Hospitality operators are ‘labouring under extreme pressure’ with costs soaring to a new record high, according to the latest UKHospitality Christie & Co Benchmarking Report.
The Government’s call for evidence on England’s short-term letting market has been welcomed by trade body UKHospitality following years of it pushing for a review.
A lack of a coherent Government strategy to tackle the cost of living crisis is negatively impacting investment in the sector, UKHospitality CEO Kate Nicholls has said.
More than 10,000 pubs and restaurants are at risk of closure due to 'perfect storm' of inflation and surging energy costs, UKHospitality chief executive Kate Nicholls has warned.
Trade body UKHospitality (UKH) has warned that a national rail strike would 'further jeopardise' hospitality businesses working hard to rebuild following the pandemic.
UKHospitality has told a Government select committee that keeping VAT at 12.5% is vital to the sector, describing it as the only industry in a position to deliver post-pandemic jobs, growth and investment at speed.
The Government is unlikely to introduce additional Covid restrictions before Christmas but has warned that further measures remain on the table and that data will be reviewed ‘by the hour’.
UKHospitality says it is currently seeing a 25% reduction on expected trade, with industry bosses expecting a further drop of around the same as Christmas draws closer.
The British Institute of Innkeeping has awarded CEO of UK Hospitality Kate Nicholls with the Franca Knowles Live Your Life Award, for 'devotion of energy, spirit and life to the hospitality sector’.
The £2.5bn in rent debt 'hanging around the neck of the hospitality industry' is a threat to the future of thousands of businesses and more than 330,000 jobs, new analysis by UKHospitality has revealed.
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.
A world-beating College of Food should be established in London with a mission to transform culinary education and support the hospitality industry to recover from Coronavirus and Brexit.
UKHospitality chief executive Kate Nicholls has been awarded an OBE in a New Year Honours List that has recognised a number of figures in the hospitality industry.
Trade body UKHospitality has called on the Government to immediately announce relief measures to ‘save hospitality’ as the sector faces its toughest ever winter.
UKHospitality chief executive Kate Nicholls has said it is 'imperative' the current lockdown in England is time limited so that as many businesses as possible can reopen in December.
The Government is pushing ahead with plans to force restaurants, pubs, cafes and takeaways with more than 250 employees to add calorie labels to menus.
