Outdoor Events to Reengage Customers
Share Tweet Share Email Written by Rebecca Brennan-Brown With the opening day for pubs approaching closer and closer, we can almost taste the excitement felt by many to go back to beer gardens with...
View ArticleMonday Booze: Football Fans Warned Not To Drive
Share Tweet Share Email Fans are being warned not to drive on Monday morning if they’ve been celebrating England’s win in the Euro 2020 final (or drowning their sorrows). If you drink four pints of...
View ArticleOutdoor Dining Looks Set To Stay In High Street Regeneration Plans
Share Tweet Share Email British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to set out plans this week to regenerate the UK’s high streets, which have been in slow decline for years, by expanding outdoor dining...
View ArticleThe Prince Of Wales Visits Publican Who Played A Vital Role In Helping Local...
Share Tweet Share Email The Prince of Wales has celebrated the finale of his tour of Wales by pulling a pint at Pub is The Hub project The Ponthir House Inn in Ponthir, in South Wales. Pub is The Hub...
View ArticleThirteen Finalists Revealed For The Craft Guild Of Chefs Graduate Awards 2021
Share Tweet Share Email Following two exciting rounds of heats held at West Herts College and Sheffield College last week, thirteen chefs will be cooking in the final exam of the Graduate Awards in...
View ArticleSurrey Pub Team Raise Over £5,000 Paddle Poarding 75km For British Heart...
Share Tweet Share Email The team from Stonegate Group completed their 75km paddle boarding challenge last week and raised over £5,000 for the British Heart Foundation, the UK’s leading charity funding...
View ArticleWhy Boosting Customer Loyalty Is A Restaurants’ Secret Weapon
Share Tweet Share Email But inaccurate data is making it impossible for restaurants to cultivate relationships with their customers. ByTim Glomb,VP of content and data for Cheetah Digital The...
View ArticleWorker Wellbeing in the Hospitality Industry
Share Tweet Share Email By Megan Sowney, UK Managing Director at Wrkit (www.wrkit.com) The gradual reopening of the hospitality sector has been a welcome relief to businesses and customers across the...
View ArticleJuly 19 ‘Freedom Day’ to Go Ahead in England Government Confirms
Share Tweet Share Email Almost all Covid-19 lockdown restrictions will be lifted in England on July 19 health secretary Sajid Javid confirmed this afternoon. Social distancing and legal limits on...
View ArticleConsumer Spending Grew 11.1% In June As Sunshine And Sporting Events...
Share Tweet Share Email Consumer card spending grew 11.1 per cent in June compared to the same period in 2019, as the warmer weather, easing of restrictions and major sporting events saw more Brits...
View ArticleOne In Three Brits Have Encountered A Covid Charge When Paying For A Service
Share Tweet Share Email The British are known for being less than complimentary tippers, but with COVID-19 forcing many small businesses to close, it begs the question of whether the UK is now...
View ArticleAlternative Pubs Undertakes £600,000 Fantasy-Themed Revamp With Star
Share Tweet Share Email Alternative Pubs is reopening The Hobbit pub in Southampton following a £600,000 joint investment with Star Pubs & Bars. The refurbishment has given the pub a unique...
View ArticleNightclubs Urged To Check Customers’ Coronavirus Passports Admission
Share Tweet Share Email The Prime Minister is urging nightclubs to check whether people had been vaccinated before allowing them into their venues. The Prime Minister said: “We will stick to our...
View ArticleYoung’s Sells Off Most Of Its Tenanted Pubs To Punch For £53
Share Tweet Share Email Young’s have revealed that it has sold nearly all of its tenanted pubs to rival Punch in a £53 million deal. The London pub group is to keep just seven of 63 sites held by its...
View ArticleInsolvency and Prepacks – A Guide for Hospitality Businesses
Share Tweet Share Email By Dominic Dumville, Corporate Restructuring Partner, Mercer Hole (www.mercerhole.co.uk) The lifting of Covid restrictions being delayed until 19 July in England could be the...
View ArticleWhy Will the Demand for Mobile Order & Pay Continue Post Lockdown?
Share Tweet Share Email By Gavin Peters, chief marketing and strategy officer of Onvi, a leading mobile Order & Pay provider to the hospitality industry (www.onvi.com) The shift to digital has...
View ArticleFootball Fever Results In Boost To UK Hospitality Footfall
Share Tweet Share Email UK hospitality footfall rose significantly on Sunday 11th July for the EURO 2020 Final, according to data from Wireless Social. The majority of cities across the UK experienced...
View ArticleBusiness Peer Network Looking To Support The Hospitality, Leisure And Tourism...
Share Tweet Share Email Owners, senior managers, and directors of SME businesses in the Hospitality, Leisure and Tourism industry have the opportunity to join an online business network to aid their...
View ArticleUPDATED: House Of Lords Set To Vote On Smokefree Pavement Licences
Share Tweet Share Email UPDATE: This afternoon [Wednesday 14th July] Lord Faulkner of Worcester successfully won a vote regretting the Government’s failure to require COVID-19 related seating outside...
View ArticleFuture Shock Reveals Short-Term Stress And Long-Term Optimism In Hospitality
Share Tweet Share Email New report from CGA and UKHospitality shows the scale of COVID’s impact, sets out causes for confidence and highlights need for financial relief The hospitality industry is...
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