Coronavirus

Bill’s confirms closures as losses widen

13-Dec-2021 By Georgi Gyton

Bill’s has confirmed it has closed 14 loss-making restaurants during the last financial year as cost pressures forced it to revaluate its performance.

Rosa’s Thai Café pushes on with expansion

14-Apr-2021 By James McAllister

Rosa’s Thai Café is planning to open up to six new restaurants over the next year, as well as continuing to grow its portfolio of delivery-only 'cloud' kitchens.

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.

Independent Business Network tables £35bn strategy to save hospitality

02-Feb-2021 By Joe Lutrario

A £35bn strategy to save Britain’s pubs, restaurants and high streets from ‘irreversible decline’ has been put forward by pro-Brexit organisation the Independent Business Network.

D&D's Des Gunewardena: "Covid has cost our business £2.5m a month'

11-Jan-2021 By Restaurant

D&D London chairman and CEO Des Gunewardena has written to the Chancellor ahead of today’s (11 January) parliamentary debate on support for the hospitality sector asking the Government to properly compensate businesses forced to closed by the Coronavirus.

UKHospitality: "Hospitality can assist in the rapid roll out of the vaccine"

05-Jan-2021 By Restaurant

UKHospitality has committed to assisting the vaccine roll-out in pubs and restaurants and other hospitality venues following yesterday’s (4 January) announcement that the country is to re-enter a national lockdown.

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.

UKHospitality demands immediate support for ailing sector

24-Dec-2020 By Joe Lutrario

Trade body UKHospitality has called on the Government to immediately announce relief measures to ‘save hospitality’ as the sector faces its toughest ever winter.

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.

#PubsMatter campaign highlights the importance of the local

14-Dec-2020 By Ella Doyle

The Government must relax restrictions to protect pubs ahead of the tier announcement on 16 December, a new campaign has urged.

Ask The Experts: Four tips for better rent negotiation

14-Dec-2020 By Anthony Lorenz

Leading commercial property advisor Anthony Lorenz provides advice to tenants

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.

Trade bodies call for introduction of 'Property Bounceback grant'

11-Aug-2020 By James McAllister

Landlords and operators have issued a joint call for a joint call for a Government-backed Property Bounceback grant to facilitate in rent negotiations.

Ready to serve: more than three quarters of hospitality businesses say they can reopen by 4 July

05-Jun-2020 By Restaurant

More than three quarters of restaurant, bars and pubs will be ready to reopen by 4 July, according to the latest weekly Hospitality Leaders Poll by MCA Insight/HIM.

Draft House founder Charlie McVeigh to launch Project Pint

26-May-2020 By Restaurant

Draft House founder Charlie McVeigh is launching a campaign championing the role of pubs – and the pint – in British society.

UKHospitality: GDP figures highlight hospitality’s need for support

13-May-2020 By James McAllister

Trade body UKHospitality has said the GDP estimates released today by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) underline the hugely disproportionate hit felt by hospitality businesses during the Coronavirus crisis.

Action group launched to support businesses struggling to secure insurance payouts

30-Apr-2020 By James McAllister

A new industry-wide action group has launched to support hospitality businesses who are wrestling with insurers to secure payouts under their business interruption policies.