Hospitality Spending Slows in September Due to Cost-of-Living Concerns
Consumer card spending grew 1.8 per cent year-on-year in September – the smallest uplift since February 2021, and well below the 9.9 per cent rise…
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Licensed Trade Charity Celebrates 2022 Award Winners and Highlights the Impact of its Work
The Licensed Trade Charity, who are dedicated to supporting workers in the licensed drinks trade, marked their 229th year launching their latest Impact Report (https://www.licensedtradecharity.org.uk/site/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/1728_LTC_Impact-report_2021_final.pdf)….
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Hospitality Sector Serves up 10% Growth in Number of Businesses
The number of hospitality businesses in the UK grew by 10.1% last year, ONS data published last week reveals1. The industry sprouted just over 20,000…
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Greene King Pub Partners opens 20th Hive Pubs Site Following £450,000 Investment
Greene King Pub Partners, the leased, tenanted and franchise division of Greene King, has launched its 20th Hive Pubs site, the Coach & Horses in…
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Institute of Hospitality CEO Welcomed as Honorary Master Innholder
L-R: David Brann the next Master, Robert Richardson FIH MI (centre) and Viscount Thurso (John Archibald Sinclair, 3rd Viscount Thurso PC MI) (far right). The…
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Majority of Managers Feel Ill-Equipped to Talk About Money Worries
The majority of managers within UK businesses do not feel well equipped or comfortable in helping their staff through the cost-of-living crisis, according to new…
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Consumers opt for Inexpensive Dining Out as Cost-of-Living Crisis Hits
The latest Lumina Intelligence Eating & Drinking Out Panel data has shown a decline in both penetration and spend across the eating out market as…
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New Research from Deliverect Finds Consumers are Ordering More Delivery and Takeaways in Spite of Inflation and Increased Cost of Living
Research by Deliverect,a digital ordering PLATFORM has today announced new global research which revealed that more people are purchasing takeaway or delivery orders today than…
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Stonegate Group Celebrates Hospitality Apprenticeship Week
Stonegate Group celebrated last week’s annual Hospitality Apprenticeship Week, as they marked the ninth year of their apprenticeship scheme. Launched in October 2013, the pub…
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CVs Scrapped in Multi-Million Pound UK-First Scheme to Tackle Hospitality and Leisure Industry’s Staffing Crisis
– New recruitment service launched to help businesses reeling from Covid – Ground-breaking ‘Westminster Works’ to help plug thousands of unfilled vacancies and create confidence…
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Star Launches Nationwide Virtual Darts Tournament to Boost Midweek Trade
Star Pubs & Bars is investing £50,000 in a nationwide virtual darts tournament to help its leased and tenanted wet-led community pubs boost trade on…
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IoH Announce Shortlist for Fellows’ Award 2022
Nine IoH Fellows have made the Shortlist for the Institute of Hospitality’s Fellows’ Award 2022. The award recognises an individual Fellow who has given back…
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Hospitality Operators Warned on “Self Assessment” Tax Scams
Self Assessment operators are being urged to be on guard against being targeted by fraudsters, warns HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). In the 12 months…
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Silver Servers: Over 50s Boost Retirement Income with Hospitality Jobs
Growing numbers of workers over 50 are taking on jobs in the UK’s pubs, restaurants and hotels in order to boost their retirement income as…
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Pub Losses Rocket 50% In Last 3 Months
The number of pubs ‘vanishing’ from the communities that they once served, having called last orders for the final time, has rocketed by 50% in…
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