UKH Calls On Government To Be #FAIR4Hospitality And Support The Sector’s...
Government at Westminster, Holyrood and Cardiff must invest in a fair and timely return for hospitality this summer, for the benefit of local communities, peoples’ jobs, national wellbeing and the...
View Article#UKgrandoutdoorcafé Campaign Launched To ‘Restart’ The Hospitality Sector
Turning the UK’s streets into an enormous outdoor hospitality venue could allow on-trade businesses to generate revenue again, say the organisers of a new campaign Operators are being asked to support...
View ArticleEmergency Solutions Service Launched For Hospitality Sector To Re-Open Under...
Hospitality outlets planning on how to re-open with social distancing and new safety measures in place can now receive support straight through their letterbox thanks to the introduction of a new...
View ArticleThe 20,000 Mile Hospitality Challenge
Clock up the miles for those that can’t clock in. Trade charity Hospitality Action is calling all cyclists, joggers, runners and walkers regardless of age or ability to collectively cycle, jog, run or...
View ArticleGovernment Introduces Legislation To Relieve Burden On Businesses
The government the Corporate Governance and Insolvency Bill in Parliament, which will put in place a series of measures to amend insolvency and company law to support business to address the challenges...
View ArticleBrewers And Hospitality Operators Urged To Unite Behind A Virtual Beer Day...
With hospitality venues closed and social distancing measures likely to remain in place in the community, this year’s Beer Day Britain on June 15th is set to go ahead as a virtual celebration. It is a...
View ArticleThe Ethical Chef’s Association Launches To Alleviate Suffering Caused By Food...
Led by chefs, the group will use food to create social change and support the vulnerable in society exacerbated by the current crisis 19 May 2020, London – Today sees the official launch of The Ethical...
View ArticleHeineken UK Launches The New Payment And Loyalty App Helping Pubs Reopen
Swifty is a new payment and loyalty app designed to help operators reopen and navigate the “new normal” post-lockdown The easy-to-use interface allows users to view menus, order and pay at table and...
View ArticleGovernment Bounce Back Loans For SME’s Are Not Working
Many small and medium sized enterprises which are keeping up to 16 million people employed in the UK are struggling to access the Governments’ Bounce Back Loan scheme, while others are ineligible, say...
View ArticleCustomers Could Spend £3.8bn In Hospitality In The First Week Of Re-Opening:
Research reveals how customer expectations have changed The UK public’s wish to get back, dine out or have a trip away with the family could inject as much as £3.8bn** into the economy within a week of...
View ArticleHop Blessing Continues In Lockdown ‘Virtual Vicar’ Leads Annual Ceremony For...
Surrey-based Hogs Back Brewery is celebrating its annual hop blessing despite lockdown, with a ‘virtual vicar’ conducting a socially distanced ceremony shared via the brewery’s website and social media...
View ArticleExpanding Cbils Up To £200 Million Welcome, But Faster Delivery And More Help...
British Beer & Pub Association calls for more support to be delivered to smaller pub businesses quickly, as they continue to struggle with access to Government finance support The British Beer...
View ArticleAn open letter to the pub sector from the BII, BBPA and UKHospitality
The BII (British Institute of Innkeeping), BBPA (British Beer & Pub Association) and UKHospitality have sent a joint letter to their respective members, following their collaboration on a set of...
View ArticleHospitality Prepares To Map Out New Trading Landscape
Latest figures from the CGA AlixPartners Market Recovery Monitor show that at the end of March this year, the pre-lockdown number of licensed premises in Britain stood at 115,108, a 2.4% reduction on...
View ArticleJD Wetherspoon To Invest Initial £11m To Ensure Staff And Customer Safety
JD Wetherspoon is to invest an initial £11 million to ensure that its staff and customers are safe before its pubs reopen. Social distancing measures will result in the employment of two full time...
View ArticleScottish Government’s Reopening Plan Will Destroy Hospitality Businesses And...
UKHospitality has warned the Scottish Government’s plan for restarting the economy in Scotland is likely to result in business failures and lost jobs. The plan outlines a gradual approach to easing...
View ArticleMarch Sees Food “Deflation” With Unstable Pricing Ahead, Predicts CGA
The CGA Prestige Foodservice Price Index recorded deflation for the first time in its history in March 2020—but the COVID-19 pandemic is set to create significant instability in pricing in the months...
View ArticleUK’s 27,000 Pubs With Beer Gardens Should Be Amongst First To Re-Open
Over half of UK’s pubs have beer gardens making them best placed to meet social distancing guidelines and re-open The British Beer & Pub Association, the leading trade body representing the UK’s...
View ArticleGreene King Pub Partners Announces New 90% Rent Concession For Tied Tenants
Greene King Pub Partners has announced a multimillion-pound investment in the next wave of financial support for its tied tenants to help them through the COVID-19 crisis, which will see rents reduced...
View Article“No Standing Room At The Bar” At Least For A While Says Gove
The opening up pubs, restaurants and bars after the coronavirus lockdown will be difficult and so there will be no standing at the bar in pubs for a long time, Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove said...
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