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Sales down by a quarter across managed sector in April

14-May-2021 By James McAllister

Managed pub and restaurant groups recorded a 26% drop in like-for-like sales in April compared to the same month in 2019, data from the latest Coffer CGA Business Tracker show.

Pandemic wipes out £80.8bn of sales in hospitality

30-Apr-2021 By James McAllister

The Covid-19 pandemic has wiped a staggering £80.8bn off hospitality’s sales in just 12 months, the latest edition of the UKHospitality Quarterly Tracker with CGA reveals.

Managed sector sees solid first week of trading

27-Apr-2021 By James McAllister

Managed pub and restaurant groups have made a robust start to post-lockdown trading in England, the latest figures from the Coffer CGA Business Tracker show.

Outdoor hospitality sees 'encouraging' first week of sales though recovery has long way to go

21-Apr-2021 By James McAllister

Hospitality venues in England enjoyed a stronger bounce in sales than they did after the first national lockdown in July 2020, despite being limited to outdoor service.

Food prices likely to rise as sector reopens

20-Apr-2021 By Joe Lutrario

Several months of falling food and non-alcoholic drinks prices are expected to come to an end as the hospitality industry reopens, the latest edition of the Foodservice Price Index from CGA and Prestige Purchasing reveals.

Drink sales rocket on hospitality's first day of trading

14-Apr-2021 By James McAllister

Like-for-like drink sales were up by more than 110% on hospitality's first day of trading (12 April) compared to the same day in 2019, according to CGA data.

'Significant' number of licensed venues will not reopen in April

29-Mar-2021 By James McAllister

Just two in five licensed premises will have space to trade from when outdoor hospitality settings begin to unlock on Monday 12 April, data from CGA and AlixPartners reveals.

More than 7,500 of Britain's licensed premises 'lost to Covid'

22-Mar-2021 By James McAllister

Britain has 7,592 fewer licensed premises than it did before the Covid-19 pandemic hit, according to a new report by CGA and AlixPartners.

Pandemic pushes takeaway and delivery sales to more than triple

12-Mar-2021 By James McAllister

Sales of deliveries and takeaways from the UK’s leading hospitality groups have more than tripled over the last 12 months, CGA's new Hospitality at Home Tracker reveals.

Hospitality leaders plan recruitment drive

11-Mar-2021 By Joe Lutrario

Three quarters of business leaders will be looking to recruit new staff members and grow their teams in 2021 as hospitality prepares for the easing of lockdown.

Licensed premises closing at a rate of more than one an hour

01-Mar-2021 By James McAllister

Nearly 12,000 licensed premises have closed in Britain since December 2019, new data from CGA and AlixPartners reveals — an average of around 30 a day.

GDP figures highlight damage to sector but also bounce back potential

12-Feb-2021 By Joe Lutrario

GDP figures published by the Office for National Statistics reiterate the economic importance of the UK’s hospitality sector, and the urgent need for it to be supported by Government as it reopens.

Returning to hospitality 'a priority' for many consumers post lockdown

01-Feb-2021 By James McAllister

Four in five consumers say they hope to return to a hospitality venue within a few weeks of them reopening, according to new research from CGA.

Sales collapse amid pandemic costs hospitality £200m a day in 2020

28-Jan-2021 By James McAllister

Hospitality lost out on over half of its expected sales in 2020, with back-to-back lockdowns and ever-increasing restrictions costing the sector approximately £200m a day.

Annus horribilis - pandemic sees sales and confidence collapse as sector loses over £53bn in 2020

24-Dec-2020 By James McAllister

The UK’s hospitality sector has suffered lost sales of more than £53bn in 2020, with more losses to come from a collapse of Christmas trading due to ongoing Coronavirus restrictions.

Drink-led pub and bar groups suffer 90% sales drop across November

11-Dec-2020 By James McAllister

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.

Hospitality's confidence shattered as sector continues to reel from impact of Covid

04-Dec-2020 By James McAllister

The pandemic has wrecked confidence across hospitality, with less than a fifth of business leaders in the sector optimistic about the market’s prospects over the next 12 months.

Pandemic takes toll on supply chain

01-Dec-2020 By Georgia Cronin

The Coronavirus pandemic has caused supply chain difficulties for more than nine in ten hospitality operators since they reopened in July, CGA and Prestige Purchasing has found.

Hospitality sales take a battering in third quarter with 48% drop

30-Oct-2020 By James McAllister

Hospitality sales continued to take a battering in the third quarter of 2020, with ongoing Government restrictions denting the temporary boost of the Chancellor's Eat Out to Help Out scheme.

Number of licensed premises falls by 25,000 as reopenings stall

12-Oct-2020 By James McAllister

The UK has nearly 25,000 fewer licensed premises open than before the Coronavirus lockdown, the latest Market Recovery Monitor from CGA and AlixPartners reveals.

