Hospitality

Hospitality leaders call on Government to urgently loosen visa rules for staff

28-Sep-2021 By James McAllister

More than 65 hospitality leaders including Jeremy King, Yotam Ottolenghi and Skye Gyngell have signed an open letter to the Government demanding immigration requirements for hospitality workers be urgently loosened.

More than half of pub and restaurant goers willing pay a booking deposit

22-Sep-2021 By BigHospitality

More than half of UK pub and restaurant goers are happy to pay a deposit to book a table, new research shows.

Advice

Three ways to preserve the value of your premises licence

20-Sep-2021 By Craig Baylis

What restaurant and bar operators need to consider when looking to preserve the value their premises licence.

Friday Five: the week's top news

17-Sep-2021 By James McAllister

This week's main hospitality news stories include a U-turn on 'vaccine passports' in England, Jamie Oliver eyeing a return to restaurants, and Noma finally being awarded three Michelin stars.

Hospitality businesses 'more than twice as likely' to be struggling to fill vacancies

17-Sep-2021 By James McAllister

Hospitality businesses are more than twice as likely as other industries to be experiencing challenges in filling job vacancies, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Hospitality pushes job vacancies to highest ever levels

14-Sep-2021 By James McAllister

Job vacancies rose to their highest levels since records began in the three months to August, according to official figures, propelled by ongoing recruitment issues in the hospitality sector.

Friday Five: the week's top news

10-Sep-2021 By James McAllister

This week's main hospitality news stories include confirmation of 'vaccine passports' in England, chef changes at Tom Kerridge's restaurant group, and condemnation of the Government's plan to raise National Insurance.

Hospitality sees trade boost through August with growth set to continue as office workers return

07-Sep-2021 By James McAllister

Restaurant spending broke into positive growth in August for the first time since the pandemic hit, new data from Barclaycard shows, with a further boost expected as office workers return.

Friday Five: the week's top news

20-Aug-2021 By James McAllister

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.

Hospitality job vacancies soar

17-Aug-2021 By James McAllister

Job vacancies across the hospitality sector more than doubled between May and July, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

More than 7,000 licensed premises 'still in limbo' following 'Freedom Day'

16-Aug-2021 By James McAllister

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.

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).

Friday Five: the week's top news

06-Aug-2021 By James McAllister

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 news we’ve been waiting for" - Scotland to lift most remaining Covid rules next week

03-Aug-2021 By James McAllister

Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed almost all remaining Covid rules in Scotland will be lifted next Monday (9 August), in an announcement described as 'the news hospitality has been waiting for'.

Hospitality welcomes changes to Covid-19 app as 'pingdemic' forces thousands of businesses to close

03-Aug-2021 By James McAllister

The Government's decision to tweak the NHS Covid-19 app so that fewer people will be asked to isolate will 'alleviate some pressure' on hospitality businesses, but the sector has warned it's 'not a silver bullet'.