street Pubs
The Campaign for Real Ale has said that the government’s levelling up proposals could put the future of pubs at risk and is called for…
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Foodservice Price Inflation Falls Below 20% for the First Time in Five Months
The food and drink sector received small but welcome relief on soaring prices as inflation dropped to 18.9% in March 2023, the CGA Prestige Foodservice…
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Pub and Bar Transactions Were up 26.7% Over the Coronation Weekend
Brits made the most of celebrations and benefitted from the longer opening hours. Data from Barclays shows that during the Coronation bank holiday weekend (6-8…
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Trade Bodies Call for Urgent Government Intervention on Unfair Energy Costs and Contracts
Since the beginning of the energy crisis, members of the trade organisations have faced a raft of business-critical challenges, with 50% being forced into contracts…
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Hospitality Can be ‘Catalyst for Growth’ in Local Communities
With a week to go until local elections, UKHospitality is urging local authorities to throw their backing behind a sector that can deliver economic growth,…
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Hospitality Rising Helps Boost Appeal to Work in Hospitality by 14%
New research from Hospitality Rising, in partnership with research consultancy KAM, shows that 35% of UK adults say they would consider a career in hospitality,…
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Pubs Prepare for Coronation Celebrations as 4 in 5 Brits say the Local is the Bedrock of UK Communities
New research from pub company and brewer Greene King, commissioned ahead of the King’s Coronation, has found that pubs are still seen as the economic…
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Ofgem Moving at Glacial Pace, but Urgent Action Needed to Save Businesses
Ofgem’s lack of urgency in enforcing a fair and sustainable energy market for business customers is putting hundreds of thousands of businesses in villages, towns…
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Five-star Hotel Partners with Local High School to Encourage the Next Generation of Hospitality Talent
A hotel in the heart of Chester has partnered with a local high school as part of a Cheshire wide effort to encourage early hospitality…
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