Wetherspoon’s Refuses “Misleading” Pricing Allegation
JD Wetherspoon has refuted a allegations by CAMRA and SIBA regarding its current marketing campaign in relation to its VAT reduction to customers. In a joint statement Tom Stainer, Chief Executive of...
View ArticleMasks To Be Mandatory In Shops-What About Pubs And Restaurants
The Wearing a face covering (PPE mask) in shops and supermarkets in England is to become mandatory from 24 July the Prime Minister has announced, and those failing comply with the new rules will face a...
View ArticleGreene King Reveals That Appetite For Pubs Has Not Been Dampened By Lockdown
Greene King, the UK’s leading managed pub company and brewer, has revealed the nation’s views towards returning to pubs post lockdown, with 70% of people saying that visiting their local pub was a top...
View ArticleHSE Urges Businesses To Ensure They Are Continually COVID-Secure
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is calling for businesses in Great Britain to make sure they continue to remain COVID-secure as more sectors and outlets open their doors. Inspectors are out and...
View ArticleManchester Hoteliers’ Association Chair Reacts To The Chancellor’s Measures...
Chair of Manchester Hoteliers’ Association (MHA) Adrian Ellis has welcomed the announcement from the government surrounding the rescue packages for leisure and hospitality venues. Adrian, who has been...
View ArticleTour Operators Set To Make Large Scale Redundancies Without Government Action
88% of tour operators and destination management companies (DMCs), who are responsible for bringing in and looking after over 50% of all international visitors to the UK (and over 70% of visitors from...
View ArticleSunday Drink Sales Pick Up On Second Weekend Back, But Trading Still Down
Total drinks sales in England’s managed pubs and bars remained around half pre-COVID levels on the second Saturday after reopening, but Sunday trading picked up. CGA’s new Drinks Recovery Tracker,...
View ArticleAction Against Hunger Calls On Hospitality Industry To Unite In The Fight...
Action Against Hunger is urging food and drinks brands, retailers and restaurants to get behind this year’s Love Food Give Food campaign. The campaign provides the opportunity for the food and...
View ArticleChefs Hit Out At “No-Show” Bookings
Some of the country’s leading Michelin starred chefs have hit out at the bane of every restaurateur, customers failing to show up and honour their reservations. Last weekend Tom Kerridge criticised 27...
View ArticleTravellers Should ‘Wear To Care’ In The New Normal Says WTTC
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has called upon all travellers to don protective face masks to show they ‘wear to care’ in the new normal of travelling. As countries transition from...
View ArticlePubs And Restaurants Reopen To Weekly Sales 40% Down On Last Year’s Levels
Managed pub, bar and restaurant groups that had sites open in England in the first week after shut-down was lifted have reported collective like-for-like sales 39.8% down on the same week last year,...
View ArticleLast Call For Pubs In England To Destroy Spoilt Beer At No Cost
BBPA advises publicans in England to apply to destroy their spoilt beer before the end of July, to avoid water company charges The British Beer & Pub Association, the leading trade association...
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World’s Top 25 Most Valuable Restaurant Brands Could Lose Up To US$33 Billion...
Top 25 restaurant brands could lose up to $33bn from COVID-19 The world’s top 25 most valuable restaurant brands could lose up to US$33 billion worth of brand value as a result of the COVID-19...
View ArticleHospitality Sector Sees Rise In Confidence From 11% To 16% In Three Months
The proportion of UK small businesses predicting growth has almost doubled in just three months – from 14% to 27% – giving one of the first tangible indications that the Government’s easing of lockdown...
View Article£20m Support For Pubs During Lockdown From The Independent Family Brewers Of...
The Independent Family Brewers of Britain (IFBB), an association of 29 of the oldest family businesses in the country, have provided well over £20M in financial support for their pub tenants since...
View ArticleCGA And UKHospitality Set Out The Industry’s Road To Recovery
New report from the sector’s leading research consultancy and trade body reveals the scale of COVID-19’s impact and what hospitality can do to reclaim sales Consumers are returning cautiously to...
View ArticleKent Organisations Set To Bolster The Hospitality Industry
Produced in Kent and Visit Kent have combined forces to bolster the hospitality industry in a campaign dubbed “Support Your Local”. The initiative aims to help businesses as they come out of lockdown,...
View ArticleThe Show Goes On For 40 National Chef Of The Year Chefs
Despite the challenging situation the world has found itself in, the Craft Guild of Chefs has confirmed that its National Chef of the Year competition will still go ahead this year as it reveals who...
View ArticleReopening Brings A Third Of Consumers Back
Just over a third of English consumers returned to restaurants, pubs and bars in the first ten days of reopening, CGA’s Consumer Pulse research reveals. The snap poll of 500 adults provides operators...
View ArticleAnger At The Government’s Refusal To Include Tronc As Part Of The Wages Under...
Tips and service charges that are pooled and paid out to staff under the Tronc schemes in operation have been excluded from the furlough wages of 80% paid by government to workers on furlough....
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