Britain's exit from the European Union gives the nation a 'once-in-a-lifetime opportunity' to reshape its food system, according to the first part of Henry Dimbleby’s National Food Strategy.
William Reed’s HIM & MCA Insight is launching a new analytics and data visualisation solution that will bring all of the two brand’s data sources together under a new name - Lumina Intelligence.
More than 90% of those who have visited pubs, restaurants and bars in England in the two weeks since reopening were satisfied with the safety steps in place.
The monthly title will cease being a printed magazine and will become part of the BigHospitality website as part of a new digital-forward and face-to-face strategy.
This week's main news stories includes the Government calling for evidence as it prepares to conduct a business rates review, and another raft of restaurant closures from across the industry.
KFC has collaborated with a biotech research lab in the Russian capital of Moscow to develop a hybrid nugget made from a combination of cultured chicken cells and plant-based ingredients.
The majority of pubs and restaurants say they intend to use the Chancellor’s reduction in VAT from 20% to 5% to help their struggling finances rather than pass on price cuts to customers.
A new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has warned that a third of furloughed workers in UK hotels, restaurants and cafes could lose their jobs by the end of the year.
A survey of the Hospitality Professionals Association’s (HOSPA) membership shows that, since reopening, two thirds of operators have seen their revenue plummet by more than 50% on the previous year.
The majority of customers in restaurants and pubs would like to see waiting staff using face coverings, according to new research from guest experience management expert HGEM.
Only just over half of restaurant and pub businesses say they will participate in the Government’s Eat Out to Help Out scheme, this week’s Hospitality Leaders Poll by MCA Insight/HIM has found.
Digital menus, pay-at-table apps and even robots that deliver food could become more prevalent in restaurants following the Coronavirus pandemic as businesses look at ways to reduce contact between staff and customers.
A campaign to raise awareness among people working in food delivery who may be able to spot signs of child abuse in the home has been launched by The Children’s Society and National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC).
At least 30,000 jobs are expected to be lost in the Welsh hospitality sector as a result of the Coronavirus, with nearly half of these having already happened, according to the results of a new survey.
Zoe Adjonyoh, Dr Anna Sulan Masing and Frankie Reddin have launched a global representation platform for Black and non-white people working within hospitality and food media.
Hospitality operators are taking a cautious approach to reopening as just 59% of businesses plan to reopen some of their sites on 4 July, the new Business Confidence Survey from CGA and Fourth has found.
Chefs including James Cochran, Michael Caines and Ravneet Gill have contributed to a downloadable cookbook that will raise money for two charities set-up to help Black and Ethnic Minority communities.
Hospitality businesses are split over whether they think it is possible for them to collect customer details as laid out by the Government in its safety guidelines for the sector.
As restaurants prepare to reopen, there’s a growing conversation around the role of critics and whether they should, for the time being at least, sheath their hatchets and focus on the positives.
Up to 460,000 jobs could be at risk if Government does not extend hospitality support to include suppliers, according to a new survey carried out by the UKHospitality Supplier Alliance.
More than 44,000 people have made a restaurant booking on online reservation platform Quandoo since the government announced hospitality businesses in England could reopen on 4 July, with almost half made for ‘Super Saturday’, it says.
London-based restaurateurs are calling on the Government for more specific support for the capital’s businesses to avoid it becoming one of the biggest casualties of the Coronavirus pandemic.
As the Coronavirus crisis continues to dominate the headlines, we round-up some of the main stories regarding how it has affected the hospitality industry in the past week.
Keeping on top of cash flow will be critical as restaurants start to re-open for eat-in. With this in mind Donna Torres - director of small business and commercial operations at accountancy software provider Xero shares seven tips.
In his second Downtime Development recipe using Norwegian frozen at sea fish, Simon Hulstone has created a twist on the classic deep-fried battered fish.
As the Coronavirus crisis continues to dominate the headlines, we round-up some of the main stories regarding how it has affected the hospitality industry in the past week.
As the Coronavirus crisis continues to dominate the headlines, we round-up some of the main stories regarding how it has affected the hospitality industry in the past week.
Just 11% of hospitality businesses have been able to operate normally during the Coronavirus lockdown according to a report from The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Hospitality and Tourism (APPG).
Restaurant businesses will be forced to slash staff numbers when the Government’s Job Retention Scheme (JRS) moves into its next stage in August, according to the latest weekly Hospitality Leaders Poll by MCA Insight/HIM.
With bars, cafés and restaurants facing catastrophic financial losses due to the Coronavirus, Belgium has launched the ‘helpy hour’ initiative, to try and stop its hospitality establishments from going under.
As the Coronavirus crisis continues to dominate the headlines, we round-up some of the main stories regarding how it has affected the hospitality industry in the past week.
More than three quarters of restaurant, bars and pubs will be ready to reopen by 4 July, according to the latest weekly Hospitality Leaders Poll by MCA Insight/HIM.
Restaurant margins could be squeezed further still when they reopen after a survey by Marcus Wareing found that more than a third of diners plan to spend less in restaurants after lockdown.
Almost half of hospitality operators say they expect to have the majority of their estates reopen by this September, according to the latest insight from CGA.
