Liverpool Chef Provides Festive Cheer on a Plate
Great British Menu star and executive head chef at Lu Ban, Dave Critchley, is serving up some Christmas cheer to families across Liverpool, with specially created Christmas Dinner boxes.
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Restaurants
All the latest restaurants news for pubs, bars, clubs, restaurants and hotels in the UK hospitality sector and licensed on-trade industry.
Chancellors Support Package “Too Late and Not Enough”
While some sectors of the hospitality industry have welcomed the Chancellor’s £1bn support package, others have dismissed it as “borders on insulting” amounting to”far too…
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Restaurants Only Have Enough Cash to Survive 10 Weeks as Another Lockdown Looms
UK restaurant owners could only last 10 weeks if the UK went into another lockdown, according to new research by Flipdish. The data from 200 UK restaurant and cafe
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Fake Tripadvisor Reviewer Ordered To Pay Restaurant Owner £7500
A man who harassed a restaurant with a series of bogus negative reviews on Tripadvisor which claimed the food made his family ill has been ordered to pay compensation to the restaurant owner.
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Urgent Support Needed for Nightclubs says NTIA
Trade body the Night Time Industries Association (NTIA) is calling on the government to deliver financial aid to venues aid as they face massive cancellations.
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Sacha Lord, Night Time Economy Adviser for Greater Manchester, has launched a campaign to fight back against the government’s proposed VAT tax increase, and has…
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“As you were” No Further Restrictions in Wales for “At Least 7 Days”
Welsh Government announced that Wales will remain at Alert Level Zero after the latest review of the coronavirus regulations – with no extension of the Covid Pass to pubs
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Concerns Mount Over COVID-19 Measures Impacting Fragile Recovery
Britain’s managed pub, bar and restaurant groups recorded tentative sales growth in November, the new edition of the Coffer CGA Business Tracker reveals
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Strike Averted as Workers Celebrate 25% Pay rise at Harrods
Restaurant workers at Harrods, London’s emblematic luxury department store, have won a huge pay rise of almost 25% for hundreds of waiting and kitchen staff
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Boparan Restaurant Group takes All 10 of its Brands Including GBK and Carluccio’s Carbon Neutral
Boparan Restaurant Group (BRG) has announced that all of its brands are now certified as carbon neutral, a significant milestone in the group’s long-term sustainability commitment.
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Unite Calls for Mandatory Mask Wearing in Pubs, and Restaurants
Trade union Unite is calling on Culture Secretary, Nadine Dorries, to act and ensure mandatory mask wearing for customers visiting hospitality venues across the UK,…
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Loungers Reports Strong Sales but Staffing ‘Remains Tough’
Cafe bar operator Loungers has reported it had “continued to consistently outperform the sector”, with like-for-like sales growth of 23.4% across the 28 weeks to…
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UK’s Best Curry Restaurants Announced at Celebration of the Curry Industry
The UK’s favourite curry restaurants, as nominated for by the British Public, were announced at the trailblazing and foremost celebration of the industry, British Curry Awards in association with Just Eat
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Vaccine Passports Will Not be Extended to Scottish Pubs and Restaurants
Scotland’s vaccine passport scheme is not being extended to pubs and restaurants, as well as other venues despite the “precarious” situation the country faces with coronavirus
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Restaurant Insolvencies Increase by 31%
A cashflow crunch brought on by Covid lockdowns has resulted in a 31% increase in UK restaurant insolvencies over the three-month period to September
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