High Food Inflation Linked To Major Environmental Issues
This year’s CGA Prestige FPI Report shows that whilst food and drink inflation for restaurants and caterers finished 2018 at 3.7%, 2019’s rate almost doubled…
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All the latest news for pubs, bars, clubs, restaurants and hotels in the UK hospitality sector and licensed on-trade industry.
NPD GROUP: Five Eating Out Trends To Watch In 2020
Global information company The NPD Group has identified five trends that could shape Britain’s £57 billion out-of-home (OOH) foodservice industry in 2020, with the need…
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Hospitality Industry Reacts To Election Results
With Boris Johnson’s Conservative Government leading the polls with a comfortable majority, ending the uncertainty on Brexit that has dominated the news for many months,…
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Mitchells And Butlers Named Macro Employer Of The Year 2019
Mitchells and Butlers has been named Macro Employer of the Year at the National Apprenticeship Awards 2019. Now in its sixteenth year, the prestigious awards…
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Fuller’s Reports First Half Revenue Growth Of 6% To £174.8m
Pub group Fuller’s said profits jumped higher in the past six months following a £164.5 million boost from the sale of its brewing arm. The…
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Greene King Pub Partners Launches Night Of Excellence Awards
Greene King Pub Partners is launching a glamorous annual awards night to recognise its best-performing publicans. The Greene King Pub Partners Night of Excellence will…
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Average UK Customer Forks Out £451 On Takeaways Each Year
KPMG has found that the average UK consumer spends £451 per person every year on Takeaway food, with a typical customer ordering 34 Takeaways over…
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Sloe Gin World Champions To Celebrate The End Of ‘Dry January’
The date of the 11th Sloe Gin World Championship’, usually held near Christmas at the George Inn village pub in Frant on the Kent/Sussex border…
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Tourist Tax Will Damage Highlands Tourism
UKHospitality has condemned Highland Council’s decision to move forward with a tourist tax. Commenting on yesterday’s decision, UKHospitality Executive Director for Scotland Willie Macleod said:…
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UK Pub Numbers Grow For The First Time In Ten Years
The number of UK pubs and bars grew in 2019 the first growth in ten years, kindling hopes of a turnaround in fortunes for Britain’s…
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Opentable Names 2019 Top UK 100 Restaurants Based On Diner Reviews
OpenTable has released its annual list of the top 100 restaurants in the UK, based on more than one million reviews left by verified diners. This…
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Robinsons Brewery Acquires Individual Inns
Robinsons Brewery has purchased the six-strong pub group Individual Inns, which will grow their managed pub estate to 20 sites. Robinsons Brewery operate over 260…
Read more...Temp Hospitality Vacancies Increase In Time For Christmas, But Growth Not As Strong As Last Year
The Report on Jobs for November, published by KPMG and the REC, indicates that the traditional Christmas search for temporary hospitality workers has begun, albeit…
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Immigration Plans Could Serve Hospitality, But More Detail Needed, Says UKH
UKHospitality has welcomed Conservative proposals for the UK’s future immigration system, but urged the party to deliver more detail on how the system would work….
Read more...Wetherspoon To Invest £200 Million And Create 10,000 Jobs In The Next Four Years
Wetherspoon is to invest more than £200 million on its pub estate over the next four years. It will invest the money developing new pubs…
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