UKHospitality Scotland has warned that longer-term help will be necessary if businesses are to weather the winter Covid crisis, after the Scottish Government unveiled a further £185m of support.
Sir Patrick Vallance has said there was 'no hard evidence' behind the Government's decision to impose a 10pm curfew on hospitality venues back in September.
A Birmingham-based restaurateur has delayed plans to launch a legal challenge against the Government's Tier 3 restrictions while local leaders continue to push for greater financial support for the sector.
UKHospitality warns the sector is on a countdown to a devastating rent tipping-point that could trigger a bloodbath of business failures with potentially hundreds of thousands more jobs lost.
Police have been accused of ‘overzealous’ enforcement of Tier 2 restrictions in pubs, with landlords reporting officers arguing over ‘substantial meal’ regulations and throwing out customers after they finished eating.
Mexican chain Barburrito is to close three sites as part of a restructuring deal that will also see a new injection of investment led by chairman Graham Turner.
A Birmingham-based restaurateur is to launch a legal challenge against the Government, claiming it has failed to provide adequate evidence to support the closure of hospitality in Tier 3 areas.
Polpo co-founder Richard Beatty has bought the Venetian restaurant group’s last two remaining sites – including its debut venue – out of administration.
Pub operator Star Pubs & Bars says it is investing a further £5m in continuing rent concessions in December to support its pubs on core leased and tenanted agreements.
Business leaders across the UK food and drink industry remain unclear on the impact that Brexit will have on their business over the coming 12 months, despite the looming Brexit deadline.
UKHospitality has called for the establishment of a Hospitality and Tourism Recovery Fund to support hospitality businesses that have not received any grant support and are at risk of closure.
Casual dining chain Prezzo has been acquired by private investment firm Cain International in a bid to create the ‘UK’s favourite Italian restaurant group’.
Loungers’ turnover fell 33% to £53.5m in the 24 weeks to 4 October, but the casual dining group still managed to turn a profit despite a raft of restrictions.
Healthy fast food chain Leon has served creditors with a two-year restructuring plan that will see the majority of its estate switch to a turnover-based rent model.
The Prime Minister has announced that wet-led pubs forced to remain closed under Tier 2 and 3 restrictions will receive a paltry one-off grant payment of £1,000.
Two trade bodies have issued a joint call for the Government to revamp the alcohol duty system in order to boost businesses and deliver on the Government’s public health initiatives.
Caffè Nero has rejected a takeover bid from the billionaire brothers behind petrol forecourt business EG Group, choosing instead to press ahead with its Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA).
Pubs, bars and restaurants in Wales will be banned from selling alcohol and be forced to close at 6pm every evening under tough new Coronavirus restrictions.
Patisserie Valerie has reteamed with Sainsbury's in a deal that will see the bakery chain retail 14 of its best-selling cakes and pastries across 250 supermarket stores from this week.
Pizza Hut Delivery is to hire 2,500 staff in a recruitment spree after its plans for rapid expansion were boosted by surging demand for takeaways during the pandemic.
The Prime Minister is set to announce that hospitality businesses facing tougher tier restrictions from this week will receive additional financial support from the Government.
UKHospitality has warned that the landscape of the sector will be 'fundamentally degraded for the foreseeable future' if the Government fails to provide businesses with further financial support.
More than 31,000 pubs, bars, restaurants and cafes will remain closed in England after the second national lockdown lifts on 2 December thanks to the Government’s tier system.
More than 50 UK pub and brewing businesses have written the Prime Minister saying that pubs are being ‘scapegoated’ and warning that they could be lost forever unless he takes action.
Hospitality businesses across large swathes of northern England and the Midlands, including in Manchester, Lancashire, Newcastle, Birmingham and Leicester, will be forced to remain locked down under tougher Tier 3 restrictions.
Individual Restaurants, which owns the Piccolino, Restaurant Bar & Grill, Opera Grill and Bank high street restaurant brands, has been acquired by the directors of Iceland supermarket, in a transaction worth more than £40m.
Harvester and All Bar One operator Mitchells & Butlers has confirmed 1,300 staff have been made redundant as a result of the impact to trade caused by the Coronavirus pandemic.
Most regions in England look set to be placed into the toughest two tiers of the Government's Coronavirus alert system with hospitality businesses bearing the brunt of the tougher restrictions.
The Chancellor's Spending Review has been met with disappointment by the hospitality sector for not doing enough to support businesses as they prepare to face tougher tier restrictions.
Hospitality businesses claimed £849m through the Chancellor’s Eat Out to Help Out scheme (EOHO) according to new data from HMRC, discounting more than 160 million meals,
A second hospitality demonstration in Parliament Square is to take place early next month to protest the tougher restrictions set to be imposed on the sector by Government next week.
Publican Tim Foster says he will break lockdown restrictions and open his pub The Wire Mill in Surrey unless the Government can provide proof that it is unsafe to do so.
Two experienced chefs and an operations and franchise expert have teamed up to launch a collection of virtual delivery and dine-in food franchise brands.
Government plans to relax Coronavirus restrictions nationwide over the Christmas period have been branded a 'mockery' after it emerged the tougher restrictions imposed on hospitality venues would remain in place.
Hotel groups Accor and Ennismore are entering into negotiations to form what has been described as ‘the world’s leading lifestyle operator in the hospitality sector’ through an all-share merger.
Voices from across the hospitality sector have demanded the Government provide evidence to explain its decision to target the industry with tighter restrictions under the new Coronavirus tier system.