Multi-site groups buck trend as market confidence wanes

01-Oct-2020 By James McAllister

Multi-site hospitality operators have upped their market confidence in recent months despite an overall dip in optimism across the sector, the latest Business Confidence Survey from CGA and Fourth reveals.

New restrictions will 'significantly reduce' hospitality visits

28-Sep-2020 By James McAllister

Consumers will significantly reduce their visits to pubs, bars and restaurants in the light of new Government restrictions, CGA’s latest Consumer Pulse Survey shows.

Sales dip after EOHO ends

21-Sep-2020 By James McAllister

Food and drink sales fell back in the week following the end of the Eat Out to Help Out scheme (EOHO), according to the latest CGA data.

One in four licensed premises yet to reopen

14-Sep-2020 By James McAllister

Nearly a quarter of Britain’s licensed premises were still yet to reopen at the end of August, according to the latest Market Recovery Monitor from CGA and AlixPartners.

Restaurants see August boost but healthy like-for-likes 'present artificial market impression'

11-Sep-2020 By James McAllister

Managed pub, restaurant and bar groups saw collective like-for-like sales bounce back up to 2019 levels in August thanks to the Government’s Eat Out To Help Out (EOHO) campaign.

Diners lap up discounts but operators are divided over Eat Out to Help Out

14-Aug-2020 By James McAllister

Operators are split over how helpful the Chancellor’s Eat Out to Help Out scheme has been, according to the latest Hospitality Leaders Poll carried out by Lumina Intelligence.

Numbers of cancellations and no shows begin to drop

07-Aug-2020 By James McAllister

Results from the latest CGA consumer pulse survey suggests that consumers are now more likely to honour their eating out reservations than they were after venues initially reopened.

Branded operators report “steady improvement” in sales

31-Jul-2020 By Joe Lutrario

Branded restaurant, pub and bar operators are seeing a steady improvement in sales as more sites reopen across the country - but collective like-for-like sales in trading sites are still down 28.5% on the same week last year.

Lockdown leads to £30bn in lost revenue across hospitality sector during second quarter

28-Jul-2020 By James McAllister

The hospitality sector saw a 'catastrophic collapse' in revenue during the second quarter of 2020 with sales plummeting 87%, according to UKHospitality's latest quarterly Tracker collated by CGA.

Restaurant and pub groups see slight improvement in trade during second week of reopening

24-Jul-2020 By James McAllister

Managed pub, bar and restaurant groups in England have seen sales slightly improve during the second week of post-lockdown trading, according according to latest Coffer Peach Business Tracker data.

Sector outlook remains gloomy as consumers exercise caution

20-Jul-2020 By James McAllister

Consumers are 'returning cautiously' to hospitality with many industry leaders saying the outlook for the sector remains gloomy, according to the latest Future Shock report from CGA and UKHospitality.

Industry takes cautious approach to reopening

03-Jul-2020 By Georgia Cronin

Hospitality operators are taking a cautious approach to reopening as just 59% of businesses plan to reopen some of their sites on 4 July, the new Business Confidence Survey from CGA and Fourth has found.

Relaxed social distancing allows for extra 145m pints to be sold

24-Jun-2020 By Finn Scott-Delany

An additional 145 million pints of beer can be sold out of home now that social distancing has been relaxed, according to CGA.

Hospitality shutdown responsible for a quarter of UK's GDP fall

15-Jun-2020 By James McAllister

The Government-mandated shutdown of the hospitality sector was responsible for nearly a quarter of the GDP losses felt by UK business in April, according to the CGA's latest UKHospitality Tracker.

Nearly half of operators expect to have 80% of sites reopen by September

05-Jun-2020 By James McAllister

Almost half of hospitality operators say they expect to have the majority of their estates reopen by this September, according to the latest insight from CGA.

Operators should expect a "prolonged spell" of instability in food prices

22-May-2020 By James McAllister

Foodservice operators should expect a "prolonged spell" of instability in food prices as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic, according to the latest CGA Prestige Foodservice Price Index.

Rent remains core concern for hospitality owners

01-May-2020 By James McAllister

Research from the latest CGA Business Confidence survey shows confidence between restaurant, pub and bar owners in the UK is at rock bottom.

18 restaurants close per week as sector continues to feel the heat

19-Aug-2019 By Joe Lutrario

Britain’s restaurant numbers have fallen for the sixth quarter in a row with restaurants closures now running at a net average of 18 per week.

Restaurant 'gold rush' is over with more than 750 closures last year

21-May-2019 By Sophie Witts

The restaurant industry ‘boom period’ is over with more than 750 sites closing in the last 12 months, according to the latest Market Growth Monitor from CGA and AlixPartners.

Rate of decline of licensed UK premises almost doubles in a year

11-Sep-2018 By MCA

The rate of decline for the number of licensed premises in Britain has almost doubled since the last edition of the Market Growth Monitor, from CGA and AlixPartners.