Wetherspoon Opens At Heathrow Terminal 4
Wetherspoon has opened its new unit at Heathrow Airport today (Monday October 2). Star Light opened on the site of the former Carluccio’s in Terminal…
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Hospitality
Urban Pubs & Bars Take Their First Venture Into Station Pubs In London’s Iconic Waterloo Station
Urban Pubs & Bars Urban founded in 2014 by Nick Pring and Malcolm Heap, will be opening their first train station pub this month in…
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Chancellor Set To Announce National Living Wage Increase To £11 Per Hour
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is expected to use his speech to the Tory party conference to confirm an increase in the national living wage (NLW) to…
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‘No Christmas Strikes’ – Hospitality Leaders Urge Unions
Leading hospitality businesses have joined UKHospitality’s calls for the crucial festive season to be protected and for an urgent resolution to the ongoing rail dispute….
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Britain Loses 30% Of Nightclubs Since COVID As Consumers’ Late-Night Habits Evolve
COVID and changing consumer habits have led to a sharp drop in Britain’s nightclubs as consumers’ high tempo habits diversify and shift towards a broader…
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Slug & Lettuce Deansgate Reopens Following £680,000 Renovation
Slug & Lettuce has reopened its flagship venue in Deansgate, Manchester this week following a £680,000 investment. All elements of the new scheme have been…
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CAMRA ‘Kickstarts’ The Perry Renaissance
The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) holds its first ‘Perry Month’ as new ground-breaking consumer guide to perry launches on KickStarter. CAMRA will be celebrating its…
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Hotel Demand Slows In August Leading To Acute Drop In Room Rates
The UK hotel sector saw a slowdown in demand during August, in line with seasonal trends, but the drop in room rates last month was…
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Make ‘Agent Of Change’ Legal Obligation For Developers
UKHospitality is calling for a legal strengthening of the ‘agent of change’ principle, to make it mandatory for developers to mitigate any noise issues from…
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Take A Look Inside New Telford Pub Following £250,000 Makeover
The Bridge Inn on Wombridge Road in Telford has re-opened following a major investment of £250,000! The pub is part of the Proper Pubs division…
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NTIA Warns Destructive Transport Policies Threaten London Nightlife, Livelihoods and Tourism
London’s vibrant community of night workers, commuters, and the tourism industry are facing an uncertain future, grappling with the challenges posed by the recent and…
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Punch Pubs & Co Announces Their Lifetime Achievement Winner At Their National Publican Of The Year Awards
Photo credit Ian Hodgkinson and Alex Cantrill-Jones of PictureIt Media A much-loved Publican from Surrey has become Punch Pubs & Co’s Lifetime Achievement winner at…
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Highland Business Ends Hospitality Staffing Crisis
-novel work-to-live scheme secures 100% recruitment- A hospitality business on the NC500 has ended a post-Brexit staffing shortage which reduced trading hours by 29% by…
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Vacancies Fall By 33% As Workforce Strategy Delivers Successes
Commitments made in UKHospitality’s Workforce Strategy, launched in May 2022, have helped bring down hospitality vacancies by 57,000 at its peak. In a significant update…
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On Premise Gets A Fifth Week Of Year-On-Year Drinks Sales Growth
Drinks sales in Britain’s On Premise last week were ahead of 2022 levels for the fifth week in a row, despite the September heatwave coming…
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