This week's top news stories include the sad death chef Alastair Little, Café Wolseley being 'forced to close' by its landlord, and Dmitri Magi being appointed culinary director at Claridge’s.
Recent figures released by the Night Time Industries Association (NTIA) through CGA show that one fifth of the UK's nightclubs have closed in the last three years.
Hospitality staffing numbers are nearing pre-pandemic levels, but high staff turnover across the sector remains a major cause for concern for employers, the latest data from Fourth reveals.
With the cost of literally everything skyrocketing, it’s a good time to look at how tech is helping hospitality venues across the UK do more with what they already have.
This week's top news stories include Emerald Hospitality Group's next venture, restaurant insolvencies jumping 64%, and the price of a McDonald’s cheeseburger increasing for the first time in 14 years.
Birmingham has topped the list of the worst UK cities for restaurant food hygiene with the highest proportion of one and two star hygiene rated establishments.
Hospitality operators are ‘labouring under extreme pressure’ with costs soaring to a new record high, according to the latest UKHospitality Christie & Co Benchmarking Report.
Solid sales growth across hospitality has helped Britain’s regional city centres to recover their 'vibrancy' in the first half of 2022, research from CGA and Wireless Social shows.
This week's top news stories include the unveiling of the new World's 50 Best Restaurants list, soaring temperatures forcing businesses to temporarily close, and Heinz entering the virtual restaurant market.
Menu inflation in the branded restaurant segment is at least double that of other areas of the market, according to data from Lumina Intelligence’s Menu Tracker.
June’s like-for-like sales at Britain’s top managed restaurant, pub and bar groups were 5% ahead of the pre-Covid levels of June 2019, the latest Coffer CGA Business Tracker reveals.
Spiralling costs and major disruption to the supply chain are having a drastic impact on hospitality operators’ food and drink bills and profits, according to latest data from Fourth.
Burger King UK has launched a new UK-wide loyalty programme that it says will aim to drive increased customer engagement through personalised, digitally-led offers.
This week's top news stories include Jeremy Clarkson finally opening his Diddly Squat farm restaurant, Scott’s heading to Richmond, and Le Cochon Aveugle announcing its permanent closure.
Inflation in the foodservice sector topped 10% for the fourth successive month in May and could rise further, the latest CGA by NielsenIQ and Prestige Foodservice Price Index warns.
More than 90% of hospitality operators are reporting higher energy costs as the sector battles to survive an 'onslaught of challenges', according to the latest Future Shock report.
Spending in restaurants was down 3.3% in June compared to the same period in 2021, but the category saw a small month-on-month uplift of 0.8%, according to new data from Barclaycard.
Premium beer brands are becoming more prominent on operator menus across UK pub and bar drinks menus, according to data from Lumina Intelligence’s Menu Tracker.
This week's top news stories include Brewdog's plans to launch the UK's largest pub, St John opening in London's Marylebone, and Tony Parkin announcing he's to leave The Tudor Room.
Average hospitality spend increased just 2% in the 12 weeks ending 12 June despite opportunities for growth including the Jubilee weekend, Lumina Intelligence reveals.
The number of English and Welsh pubs fell below 40,000 for the first time during the first half of 2022, research by the real estate adviser Altus Group reveals.
This week's top news stories include Ukrainian chef Yurii Kovryzhenko's plans to open a London restaurant, warnings of a 'critical situation' in hospitality, and a battle for control of Comptoir.
Disabled people are being denied some of the pleasures of eating and drinking out because of inaccessible or difficult to navigate venues and websites and poor customer service, a new report by the Business Disability Forum has found.
Food standards in the UK have largely been maintained following two years of upheaval – however challenges remain over the risk of reduced inspections and import controls.
McDonald’s UK & Ireland has the highest share of eating/drinking out occasions in the UK, despite its share having fallen over the past year, according to Lumina Intelligence.
Out-of-home food and drink sales grew in all 10 of the country’s biggest city centres over the four weeks to 4 June, new research from CGA and Wireless Social reveals.
This week's main hospitality news stories include Paul Ainsworth and Tommy Banks launching an employee exchange programme, rail strikes, and Honest Burgers ditching V Honest after just six months.
Delivery and takeaway sales at Britain’s leading managed restaurant and pub groups are falling from the peaks of Covid-19, the CGA by NielsenIQ and Slerp Hospitality at Home Tracker reveals.
The restaurant sector’s post-pandemic recovery could be severely hampered by the cost-of-living crisis and a widespread lack of staff, says a new report.
Record staff shortages in the hospitality industry are costing the industry £21bn in lost revenue and causing an estimated £5bn loss in tax for the Exchequer, trade bodies have warned.
Smart front and back-of-house tech can digitise much of the customer experience, relieve stress on staff and reduce the number of employees needed for each service.
This week's main hospitality news stories include Ynyshir being crowned the UK’s best restaurant at The Estrella Damm National Restaurant Awards 2022, and Tom Sellers' new Mayfair venture.
