Drinks Sales Back In Marginal Growth As Christmas Trading Begins
Operators and suppliers have started the crucial festive season with modest growth in drinks sales in the first half of November. CGA by NIQ’s latest…
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Hospitality
All the latest hospitality news for pubs, bars, clubs, restaurants and hotels in the UK hospitality sector and licensed on-trade industry.
Editor’s Viewpoint: The Budget – When the Medicine is Worse Than The Cure
By Peter Adams, Editor, CLH News. Industry leaders have called Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ autumn budget a “hammer blow” to hospitality, and they are absolutely right….
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Mitchells & Butlers Faces £130m Cost Increase Amid Wage and Tax Changes
Mitchells & Butlers, the operator behind popular pub and restaurant chains including All Bar One, Toby Carvery, Harvester, and Miller & Carter, has announced it…
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Eye Watering 10.2% Increase In Business Rates Bills Now Landed On UK PLC
John Webber Head of Business Rates at Colliers commented, “The Chancellor’s announcements today concerning business rates constitute a dismal day for UK PLC and the…
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Government Scales Back Unfair Dismissal Plans in Employment Rights Compromise
The government has dropped controversial plans to introduce immediate unfair dismissal protection for workers, instead opting for a six-month qualifying period in revised Employment Rights…
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Michelin-Starred Chef Tom Shepherd Honours Marston’s Top Chefs of 2025
Marston’s recently hosted its inaugural Top Chef event at St John’s House, Wolverhampton, bringing together the very best of Marston’s kitchen talent for an afternoon…
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Cracking Clubs! CAMRA Announces Top Four Social Clubs In The UK
The Club of the Year competition is heating up as CAMRA unveils the top four social clubs in the UK. Run in conjunction with Club…
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£420m Cut in Support as Pubs and Restaurants Face 40%–65% Business Rates Rise
Pubs, restaurants and small shops in England are facing steep business rate rises from next April after the Autumn Budget delivered far less generous support…
Read more...Industry Reacts with Dismay to Chancellors Budget
Industry leaders have expressed deep disappointment with Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Autumn Budget delivered on Wednesday 26th November warning that the package of measures represents another…
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Budget 2025: Hospitality Sector Faces Mixed Signals as Reeves Delivers Business Rates Reform
Today’s Budget at a glance: Chancellor Rachel Reeves today delivered her second Autumn Budget, confirming long-awaited business rates reform for the hospitality and licensed on-trade…
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Licensed Trade Charity Grows Commercial Arm With Acquisition Of Site For New School
The Licensed Trade Charity (LTC) has announced the acquisition of a new location that will expand its specialist education provision for children and young people…
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RedCat Hospitality Offloads Leased Estate to Admiral Taverns in Strategic Refocus
RedCat Hospitality is set to divest its entire leased and tenanted division, comprising 21 properties, to Admiral Taverns in a move that signals a strategic…
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2025 Andrew Fairlie Scholarship Awarded to Gleneagles Chef
Following an intense competition, Hospitality Industry Trust (HIT) Scotland announced Michael Sutherland, 31, Gleneagles Junior Sous Chef, as the winner of the prestigious Andrew Fairlie…
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Hospitality Leaders’ Confidence Sinks Ahead Of Make-Or-Break Budget
Soaring costs of doing business and pressure on guests’ spending have pushed hospitality leaders’ optimism down to a five-year low, the latest Business Confidence Survey…
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Manor Farm Barn Unveils £60K Refurbishment
Independent family brewer and pub company Shepherd Neame has completed a £60,000 refurbishment of Manor Farm Barn in Southfleet. Originally an 18th-century threshing barn, it…
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