August Consumer Spending Muted, But Pub & Restaurant Spending Increases
Consumer spending grew by 1.3 per cent year-on-year in August – representing a decline in real terms when accounting for inflation – bringing a summer…
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How Restaurant Operators Should React To Amazon’s Latest Move
By Nick Hucker, CEO, Preoday Amazon is working its way into multiple industries and dominating every field it enters. Recently it announced that it will…
Read more...Restaurant Numbers Drop Again As Consumer Tastes Shift
Britain’s restaurant numbers have fallen for the sixth quarter in a row, the new edition of the Market Growth Monitor from CGA and AlixPartners reveals….
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Online Delivery And Booking Portals To Play “Ever-Increasing Role In Restaurant Sector
Food delivery markets are constantly expanding, with two major online players present across Europe, shows a study from HES-SO Valais-Wallis, School of Management in Switzerland….
Read more...Pub And Restaurant Groups See Steady Sales Growth In July
Britain’s managed pub and restaurant groups saw collective like-for-like sales grow 1.2% in July against the same time last year, with restaurant chains recovering strongly…
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Deliveroo Launches New ‘Restaurant Rescue Team’ To Support Struggling High Street Favourites
Deliveroo today announces that it has set up a new team within its HQ that will focus on identifying restaurants in need of support to…
Read more...Opentable and Quandoo Share Inventories in Industry-Leading Partnership
Global restaurant booking platforms OpenTable and Quandoo, have announced a new strategic partnership that will see the two brands integrate table availability, giving diners the…
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Smartphone Dining Trends: Mobile Network Testing Samples Signal Coverage In UK Restaurants
Independent network benchmarking firm Global Wireless Solutions (GWS) has released the findings of its latest network testing program assessing mobile connectivity in restaurants. The study,…
Read more...Councils Sue 750 Firms A Day Over Business Rates Arrears
An estimated190,000 non-domestic premises in England, including, pubs and restaurants, were taken to court for non-payment of their business rates during the 2018/19 financial year, according…
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Spudulike Chain Collapses With Loss Of Almost 300 Jobs
Spudulike, the baked potato chain, has collapsed leaving all 298 staff redundant. Administrators confirmed in a statement that all 37 of the Spudulike group’s outlets…
Read more...Former Workers At Jamie Oliver’s UK Restaurants Sue Over Redundancy
Over 70 former employees of Jamie Oliver’s failed restaurant chain are planning to sue the group for up to £1 million, alleging that the redundancy…
Read more...Cooler June is Good News for Britain’s Restaurant Groups
June was a better month for eating and drinking out across Britain – although pub and restaurant operators experienced widely contrasting fortunes, according to latest…
Read more...Industry Coalition Call on Conservative Leadership Contenders to Back Beer and Pubs
As part of an industry coalition, the British Beer & Pub Association has called on the two Conservative leadership contenders to back beers and pubs….
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Opportunities For New Independent Operators Says Christies Report
Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co provides an overview of the restaurant market in the first half of 2019, reflecting on previous predictions, emerging…
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