This week's main hospitality news stories include calls to loosen staff visa rules, France reclaiming the Bocuse d'Or title, and the Government assembling a Hospitality Council to guide sector recovery.
The British Takeaway Campaign (BTC) has accused the Government of showing 'very little consideration' for small, independent businesses on its newly-formed Hospitality Sector Council.
UKHospitality chief executive Kate Nicholls, Hawksmoor co-founder Will Beckett and Mowgli’s Nisha Katona are among the industry leaders to join the Government's Hospitality Sector Council.
Digital reputation plays a central role for customers visiting bars, restaurants and pubs, according to a new study by data, research and insight consultancy CGA.
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.
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 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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 have yet to reopen after last month’s so-called ‘Freedom Day’, the latest Market Recovery Monitor from CGA and AlixPartners reveals.
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).
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.
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'.
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'.
This week's main hospitality news stories include Adam Handling announcing the closure of his eponymous Chelsea restaurant, Le Caprice reopening as a training academy, and JKS acquiring Arcade Food Theatre.
UKHospitality has warned that hospitality 'faces a summer of venue closures and reduced service' as a result of self-isolation rules that are forcing thousands of workers to quarantine.
This week's main hospitality news stories include the Government announcing plans for compulsory vaccine certificates, optimism for the managed sector as sales near 2019 levels, and Hawksmoor mulling an IPO.
Hospitality is facing a shortage of more than 200,000 workers with vacancies across every business in the sector, according to new research from the UK’s leading industry trade bodies.
The number of job vacancies in the UK surpassed pre-pandemic levels in the three months to June according to new data, driven in part by the hospitality sector.
The Government is reportedly considering plans to introduce so-called 'vaccine passports' for hospitality in the autumn, despite a recent review concluding there should be no legal requirements for their use.
Hospitality trade bodies have called on the Government to consider introducing mitigation measures to help alleviate rising operating costs for business still facing weeks of restrictions.
This week's main hospitality news stories include details on D&D London’s new Stratford restaurant, data showing the staffing crisis is 'driving up' hospitality wages, and Hawksmoor's biggest restaurant yet.
This week's main hospitality news stories include delays to lockdown easing, Steven Edwards' plan to expand his Hove flagship Etch, and an extension of the lease forfeiture moratorium.
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has made a series of recommendations to help bolster the hospitality sector as it recovers from the Coronavirus pandemic.
This week's main hospitality news stories include the UK eating out market being predicted to make a 'full recovery' in 2022, and a new campaign initiative to drive hospitality employment.
Pubs, restaurants and other hospitality venues in the UK are set for a much-needed £2.5bn sales increase next week as indoor service resumes, according to a new report.
Current and former CEOs from some of the UK's best-known companies will come together and offer their advice to SMEs at this month’s Three Things Summit.
MSPs in Scotland have subsidised their own hospitality to the tune of £680,000 since the pandemic began, compared to estimated average support of £40,000 for privately-owned pubs and restaurants.
The Welsh hospitality sector has demanded clarity from the Government on when it will able to unlock, warning that the ongoing delay risks further job losses and business failures.
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.
A street food operator in Wales is looking to mount a legal challenge against the devolved government's failure to provide the country's hospitality sector with a reopening date.
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.
The Northern Ireland Executive has announced it is extending the business rates holiday for certain sectors, including hospitality, for a further 12 months.
The rates holiday for the hospitality, leisure and retail sectors in Wales will be extended for a further 12 months, Finance Minister Rebecca Evans has announced.
Hospitality trade bodies have written to the Chancellor warning that, unless a substantial package of support is announced at the Budget, businesses will fail before they're able to reopen.
A group of more than 80 Scottish hospitality businesses have come together to propose a full, UK-wide reopening of the tourism and hospitality sectors on 17 May.
