Hospitality Wins as Sunshine Spreads Spending Cheer Across the UK
Data from Barclaycard Payments, reveals that the first Easter Bank Holiday Weekend without Covid-19 restrictions since 2019 boosted sales across a number of sectors, in…
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Restaurants
All the latest restaurants news for pubs, bars, clubs, restaurants and hotels in the UK hospitality sector and licensed on-trade industry.
Driving Footfall – What The Hospitality Industry Can Be Doing To Encourage More People To Eat Out
Despite Covid restrictions having been lifted across the hospitality sector, and business returning to normal for many bars and restaurants, the industry is still facing…
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How Calorie Labelling Legislation Is Going To Impact Health And Hospitality
New legislation for large businesses such as takeaways, restaurants, and cafes became effective in the United Kingdom, just a day ahead of World Health Day….
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Site Numbers Down Slightly in First Quarter as Cost Pressures Threaten Fragile Businesses
Britain’s number of licensed premises contracted in the first quarter of 2022, the latest Market Recovery Monitor from CGA and AlixPartners reveals. It indicates that…
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Red Lion Ranked in Top Three Restaurants in Surrey
The Red Lion, a community village pub, restaurant and garden in the heart of Chobham, has been ranked in the top three restaurants in Surrey…
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One Third of Restaurant Owners say their Mental Health Was Worse at the End of 2021 than it was During the Pandemic Peak
UK restaurant owners have long been facing a mental health crisis but new research finds the pandemic and subsequent staff shortages has only fuelled the…
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Consumer Card Spending Grew 17.7% in March as Spring Sunshine Benefits Hospitality
Card spending grew 17.7 per cent in March compared to the same period in 2019, as Brits took advantage of the sunnier weather and lifting…
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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…
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