The Government has been urged to undertake 'close and meaningful consultation' with hospitality businesses over legislation to tackle obesity in the UK.
Restrictions on Scottish hospitality businesses serving alcohol indoors are set to ease across most of the country next week, but pubs and restaurants will still be subject to curfew restrictions.
Sushi and bento brand Wasabi says it is in a 'strong position to grow' as Covid restrictions ease, and is in the process of building a new openings programme.
Boris Johnson has confirmed that indoor hospitality settings will be able to unlock next Monday (17 May), as England moves into the third phase of its roadmap out of lockdown.
Companies representing hundreds of Welsh pubs and brewers have written to newly re-elected First Minister Mark Drakeford urging him to deliver grants for pubs and a roadmap for their reopening.
UKHospitality has suggested it could work with the Treasury to develop a more targeted loan scheme that recognises the acute difficulties the sector faces as it emerges from the pandemic.
No-shows continue to be an issue for hospitality businesses with one in seven (14%) consumers admitting to having not fulfilled their bookings, according to the latest CGA research.
Hospitality Ulster has accused the Northern Ireland Executive of failing to engage properly with the sector ahead of the country's planned reopening of outdoor hospitality settings tomorrow (30 April).
Managed pub and restaurant groups have made a robust start to post-lockdown trading in England, the latest figures from the Coffer CGA Business Tracker show.
Hospitality charity Only A Pavement Away (OAPA) has partnered with Fred Sirieix to launch an employment campaign aimed at helping ex-offenders into jobs within hospitality.
Hospitality leaders have backed a call for the Government to implement a rent relief scheme similar to that introduced in Australia to help protect commercial businesses struggling in arrears.
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.
Hospitality trade bodies UKH, BBPA and BII have called for Government to extend the business rates holiday for at least a further three months to allow businesses to get back on their feet.
Chef Adria Wu is to launch a London-based, delivery-only concept that will serve as a sister brand to her six-strong natural food and juice bar group maple&CO.
UKHospitality Cymru (UKHC) has urged the Welsh Government to bring forward the reopening date for indoor hospitality in Wales and at least align with England and Scotland's plan to unlock on 17 May.
Bakery and café chain Le Pain Quotidien is to increase its number of vegan options and introduce a number of other sustainable initiatives as it starts to reopen for eat-in customers.
Big Mamma Group co-founder Victor Lugger is looking to shake up how customers pay the bill following a €20m (£17.3m) seed-funding round for his QR-code based mobile payments start-up Sunday.
Greater Manchester's night time economy advisor Sacha Lord is calling for an industry-wide fair tipping policy amid warnings of a post-Covid decline in customers leaving gratuities.
Leaked Government proposals that would force bigger pub chains to provide calorie labelling on pints of beer have been slammed by the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) as 'ludicrous'.
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.
Food hall operator Sessions Market has secured further investment and strengthened its senior team ahead of plans to 'accelerate' growth over the next year and beyond.
WingShack Co has unveiled ambitious expansion plans with five new locations expected to open in London alongside a further two outside the capital this year.
Some local authorities appear to not be taking a consistent, light-touch approach to the enforcement of Coronavirus-related regulations requested by the Government as operators reopen for outdoor trading.
London-based hospitality company Inception Group is to launch a legal challenge against insurer Axa in a bid to recover millions of pounds in business interruption payouts.
With outdoor hospitality finally able to open on Monday 12 April, we trawl through the Government’s guidance to tell you what the rules are and how to implement them safely.
Mac and Wild founders Andy Waugh and Calum Mackinnon are planning to rollout their cricket-based competitive socialising concept SIXES, with sites planned for Fitzrovia, Manchester and Oxford.
A handful of pubs in England with 24-hour licenses have announced that they plan to open as soon as Coronavirus restrictions on outdoor hospitality settings lift at midnight on Monday.
Loungers will grow its estate to 172 restaurants and bars by the end of the May with the opening of four new venues as it looks to get back on track to opening 25 sites a year.
A street food operator in Wales has launched a legal challenge against the Welsh Government's failure to set out a reopening date for indoor hospitality.
National Chef of the Year (NCOTY) 2021 contenders will have to create a menu that tells their story of the 2020 pandemic through food, organiser The Craft Guild of Chefs has revealed.
Restaurateurs offering nationwide meal kit deliveries are losing thousands of pounds because of courier services failing to deliver the perishable products by the intended target dates.
