All the latest business news for pubs, bars, clubs, restaurants and hotels in the UK hospitality sector and licensed on-trade industry.
New research shows over half of hospitality recruiters are most likely to hire graduates they have a connection to, as concerns about skills gaps in young talent increase.
Read more...Private equity firm Terra Firma Capital is understood to be preparing a bid of approximately £300 million for a portfolio of several hundred of Stonegate Group’s highest-performing pubs, CLH News can reveal.
Read more...Pubs could be set for a £275 million additional “revenue bounce”, should England make it to the final, with pubs benefitting from the Home Office’s…
Read more...Butcombe Group has announced strategic changes to its Pubs and Inns leadership structure, with Alice Bowyer appointed as Managing Director of its Managed House Division.
Read more...Sunny weather, a Bank Holiday weekend and big football matches all helped to lift the On-Premise to modest growth in drinks sales in the second half of May, according to NIQ’s Daily Drinks Tracker.
Read more...Multiple operators Simon Jukes and Charlotte Summers have taken on their third leased pub and have plans to acquire more in the future.
Read more...The Farmer’s Dog in Burford has been trading to full capacity since opening, yet infrastructure pressures, a temporary power solution costing £100 a day, and rampant theft — including 400 pint glasses lost per week — have pushed the venue into the red.
Read more...Popular community pub, the Forest Tavern on 24 Skegby road in Annesley Woodhouse, has officially reopened following a transformational combined investment of £200,000 from experienced licensee, Mark Renshaw and Admiral Taverns.
Read more...More than 100,000 people have signed the #VATsTheProblem petition calling for 10% hospitality VAT. The scale of support for the campaign in under 72 hours…
Read more...An alcohol duty regime change has led to a boom in lower-strength pint sales and 200 million units removed per year since 2023, latest research…
Read more...The UK hotel market managed to hold up in April despite geopolitical tensions, while London demand continued to take a hit, according to RSM UK Hotel Tracker.
Read more...One of the Leicester’s most historic pubs, The Old Horse, is raising a glass to its remarkable 162-year legacy by giving back to the community in the best way it knows how – with 162 free pints.
Read more...Punch Pubs & Co has completed the acquisition of a further five pubs from RedCat Hospitality.
Read more...Barclays’ new Hospitality & Leisure (H&L) report reveals that businesses are continuing to invest and expand, particularly in providing experience-led offerings, even as rising costs and geopolitical uncertainty impacts confidence and consumer spending.
Read more...The UK eating-out market is entering a new phase of “selective growth”, valued at £102.8bn in 2026 (+1.8%), according to new findings from Lumina Intelligence’s UK Eating Out Market Report 2026.
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