The hospitality industry has seen the highest increase in unemployment than any other single sector, new figures from The Office for National Statistics show.
The future of 1,800 Scottish hospitality businesses and 32,500 workers could be secured with just limited changes to restrictions, including an extension to opening hours, a new economic impact study has found.
Weeks of planning to reopen, creating Christmas menus, ordering food and taking bookings have been wasted for many hospitality businesses in London and parts of the south east as the capital moves into tier 3 tomorrow (16 December).
The Scottish Government has failed to respond to a freedom of information request submitted by the Scottish Hospitality Group asking for the evidence on which decisions about restrictions have been based.
Hospitality venues across London and large swathes of the south east will be forced to close yet again from Wednesday (16 December) as those areas move to Tier 3.
The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) says it expects pub beer sales this December to be as much as 90% lower than normal, with 270 million fewer pints ordered.
The latest video in the Estrella Damm National Restaurant Awards' Sessions series features Brad Carter, Tom Brown, and Peter Sanchez-Iglesias discussing their attempts to make fine dining a more fun experience.
London restaurateurs have warned that moving the capital to Tier 3 and thus forcing the capital's hospitality sector to close will be a 'gratuitous kick in the teeth' for businesses.
The Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford has warned that the country will go into full lockdown after Christmas if Coronavirus case numbers fail to drop.
The team behind The Rose gastropub in London’s Bermondsey has launched Andanza, a new restaurant just opposite that’s described as ‘a Spanish restaurant with Basque flair’.
Chef Kimberley Hernandez, who previously oversaw the stoves at XU in London’s Chinatown and Kym’s in the City, now heads up the kitchen of Chiswick's recently opened The Silver Birch.
We round-up some of this week's main hospitality news stories including the closure of Roux at Parliament Square; and restaurants in Northern Ireland getting the go-ahead to reopen.
Food delivery service Tin Can Kitchen has launched a second shipping container kitchen in Newport as it pushes ahead with plans to open the city's 'first outdoor street food court'.
The Oakman Group says it is looking to capitalise on the post-pandemic market conditions to accelerate growth and double the size of its estate by 2026.
UKHospitality says restrictions on the country’s hospitality sector have effectively halved the UK’s economic growth, with the situation only likely to get worse unless the crippling measures are rethought.
Britain’s managed pub and restaurant groups saw sales wiped out in November as lockdown hit in England and tough trading restrictions continued in Scotland and Wales.
A petition calling on the Government to create a Minister for Hospitality is gaining momentum, with hundreds of leading chefs and restaurateurs putting their support behind the campaign
Just Eat is to launch a new agency worker model for its couriers, claiming it will become the first major food delivery aggregator to provide hourly pay.
The Evening Standard has appointed Jimi Famurewa as chief restaurant critic following Fay Maschler’s announcement that she will be stepping back from the role after 48 years.
Food hall business Sessions Market has launched a new accelerator platform aimed at reinvigorating the hospitality sector in the wake of the Coronavirus crisis.
An industry voice has warned that moving London to Tier 3 and thus forcing the capital's hospitality businesses to close would 'further devastate' the sector.
UKHospitality Scotland has warned that longer-term help will be necessary if businesses are to weather the winter Covid crisis, after the Scottish Government unveiled a further £185m of support.
West Country-born chef Harriet Mansell has relaunched her Lyme Regis pop-up Robin Wylde as a permanent restaurant that shines a light on the region’s local ingredients.
Sir Patrick Vallance has said there was 'no hard evidence' behind the Government's decision to impose a 10pm curfew on hospitality venues back in September.
Nicolas Hanson owns Borough Market-based pasta supplier La Tua Pasta, who pivoted his business and launched an online shop with nationwide delivery in the wake of the pandemic.
Unable to sell the hard stuff and forced to close at 6pm, many Wales-based operators have simply shut up shop. But Cardiff-based chef Tommy Heaney is pushing on.
Kineya Mugimaru, the Japanese noodle restaurant chain that has 500 sites across Japan, Hong Kong and the US, is making its European debut in London this month.
The team behind Rita’s Dining and Bodega Rita’s are to open a pop-up bottle shop in Soho within the space that will eventually be home to permanent restaurant venture Rita’s Soho.
Hospitality job losses have hit 650,000 since January, however the continuation of the furlough scheme has softened the blow, the latest figures from Fourth have revealed.
