Public House

“I just have nothing left” – Ben Ambridge closes The Fox's Revenge pub and Onda restaurant

02-Apr-2024 By James McAllister

Cornish chef Ben Ambridge has announced the closure of his Summercourt pub The Fox's Revenge and its nearby sister restaurant Onda in Wadebridge.

Bangers to open permanent Shoreditch restaurant

05-Mar-2024 By Restaurant

Sausage-focused delivery brand Bangers is making the move into bricks and mortar with the opening of a breakfast bar in Shoreditch.

Peach Pubs takes on The White Lion near Leamington Spa

27-May-2022 By Restaurant

Peach Pubs has added The White Lion near Leamington Spa to its pub portfolio.

Punch Pubs acquired by Fortress Investment Group

15-Dec-2021 By Restaurant

The 1,300-strong pub group Punch Pubs has been acquired by Fortress Investment Group.

Sector encouraged to support September's National Hospitality Day

05-Jul-2021 By Restaurant

Hospitality Action is partnering with the hospitality industry’s main trade associations, professional bodies and charities to create a National Hospitality Day.

UkHospitality publishes 'comprehensive' plan to tackle hospitality staff shortages

18-Jun-2021 By Restaurant

A plan to tackle the current staffing crisis facing restaurants, pubs and hotels has been published by trade body UKHospitality.

Hospitality, tourism and wedding sectors unite to threaten legal action over reopening delays

17-Jun-2021 By Restaurant

More than 45 hospitality, tourism, weddings and events companies have jointly written to Prime Minister Boris Johnson threatening legal action should the July reopening date face further delay.

Hospitality businesses believe vaccine passports will likely be introduced, poll finds

16-Apr-2021 By BigHospiality

Hospitality businesses are anticipating the introduction of vaccination passports once restaurants and pubs reopen fully, a latest poll has found.

Majority of Brits support need for a vaccine passport to go to the pub or eat out

01-Apr-2021 By Restaurant

The majority of customers are in favour of needing a vaccine passport to be able to go to the pub or eat out in a restaurant, a new Ipsos MORI UK poll has found.

Return of track and trace "an opportunity to replenish decimated customer databases"

29-Mar-2021 By Restaurant

The return of track and trace for hospitality will give venues an opportunity to rebuild their customer databases as the sector starts to reopen, according to one industry expert.

Sadiq Khan to invest £6m in campaign to get people back into central London

22-Mar-2021 By James McAllister

The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has announced that £6m will be invested in directly supporting the reopening of London’s economy once Covid-19 restrictions are lifted.

Hospitality businesses in Wales to receive additional £150m in support as lockdown continues

12-Mar-2021 By BgHospitality

The Welsh Government has pledged a further £150m to help hospitality businesses as well as other that are not yet able to open because of the pandemic.

Pub group Antic London secures seven-figure CBILS package

05-Mar-2021 By Restaurant

London-based pub operator Antic has secured a ‘seven-figure’ CBILS funding package through alternative SME lender ThinCats.

Chefs and restaurateurs respond positively to the budget

04-Mar-2021 By Restaurant

Chefs and restaurateurs have reacted positively to the measures for hospitality businesses laid out in the Chancellor’s budget, although many would still like to see more support given to the sector.

Low 2 No Bev trade show to make its debut on 9-10 June

03-Mar-2021 By Restaurant

Low 2 No Bev, the UK hospitality sector’s first dedicated B2B show for the low and non-alcoholic drinks categories, will take place in the capital on 9-10 June.

Value of UK restaurant sector expected to grow by a third in 2021

03-Mar-2021 By Restaurant

The value of the UK restaurant sector is expected to grow by 32.1%, to reach £11.7bn, in 2021, on the back of market contraction of 53.1% last year, according to a new report from Lumina Intelligence.

Two thirds of hospitality businesses believe April reopening isn’t viable, says poll

26-Feb-2021 By Restaurant

Almost two-thirds (63%) of hospitality businesses say it is not viable to reopen in April when outside trading is permitted, according to the latest Hospitality Leader’s Poll from Lumina Intelligence.

Optimism in sector grows but one in ten hospitality businesses face closure without more support

25-Feb-2021 By James McAllister

One in ten hospitality businesses will not survive if no additional support is announced in the Chancellor’s Budget next week, according to CGA’s Business Leaders’ Survey 2021.

UKHospitality publishes reopening roadmap for hospitality sector

18-Feb-2021 By Restaurant

UKHospitality has presented its own roadmap for the hospitality sector to emerge from lockdown and restrictions.

Jodie Kidd pleas to Chancellor to cut beer duty in the upcoming budget

17-Feb-2021 By Restaurant

Model and publican Jodie Kidd has made a plea to Chancellor Rishi Sunak to cut beer duty in the upcoming March Budget.

Two thirds of hospitality operators want to see a return of Eat Out to Help Out scheme

05-Feb-2021 By Restaurant

Almost two thirds of hospitality operators would like to see a return of the Eat Out to Help Out (EOHO) scheme, according to the latest Lumina Hospitality Leaders poll.

Majority of hospitality operators would prefer to delay reopening to avoid restrictions, says poll

29-Jan-2021 By Restaurant

More than three-quarters of operators would rather delay reopening their businesses in order to operate with no restrictions rather than open early with high or very high-tiered restrictions, the latest Lumina Intelligence’s Hospitality Leaders Poll has...

Hospitality sector worst hit by pandemic as unemployment soars

26-Jan-2021 By Restaurant

The hospitality sector has been hardest hit by the pandemic in terms of employment, new figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have revealed.

