New Data Reveals Hospitality Businesses Faced Up To £7K In Refunds In 2020!
New data from Paymentsense has discovered just how much small businesses have to fork out each year in refunds to customers.
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Highlights
Hotels Offer To Become Vaccination Centres
The implementation of the third lockdown means many hotels have once again had to close their doors – some are still open to accommodate key workers – amid concerns about their long-term viability.
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New Lockdown Grants Worth £277 Million Are A Lifeline To Pubs
BBPA welcomes new lockdown grants, but says they must be delivered immediately to pubs
The British Beer & Pub Association has welcomed an announcement by the Chancellor that pub
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Restaurant Job Losses Up 163% In 2020
Across the restaurant and casual dining sector more than 1,600 restaurants undertook their final service in 2020 with almost 30,000 staff losing their jobs as the economic impact of Covid-19 took its toll.
Read more...UKHospitality Chief Kate Nicholls made an OBE in New Year Honours
UKHospitality CEO Kate Nichols has been made an OBE for her services to the hospitality sector, in particular during the current pandemic which is brought…
Read more...Consumer Spending Declined 7.1% in 2020 Amidst “Turbulent Time” for Hospitality
Consumer spending declined 7.1 per cent year-on-year in 2020 – as coronavirus restrictions impacted many sectors, with high-street retailers and hospitality hardest hit. Yet there…
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Premier Inn Creates Father Christmas Master Key
VIP key created in response to parents’ questions On its way to the North Pole
For the first-time ever Premier Inn has created a master key to every single one of its hotels across the UK
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The London Tavern Is Awarded ‘Heart Of The Community Award’ For Work During Lockdown
Phil Hoyle, publican of The London Tavern, on Linford Road in Poulner, has been awarded the British Institute of Innkeeping’s (BII) Heart of the Community Award in recognition
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Stonegate Teams Up With Brian Blessed OBE For A Festive We Love Quizmas
Stonegate Group’s We Love Quiz programme, is teaming up with Christmas-legend Brian Blessed OBE for a festive special pub quiz We Love Quizmas, sponsored by Jägermeister and Gordon’s
Read more...SLTA Comment On Today’s Covid-19 Update By First Minister
THE Scottish Licensed Trade Association (SLTA) has expressed disappointment that Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and East Lothian will move up to tier three from Friday
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Brits Flood Social Media With Reasons Why #Pubsmatter This Christmas
The new cross-industry campaign is calling on the Government to relax restrictions on pubs ahead of the next tier announcement on 16 December
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Pub Company Wetherspoon Says That The Results Of Sweden’s COVID-19 Policies Have Been Widely Misunderstood.
Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin said: “Whatever way you look at the numbers, Sweden’s no-lockdown strategy is working better than the UK’s approach.
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Stonegate Pub Company Provides Further Financial Support To Publicans
Stonegate Pub Company has announced continued business support within its leased and tenanted business, Ei Publican Partnerships, in response to the Government’s new restrictive COVID-19 tier system.
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£2bn Supermarket Business Rates Repayments Should Be Used To Help Struggling Pubs And Brewers – BBPA
Repayment of business rates relief should be used to create a vital lifeline for pubs and brewers
The British Beer & Pub Association, the leading trade association representing brewers and pubs
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UKH Warns Sector is on Countdown to Rent Judgement Day Unless Moratoria are Extended
UKHospitality is warning that the sector is on a countdown to a devastating rent tipping-point that will trigger a new year bloodbath of hospitality business…
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