Brakes and its parent company Sysco Speciality Group have become the first wholesale partners of the UK arm of #FairKitchens, a global movement fighting for a healthier and more sustainable hospitality industry.
Simon Wilkinson's departure from Byron, Lisa Goodwin-Allen's new role in London, and northern-based Chinese restaurant group Tattu's proposed entry into the capital are among this week's top hospitality stories.
No shows cost the hospitality sector around £17.6bn a year, with over a quarter of 18-34-year-olds failing to show up for reservations, new research has found.
A second Savoy restaurant for Ramsay, the return of Roux at The Laundau and new moves by Michelin are among this week's most-read hospitality news stories.
Staff shortages and challenges around importing and exporting have been the biggest impacts of Brexit to businesses within the hospitality sector, according to Lumina Intelligence.
A UKHospitality survey has found that customers are returning to hospitality quicker than last summer, but the trade body warns that businesses 'remain fragile' in face of the staffing crisis.
This week's main hospitality news stories include Moor Hall being named Estrella Damm National Restaurant of the Year, Sven-Hanson Britt’s plans for Oxeye, and soaring hospitality job vacancies.
Food and drink supply markets have been hit by widespread distribution problems and a spike in demand following the return of out-of-home eating and drinking, according to CGA.
Britain’s managed pub, restaurant and bar groups lifted sales back close to pre-Covid-19 levels in July to continue hospitality’s recovery from the pandemic, the latest Coffer CGA Business Tracker reveals.
More than 7,000 licensed premises have yet to reopen after last month’s so-called ‘Freedom Day’, the latest Market Recovery Monitor from CGA and AlixPartners reveals.
Our most read news stories this week include AngloThai's first permanent site, a change of location for Carousel and Corbin & King's legal battle with the landlord of The Wolseley.
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).
Bone Daddies head of operations Steve Hill kicks off a series of videos that will examine a restaurant brand's vision, values and culture, its journey through COVID-19 as well as its future strategy and growth plans.
This week's main hospitality news stories include Individual Restaurants announcing a clutch of closures, Mowgli confirming its London debut, and research showing that trading remains 'well below' pre-Covid levels.
The CEO of the UK’s largest Middle Eastern restaurant group on his reopening and expansion strategy, the benefits of mobile ordering and how customer behaviour has changed.
Just over half of consumers have returned to hospitality venues since ‘Freedom Day’, new research from CGA reveals, with trading still 'well below' pre-Covid levels.
This week's main hospitality news stories include Adam Handling announcing the closure of his eponymous Chelsea restaurant, Le Caprice reopening as a training academy, and JKS acquiring Arcade Food Theatre.
Hospitality businesses suffered a £100.2bn drop in sales from pre-pandemic levels in the 15 months since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, the latest UKHospitality Quarterly Tracker with CGA reveals.
The bosses of Pizza Pilgrims and PizzaLuxe discuss how they pivoted during the pandemic and reveal their plans for their respective businesses as things get back to (the new) normal.
The lifting of all Covid-19 trading restrictions in England on Monday 19 July saw a 'significant' boost in footfall for hospitality, according to the latest Presence data from Wireless Social.
This week's main hospitality news stories include the Government announcing plans for compulsory vaccine certificates, optimism for the managed sector as sales near 2019 levels, and Hawksmoor mulling an IPO.
Deliveries and takeaways remain a core part of managed restaurant and pub groups’ sales despite the return of eating-out, CGA’s latest Hospitality at Home Tracker reveals.
Hospitality is facing a shortage of more than 200,000 workers with vacancies across every business in the sector, according to new research from the UK’s leading industry trade bodies.
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).
Britain’s managed pub, restaurant and bar groups saw sales drop just 1% in June from the same month in 2019, the new edition of the Coffer CGA Business Tracker reveals.
This week’s key hospitality news stories include former 108 Garage chef Chris Denney ‘s return to Notting Hill and the second part of the Government’s National Food Strategy report.
The hospitality industry is ready to lead the UK’s post-Covid recovery, but needs sustained support on a range of challenges after a devastating 16 months.
Henry Dimbleby has called for the introduction of a Sugar and Salt Reformulation Tax to help the country break free from what he describes as a vicious ‘Junk Food Cycle’.
Consumer spending on eating and drinking out rose by 36.7% during June compared to the same period in 2019, the latest card transaction data from Barclaycard has shown.
Gino D'Acampo opening a restaurant in London, Tom Kitchin's restaurant group facing allegations of bullying, and the challenges of the self-isolation rules for hospitality business are among this week's most read stories.
Food and drink prices continued their upward trend in May with basket costs up by 2.5% on April, the latest edition of the CGA Prestige Foodservice Price Index shows.
A hospitality recruitment drive for the hospitality and tourism sectors in Scotland has been launched in a bid to encourage more young people into the sector as a result of shortfall due to Brexit.
Almost a third of consumers plan to eat out less frequently than they did pre-pandemic, according to the Lumina Intelligence UK Eating Out Market Report 2021.
The 'unmanageable' test and trace system for hospitality businesses dominated this week's news stories, with restaurant businesses claiming it is creating a lockdown in all but name.
This week's main hospitality news stories include details on D&D London’s new Stratford restaurant, data showing the staffing crisis is 'driving up' hospitality wages, and Hawksmoor's biggest restaurant yet.
Hiring bottlenecks in the UK’s hospitality sector are increasingly prompting hospitality operators to turn to temporary staff to keep up with demand, with wages increasing by nearly 14%.
This week's main hospitality news stories include delays to lockdown easing, Steven Edwards' plan to expand his Hove flagship Etch, and an extension of the lease forfeiture moratorium.
Cue Point founders Mursal Saiq and Josh Moroney are launching a restaurant-cum-social enterprise that will enable refugees and immigrants to learn about cooking, restaurant management and operations to create further diversity in the hospitality sector.
This week's main hospitality news stories include the UK eating out market being predicted to make a 'full recovery' in 2022, and a new campaign initiative to drive hospitality employment.