Most hospitality businesses won't survive lockdown until May without further support

22-Jan-2021 By Restaurant

The vast majority of operators (79%) will not be able to survive a lockdown until May without further Government support, according to the latest findings from Lumina Intelligence’s Hospitality Leaders Poll.

6,000 licensed premises lost for good last year

22-Jan-2021 By Restaurant

Almost 6,000 licensed premises disappeared from Britain last year as the Cornavirus pandemic took its toll on the hospitality sector, according to latest industry figures.

Hospitality sector expected to employ fewer people in 2023 than in 2019

19-Jan-2021 By Restaurant

The hospitality sector will take longer than most other sectors to recover jobs lost in 2020, employing substantially fewer people in 2023 than it did in 2019, according to the latest forecast from consultancy firm EY.

Three quarters of pubs yet to receive their Christmas grant

19-Jan-2021 By Restaurant

Three quarters of pubs are yet to receive the Christmas grant promised to them by the Government at the beginning of December 2020, according to the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA).

Greene King to rename pubs with 'racist connotations'

15-Jan-2021 By James McAllister

Pubco and brewer Greene King is to rename four of its pubs where the existing names hold racist connotations.

Greene King extends 90% rent concessions for tied pub tenants

12-Jan-2021 By Restaurant

Greene King Pub Partners has said that its tied tenants will continue to receive 90% rent concessions until the end of the latest lockdown.

37 pubs a month 'vanished' in England and Wales last year

11-Jan-2021 By Restaurant

Around 37 pubs in England and Wales ‘vanished’ from their communities each month of 2020, new figures have shown.

Star Pubs & Bars continues to offer 90% rent reduction during lockdown

08-Jan-2021 By Restaurant

Pub group Star Pubs & Bars is to continue to offer all its pubs on core leased and tenanted agreements a 90% rent reduction during the weeks in which hospitality businesses are required to close due to lockdown in England, Scotland and Wales.

Oakman Inns pledges to return £250,000 grant if its venues are used as vaccination centres

07-Jan-2021 By Restaurant

Oakman Inns chief executive Dermot King (pictured centre) says the pub group will forego the Chancellor’s latest lockdown grant of up to £250,000 if he allows National Health Trusts to use its venues as vaccination centres.

British Beer & Pub Association welcomes “lifeline” business grants

05-Jan-2021 By Restaurant

The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has described the Chancellor’s announcement that businesses will receive a one-off grant worth up to £9,000 per property as offering a “lifeline” for the pub sector

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A new year should mean new support for hospitality

04-Jan-2021 By Stefan Chomka

The new year has brought with it the same old problems for a hospitality sector battling with the pandemic. More support is needed before time runs out.

Hospitality job losses rose by 163% to 30,000 in 2020

04-Jan-2021 By Restaurant

The hospitality sector recorded job losses totalling almost 30,000 last year as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic.

2020: Review of the year in hospitality

24-Dec-2020 By Restaurant

A look back at a year dominated by the C-word and which saw the entire UK hospitality sector face its biggest crisis since the second world war.

Six-week Boxing Day lockdown in Northern Ireland will "sound death knell" for businesses

18-Dec-2020 By Restaurant

Northern Ireland will enter into a six-week lockdown from Boxing Day.

The Lowdown: Christmas dinner 2020

18-Dec-2020 By Ella Doyle

Christmas is set to be like no other this year as tougher tier restrictions sweep the UK, closing pubs, cafes and restaurants just in time for Christmas Day.

Government called on to extend VAT cut throughout next year

18-Dec-2020 By Restaurant

The Government has been called on to extend the cut in VAT until the end of 2021 to help struggling hospitality businesses try and recover from the Coronavirus pandemic.

Industry welcomes the further extension to furlough

17-Dec-2020 By Restaurant

The industry has welcomed the extension of the Job Retention Scheme (JRS) by another month until the end of April next year.

UK pub and bar sector to miss out on £2.6bn of sales over Christmas period

17-Dec-2020 By Restaurant

The pub and bar sector collectively faces lost food and drink sales of at least £2.6bn compared to last year’s December trading, according to new data.

Limited changes to Scotland's hospitality restrictions would safeguard businesses, new study finds

15-Dec-2020 By Restaurant

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.

The capital's chefs react to tier 3: "Hospitality screwed once again"

15-Dec-2020 By Restaurant

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).

8,000 more pub jobs at risk as London and parts of south east enter tier 3

15-Dec-2020 By Restaurant

A further 8,000 jobs in the pub sector have been put at risk as a result of London and parts of Hertfordshire and Essex being placed in tier 3.

Oakman looks to accelerate growth through share offer

11-Dec-2020 By James McAllister

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.

Edinburgh hospitality businesses to continue to be hit with strict lockdown rules

08-Dec-2020 By Restaurant

Edinburgh hospitality businesses will continue to be hit with strict lockdown restrictions, Nicola Sturgeon has announced.

Hospitality job losses hit 650,000 this year

08-Dec-2020 By Restaurant

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.

Bleeding Heart Restaurant Group: “Our heart is still pumping after 37 years”

08-Dec-2020 By James McAllister

The co-founder of London’s Bleeding Heart says that despite the pain of having to close the group’s flagship restaurant she remains confident about the future of the business.

Majority of hospitality operators expect to be in tier 3 in January

07-Dec-2020 By Restaurant

Over two thirds of hospitality operators say they expect to be in a tier 3 style lockdown in January following the busy Christmas period, during which people can meet outside of their bubbles for a small number of days.

Star Pubs & Bars continues rent concessions for struggling tenants

03-Dec-2020 By Restaurant

Pub operator Star Pubs & Bars says it is investing a further £5m in continuing rent concessions in December to support its pubs on core leased and tenanted agreements.