Inflation and Staff Shortages Threaten £36bn Hospitality Growth
The hospitality and leisure sector’s post-pandemic recovery could be severely hampered by the cost-of-living crisis and a widespread lack of staff, a new report has…
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Act Now to “Stem the Tide”, Small Firms Urge, as Producer Price Inflation Hits Record-High 22%
Responding to the news that the consumer prices index rose 9.1%, to a 40-year high, and producer price inflation rose 22.1%, to a record-high, in…
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Cherished 18th Century Pub to Reopen its Doors
A NORTHUMBERLAND pub dating back to the early 1700s is to be given a new lease of life after being acquired by a North East…
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The Frogmill Named UK’s Best Pub
Cotswolds pub The Frogmill, part of Brakspear’s Honeycomb Houses managed estate, has scooped the top title in the National Pub & Bar awards 2022. The…
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Inaugural Pedalling for Pubs Campaign Raises £274k for Two Great Industry Charities
This year, fundraising initiative Pedalling for Pubs, powered by KAM, raised a stunning £274k for leading hospitality charities; Licenced Trade Charity and Only a Pavement…
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Sacha Lord Launches Greater Manchester Hospitality Hour as He Thanks Public for Support
Sacha Lord, the Night Time Economy Adviser for Greater Manchester, will launch a Hospitality Hour campaign this summer, starting this weekend. To thank Mancunians for…
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Scottish Pub Chain MacMerry 300 Goes into Administration
Scottish pub company MacMerry 300, which was was established in 2010, and owns bars across Dundee and Glasgow has gone into administration, with Blair Nimmo…
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Applications open for prestigious North East England Tourism Awards
Tourism businesses across the North East are being encouraged to enter the North East England Tourism Awards 2023 as applications which opened this week. The…
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Visit Essex Puts Essex on Gastro Map with Launch of New Food and Drink Campaign
The county’s tourism body, Visit Essex, is launching a campaign to firmly place Essex on the gastro map. Highlighting the county’s boom in Essex wine…
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Delivery and Takeaway Sales Dip Year-on-Year After Covid-19 Constraints Ease
Delivery and takeaway sales at Britain’s leading managed restaurant and pub groups are falling from the peaks of COVID-19 lockdowns, the CGA by NielsenIQ &…
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Record Staff Shortages Causing Hospitality to Lose £21bn in Trade
Staff shortages in the hospitality industry are reaching critical levels, causing nearly half (45%) of operators to cut trading hours or capacity in order to…
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Public Will Cut Out Restaurant Visits if Businesses Do Not Adapt to Rising Inflation, says GlobalData
UK restaurants have been warned that the public will “cut out “ restaurant visits if the hospitality sector does not adapt to rising inflation ….
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Pubs Regain Share of Dinner Occasions and Drive Higher Spend
According to data from Lumina Intelligence’s Eating & Drinking Out Panel, in 12 weeks ending (12WE) 15/05/2022, pubs had a 13.9% share of total dinner…
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Restaurants Risk Failing to Attract Gen Zers and Millennials if They Do Not Keep Up with Tech Revolution
Over four-fifths (84%) of Generation Z and Millennials (82%) choose to visit a restaurant with self-serve kiosks over and above those restaurants without, according to…
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Pubs Across the Fuller’s Estate Raise in Excess of £10,000 for Ukraine
Fuller, Smith & Turner, the premium pubs and hotels business, is supporting team members raising money for those impacted by the war in Ukraine by…
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