Restaurants

The number of jobs lost across the embattled restaurant and casual dining sector so far this year is already nearly double the amount shed during the whole of 2019 with experts fearing that the worst is yet to come. 

Sushi chain YO! is the latest restaurant to consider a CVA to help reduce its “unsustainable” rental costs as a result of the coronavirus crisis.

The UK Government has confirmed that that three special grants created to help businesses including the hospitality sector which has been the hardest hit with the impact of Covid-19 will close on August 28.

Sanitiser confused with condiment, implementation of ‘slip roads’ in one way systems and bouncers becoming welcomers are among cultural changes in pubs, restaurants and bars.

Diners across the UK will from today (August 3) be able to enjoy half-price meals throughout August from Monday, as part of a government scheme aimed at boosting restaurants and pubs post-lockdown.

Azzurri Group, operator of the ASK Italian and Zizzi restaurant chains and Coco di Mama food-to-go outlets, has been sold out of administration to TowerBrook Capital Partners in a deal which will see around 225 of the Group’s sites continue to operate.Save

Pizza Hut which trades in the UK under a franchise of its US-based owner, has become the latest restaurant chain to consider financial restructuring as it hires advisers, Alvarez & Marsal, to explore the possibility of a company voluntary arrangement (CVA), according to reports.

More than 32,000 restaurants have registered for the government’s Eat Out to Help Out (EOHO) scheme, chancellor Rishi Sunak revealed in a tweet.

People using pubs, restaurants and cafes will soon have greater freedom to choose non-smoking outdoor areas following an amendment tabled today to legislation in Parliament.

Some of the country’s leading Michelin starred chefs have hit out at the bane of every restaurateur, customers failing to show up and honour their reservations.