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UKHospitality: ‘Flatlining economy underlines importance of sector as driver of growth’

12-Jun-2024 By James McAllister

UKHospitality has warned that official figures showing a flatlining economy in April reinforces the need for an incoming government to act swiftly to ensure the sector can thrive.

Hospitality inflation rate drops to 8.3%

20-Sep-2023 By Hannah Currie

Restaurant and hotels provided a large downward contribution to consumer price inflation last month, where the annual rate fell to 8.3% in August compared to 9.6% in July.

Strong trading in hospitality helps UK economy return to slender growth

14-Jun-2023 By James McAllister

The UK economy grew by 0.2% in April after contracting 0.3% in March, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), helped by strong trading in hospitality.

Food and drink inflation remains ‘stubbornly high’ despite drop in overall rate

24-May-2023 By James McAllister

Food and beverage prices continued to rise last month despite a ‘substantial’ drop in the overall rate in inflation, new figures from the Office for National Statistics show.

Price rises in restaurants and pubs push up UK inflation

22-Mar-2023 By James McAllister

The rate of inflation jumped unexpectedly in February, driven primarily by rising alcohol prices in pubs and restaurants following discounting in January.

Inflation rate for restaurants and hotels hits 31-year high

18-Jan-2023 By James McAllister

The annual inflation rate for restaurants and hotels hit a 31-year high of 11.4% last month, according to new figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Hospitality job vacancies dip slightly but remain at record high

16-Aug-2022 By James McAllister

Job vacancies in the hospitality sector dipped slightly between May and July this year, according to the latest official figures, but remain at a record high.

Figures show restaurant bookings dip

27-May-2022 By Georgi Gyton

The UK has seen a dip in weekly card spending, and fewer restaurant bookings, on the previous week, according to the latest weekly figures collated by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Hospitality job vacancies rise by almost 700% year on year

15-Feb-2022 By Restaurant

Job vacancies in the hospitality sector have risen by almost 700% from November 2021 to January 2022 versus the same period a year ago.

Hospitality bounce back 'main contributor' to GDP growth

12-Aug-2021 By James McAllister

The reopening of the hospitality sector helped the UK economy to grow by 4.8% in the second quarter of 2021, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Hospitality revenue remains at less than 70% of pre-pandemic levels, ONS reveals

19-Jul-2021 By James McAllister

Consumer spending on hospitality started to increase in May 2021 but remains at less than 70% of pre-pandemic levels, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Hospitality industry sheds more staff than any other sector

15-Dec-2020 By Ella Doyle

The hospitality industry has seen the highest increase in unemployment than any other single sector, new figures from The Office for National Statistics show.

One third of hospitality business fear permanent closure in coming months

20-Nov-2020 By James McAllister

More than a third of businesses in the accommodation and foodservice sectors fear they will not survive the next three months, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).