SquareMeal Announces the Top 100 Restaurants in London and the UK
The UK’s leading independent restaurant guide – SquareMeal – has announced the best restaurants that London and the UK has to offer. SquareMeal’s London Top…
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Drinks Sales Continue to Trail Pre-COVID-19 Levels
On Premise drinks sales are hovering just below pre-pandemic levels as we enter the second quarter of 2022, CGA’s latest Drinks Recovery Tracker shows. It…
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What Can Hospitality Businesses Do To Thrive In 2022/23?
By Sam Martin, COO & Co-founder of Peckwater Brands (www.peckwaterbrands.com) The new financial year begins in the midst of some very challenging circumstances for the…
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Colour Psychology: What The Colour of Your Restaurant Means
By Alliance Online (www.allianceonline.co.uk) As a restaurant owner you’ll no doubt have put a serious amount of time, energy, and money into the interior design…
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Front-of-House Hospitality Workers set to Benefit Most from National Living Wage
The latest figures from hospitality software provider Fourth reveal that the new National Living Wage (NLW) rates will mostly benefit front-of-house workers, who will see…
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Larger Operators Must Display Mandatory Calorie Labelling from Today (April 6)
Calories will be labelled on menus and food labels in out-of-home food businesses from today, April 6 April 2022. Large businesses with 250 or more…
Read more...New UK Calorie Legislation Likely to Influence Choice of Food & Restaurant for Over 50% of Brits
New research shows calorie labelling legislation*, coming into force on the 6th April 2022, is likely to influence more than half of consumers’ choices when…
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Portman Group Warns Drinks Companies on ‘Hard Seltzer’ Products
The Portman Group today issued updated guidance to drinks companies on the fast-growing hard seltzer category. Hard seltzers are common in the US, and the…
Read more...National Minimum and Living Wage rates Increase Today (1 April)
Millions of UK workers will receive a pay rise from Friday 1 April 2022, as the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage rise comes…
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Double-Digit Prices Rises for Hospitality Customers, as VAT Rises to 20% for the Industry
In a sector facing soaring costs and plummeting consumer confidence, today’s increase in VAT gives operators no choice but to pass on price rises, UKHospitality…
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Arc Inspirations to Launch Manahatta Newcastle – its Largest Investment Ever
Bar operator Arc Inspirations is set to expand its successful portfolio of premium venues with its biggest ever development – having secured approval to launch…
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New Law to Resolve COVID-19 Commercial Rent Debts Now in Place
A new law is now in place to help resolve certain remaining commercial rent debts accrued because of the pandemic, Business Minister Paul Scully has…
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Drinks Sales Jump 7% to Hit 2022 High
CGA’s Drinks Recovery Tracker shows that average sales by value in managed pubs, bars and restaurants in the seven days to Saturday (19 March) were…
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Rising Costs Hit UK Restaurants as they Suffer ‘Lunchflation’, Research Reveals
New data in the UK has revealed a trend of “lunchflation:” lunch item costs are rising fast across the UK, with prices jumping 3% year…
Read more...Hospitality & Leisure Sales Increase Two Years on from First Lockdown
Data from Barclaycard Payments, has revealed that over the weekend (18-20 March 2022) transaction volumes increased in for a number of businesses, including: Pubs and…
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