All the latest restaurants news for pubs, bars, clubs, restaurants and hotels in the UK hospitality sector and licensed on-trade industry.
Average sales in managed venues in the week to Saturday 1 August dropped by 2.1% from the same week in 2025, and by 0.9% in the next seven days to Saturday 8 August. It follows a 1.6% dip over the last full week in July.
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Read more...Michelin-starred chef and television presenter Tom Kerridge met with staff and customers at Wetherspoon’s, The Grand Assembly pub (Marlow, Buckinghamshire), to highlight his campaign to…
Read more...Prime Minister Andy Burnham has indicated the Government is prepared to go further on business rates support for pubs, clubs and other high street venues,…
Read more...The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has warned that the Government’s proposed overhaul of zero hours contracts could damage the jobs market, after an official…
Read more...More than 50 sites in a popular UK pub and restaurant chain could be saved and rebranded under a new hospitality group, offering a lifeline to venues that would otherwise have shut permanently as part of the Premier Inn owner’s restaurant closure programme.
Read more...Card spending grew by 2.0 per cent year-on-year in July, following a 1.9 per cent increase in June, but remained below the latest CPIH inflation rate of 2.8 per cent.
Read more...The Mayor of London has called on Westminster City Council to abandon a raft of proposed licensing restrictions, intensifying a dispute over the future of nightlife in the capital’s West End.
Read more...Ten teams recently took part in the inaugural Bristol Waiters’ Race which is now set to become a regular feature of the city’s popular annual Harbour Festival.
Read more...Food fraud is costing the UK economy up to £2 billion every year, according to the first study to calculate its full economic impact.
Read more...The anticipated boost for the UK’s pubs from this summer’s World Cup slowed the year-on-year decline in punters during the first half of the tournament in June…
Read more...UKHospitality is urging operators to make their voice heard in the Government’s consultation on changes to zero hours contracts and shifts under the Employment Rights Act.
Read more...The British eating day is consolidating around its centre, according to new consumer research, with lunch becoming the fastest-growing meal occasion as breakfast and late-night…
Read more...The UK’s services sector reported renewed growth last month, but employment across hospitality and other consumer-facing industries kept falling — extending a jobs slump that…
Read more...A first-of-its-kind funding scheme designed to enrich college learners’ experience has been launched by not-for-profit awarding body iCQ Awards and sector skills council People 1st International, in direct response to guidance from Ofsted.
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