Christmas Boosts Engagement for UK Hospitality, but Margins Remain Under Pressure
Christmas trading delivered the strongest engagement of the year for the UK On Trade in December, with venues busier, visits longer and spend per head…
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All the latest hospitality news for pubs, bars, clubs, restaurants and hotels in the UK hospitality sector and licensed on-trade industry.
UK’s Top Hotels, Restaurants And Bars Unite To Launch New ‘Help Out Hospitality’ Campaign
More than 50 of the UK’s top hospitality venues and suppliers are teaming up to attract customers and help combat mounting industry pressures this spring….
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Fullers Report Strong Festive Trading
Fuller, Smith & Turner has reported a strong Christmas and New Year trading period, achieving like-for-like sales of 8.2% for the five-week period, against a…
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Stonegate Moves to Streamline Business Amid Tough Trading Climate
Stonegate Group has reportedly brought in external advisers as it looks to simplify its corporate structure in response to ongoing pressures across the hospitality sector….
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Chancellor Confirms Further Short-Term Business Rates Help For Pubs
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has confirmed that pubs are set to receive additional short-term financial support, following mounting concern across the sector over sharp increases in…
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CAMRA Cheers UK’s Best Pub Saving Superheroes and Defenders of Heritage
CAMRA has named the Hull Community Pub Society, who saved the New Clarence in Hull, as winners of its Pub Saving Awards 2025 – the first…
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Scottish Budget: Business Rates Announcement Branded “Underwhelming”
The Scottish Budget has been branded as “underwhelming” in terms of business rates changes announced, according to Louise Daly, Head of Business Rates in Scotland…
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Card Spending Falls In December, But Pub Spending Returns To Growth
Growth in consumer card spending decreased –1.7 per cent year-on-year in December, a further decline from November (-1.1 per cent) and considerably less than the…
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Hotels Also Need To Be Considered In Any Business Rates “U” Turn Says Colliers
Hotels must be considered in the governments proposed “rethink” on any business rates says business rates specialists Colliers as its flawed business rates valuations are…
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Hospitality Set For 2,076 Closures, Without Sector-Wide Business Rates Solution
Over 2,000 hospitality venues could close their doors during 20216 according to new modelling from sector body UKHospitality. The analysis reveals that six hospitality venues…
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BII Licensee Of The Year Award Launches For 2026
The BII HAS announced that entries are now open for the 2026 BII Licensee of the Year Award (LOYA). Returning this January, the competition is…
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Hospitality Sector Unites In Call For 40% Business Rates Support
Hospitality trade groups have united in a call for a reduction in business rates ahead of next week’s Scottish budget, highlighting the huge disparity in…
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Editor’s Viewpoint: A Pyrrhic Victory?
By Peter Adams, Editor, CLH News. So, the government is set to U-turn on its catastrophic business rates policy for pubs. About time, some might…
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2026 Trends To Watch For: What’s New In Sustainable Hospitality?
By Jocelyn Doyle, Head of Marketing & Communications, The Sustainable Restaurant Association (https://thesra.org) 1. WHAT DOES Wellness LOOK LIKE in 2026? Health and wellness will…
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Urban Pubs & Bars Continues London Growth Strategy with Five New Acquisitions
London based independent pub group Urban Pubs & Bars has today announced the acquisition of five premium hospitality venues across the capital. The deals will…
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