Drinks Sales Dip Again As Soggy July And Rail Strikes Go On
On Premise drinks sales have fallen year-on-year for the second week in a row following widespread poor weather. CGA by NIQ’s Drinks Recovery Tracker, which…
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Highlights
Ofgem Announces New Customer Service Rules For Businesses
Energy regulator Ofgem has today (Wednesday 26 July) proposed a series of reforms to further improve standards of customer service for both businesses and households….
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57% of Women Will Head To The Pub To Watch Football Following Success Of The Lionesses Research Reveals
Following the recent success of England’s Lionesses in the 2022 Euros, a poll of 1,350 women in the UK who love the beautiful game unveiled…
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Trade Drinks Expo
We are excited to announce that we have partnered with Trade Drinks Expo this year, the UK’s only event dedicated to maximising drink sales for…
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Ofgem Challenged To Take Action On Hidden Energy Costs
Leading associations from sectors including hospitality, retail and social care have signed an open letter organised by not-for-profit energy consultancy Box Power CIC challenging the…
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Soaring Costs In Food, Drink, Staff And Energy Pile Pressure On Hospitality
Hospitality’s post-COVID-19 recovery is threatened by rising prices in multiple key areas, leaders have warned in the latest Business Confidence Survey from CGA by NIQ…
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National Hospitality Day Returns September 29th!
National Hospitality Day returns for its third year on 29 September, as five charities join forces to raise funds for people in the sector. National…
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Give Small Firms a Lift in the Summer, FSB urges, as May’s GDP falls
Despite the tough headwinds, small businesses are still looking to the summer for recovery and growth Responding to Office for National Statistics figures showing that…
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June’s Warm Weather Boosted Spending On Pubs, But Restaurants Struggle As Brits Cut Back On Dining Out
Consumer card spending grew 5.4 per cent year-on-year in June – less than the latest CPIH inflation rate of 7.9 per cent, yet noticeably higher…
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Restaurant Closures Reach 10-Year High
The number of restaurant businesses going bust has reached its highest level since 2010, jumping by more than a third in 2018, according to data…
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NTIA and Sacha Lord Instruct Legal Team to Challenge the Government on Drug Testing at Festivals
The Night Time Industries Association & Nightlife entrepreneur, Sacha Lord, have written to the Home Office demanding a judicial review following its decision to ban…
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Scotland’s Wholesale Sector On The Road To Net Zero
The Scottish Wholesale Association (SWA) has set out ambitious plans to reach net zero by 2040, in time for Scotland’s net-zero target of 2045, in…
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Greene King Pub Partners Gala Dinner Raises Over £29,000 For Macmillan Cancer Support
Greene King Pub Partners, the leased, tenanted and franchise division of Greene King, has raised over £29,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support. The funds were raised…
Read more...London’s Hospitality Stabilises After COVID Closures
Central London’s hospitality sector is recovering after suffering hundreds of closures of licensed premises during the turmoil of COVID-19, according to the latest Hospitality Market…
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New Report Reveals The True State Of The Hospitality Sector
A staggering 86% of UK hospitality operators will likely have to close in the next three years if their business costs don’t reduce and their…
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