VisitEngland Awards Puts Tourism Industry Winners Centre Stage
VisitEngland has announced the winners of its annual Awards for Excellence 2022, celebrating the best of the country’s tourism industry. The 19 Gold Award winners…
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Bank Lending to Hospitality SMEs Falls by £1.4bn Following the End of Coronavirus Loan Schemes
Outstanding bank lending to small businesses in the hospitality sector has fallen by more than £ 1.4billion since the end of CBILS and BBLS loans…
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Deadline Extended for the Independent Hotel Show Awards 2022
Image caption: Finalists for the GM of the Future and Independent Hotelier awards at the 2021 edition of the Independent Hotel Show. GM of the…
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Hospitality Business Owners Shouldn’t Bury Their Head On Debt Repayments
By Martin Edwards, partner and head of property litigation at law firm Shakespeare Martineau (www.shma.co.uk) It’s no secret that hospitality faced a particularly tough time…
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Why Budget Hotels Will Continue To Enable Travel In These Challenging Times
By Karim Malak, CEO of easyHotel (www.easyhotel.com) News headlines in recent months have painted a clear picture: families and individuals are facing very challenging times…
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From Constabulary to Hospitality: New Northallerton Inn opens
A former North Yorkshire police station has been transformed into a pub with 30 bedrooms following a multi-million-pound redevelopment. The Inn Collection Group has spent…
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Hoar Cross Hall Recreates 1980s Staff Photo to Celebrate 150th Birthday
Barons Eden owned Hoar Cross Hall Hotel and Spa in Staffordshire has recreated a photograph of its staff taken in 1989, as part of the…
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10,000 Pubs & Restaurants at Risk of Closure Says Hospitality Chief
An estimated10,000 pubs and restaurants are at risk of closure thanks to a ‘perfect storm’ of inflation, soaring energy costs and rising rents, according to…
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Mayor to Create Night Time Enterprise Zones to Support London’s Recovery
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has today announced a new £500,000 programme to create Night Time Enterprise Zones in the capital to help support…
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Almost Half of Night-Time Businesses “Barely Breaking Even”
Just about half (48%) of night-time businesses are ‘barely breaking even’, with a further 20.2% losing money, according to a survey by the Night-Time Industries…
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Action Needed as Hundreds of Pubs Have Failed to Re-Open, CAMRA Figures Show
CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale, has released its pub closure statistics for 2021 and is calling for intervention from government to protect the great…
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Lovely Jubilee: Hospitality Welcomes a Royal Boost as Revenues Predicted to Rise
Three fifths (60 per cent) of small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) in particular businesses in the hospitality sector in the UK are expecting to see…
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Sector Responds to Chancellor’s Cost of Living Announcement
The government has been urged to act swiftly to help businesses experiencing “acutely painful “ trading times following the Chancellor’s statement yesterday (May 26 ,…
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Chancellor Must Do More to Support Struggling Businesses, says Scottish Licensed Trade Association
Yesterday’s (May 26) announcement by UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak outlining measures to address the rising cost of living is good news for struggling families but…
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Cash Flow Pressures Drives Over 100% Rise in Insolvencies
Insolvency figures released for April 2022* by the Government’s Insolvency Service showed corporate insolvencies more than doubled compared to the same month last year (1,991…
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