More than 3,650 small restaurants, pubs, shops and other types of retail, leisure and hospitality premises in England will lose out on £15,000 of Government grant funding because of an ‘anomlay’ in the design of the grant funding scheme.
The future of Mark Hix’s restaurant empire is in doubt after the chef reportedly appointed administrators across three of his businesses late last week.
The Restaurant Group (TRG) has announced a raft of measures designed to get it through the ongoing Coronavirus crisis, including more flexible banking facilities and executive pay cuts.
A website has been launched to connect farmers with local workers as the agriculture industry seeks to fill seasonal roles with people displaced by the Coronavirus crisis.
Greek street food player The Athenian opened its first delivery-only kitchen in London’s Battersea earlier this year, and in the midst of the Coronavirus crisis is looking to establish more. Co-founder Neo Christodoulou explains
East Anglia-based gastropub operator Chestnut says its recently launched takeaway service across it estate will donate revenues to the NHS during the Coronavirus shutdown.
The Government has announced it is extending the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) it launched last week to larger businesses in a bid to help as many affected by Coronavirus as possible.
On trade wine supplier Berkmann Wine Cellars has launched an online platform - ‘Help 4 Hospitality’ - to deliver wine to consumers while donating a share of the profits to the hospitality sector.
Trade body UKHospitality has written to the Government asking for an immediate extension of the forfeiture moratorium for six months and a widening of the scope to include broader debt enforcement measures, including winding-up orders, statutory demands...
Almost three quarters of people now view deliveries and takeaways from their local pub or restaurant as an ‘essential service’ during the Coronavirus pandemic.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak is expected to overhaul his Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme amid reports many small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) were struggling to the access funds.
The game has changed, the economy has changed, and the needs of the population have shifted immeasurably. Catering businesses that understand and support that shift will become vital to their communities during and after this crisis
Global online restaurant reservations company OpenTable is partnering with delivery aggregators to offer delivery options at restaurants across the UK.
The National Living Wage (NLW) increased today (1 April) by 6.2%, however, Government guidance suggests furloughed workers will not benefit from the rise, despite HMRC initially telling BigHospitality they would.
Voices from within the hospitality industry are calling on the Government to lift the threshold on its Retail and Hospitality Grant Scheme so that more businesses can benefit.
Food redistribution charity City Harvest has launched a crowdfund to help maintain deliveries following a huge influx of donations from restaurants and caterers as a result of the Coronavirus crisis.
The Government has announced details of its self employed income support scheme that is applicable to independent mobile catering businesses and the self-employed. Here the Nationwide Caterers Association (NCASS) outlines what it means for the UK’s independent...
Cookeze, the Lancashire‐based event catering business that specialised in ‘artisan patisserie’ and was partly owned by chef Nigel Smith, has fallen into administration with a loss of 72 jobs.
We take a look through the Government guidance for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (JRS) to see how it works, who’s eligible, and how you make a claim.
Wholesalers and other food bodies have joined forces to prevent produce such as meat, milk, cheese, and fruit from going to landfill as a result of the hospitality sector lockdown during the Coronavirus crisis.
Almost 70% of mobile catering, festival and street food traders believe their businesses will close permanently as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic, according to the trade body that represents the sector.
A number of major restaurant chains including Leon, Tortilla and Dishoom are joining forces to help feed NHS staff working on the front line of the Coronavirus crisis.
UK landlords are threatening legal action against hospitality operators after many withheld rent to preserve cash during the lockdown, the Financial Times reports.
Restaurant brands including Pizza Hut, German Doner Kebab, Itsu and Lewis Hamilton’s plant-based Neat Burger are working with Deliveroo to serve free meals to NHS staff across the UK.
In our fist United We Stand podcast, we talk to Brighton and Hove restaurateur David Toscano about the challenges of keeping an independent restaurant brand alive through the Coronavirus crisis.
Many operators have wrestled with the implications of asking staff to continue working during the Coronavirus crisis, but there are ways you can support them and try to keep them safe.
