With the beer tax e-petition last week reaching its target of 100,000 signatures, Britain’s largest brewer, Molson Coors, has released a report revealing the shocking scale of pub closures across Scotland due to the ‘excessive taxation on beer and pubs’.
The end of the Jubilee and Olympic summer can mean just one thing – Christmas is coming! As festive thinking caps are donned to work out how to unwrap seasonal profits, what should hospitality operators be doing to plan for the change from gold medals...
The UK’s lunch market, already worth £14.9bn to the foodservice sector, looks set to occupy a growing share of overall sales in the next 12 months as more consumers are looking to grab something quick, cheap and easy to eat on a daily basis.
Single sales of hotels in London continue to help the capital lead the hotel investment league in Europe but the market remains in decline with economic uncertainty likely to prevent rises in transaction values until at least next year.
The British beer and pub industry is today celebrating as the Government e-petition calling on the abandonment of the controversial beer duty escalator has finally exceeded the 100,000 signatures needed to trigger a Parliamentary debate.
With branded national restaurant chains increasingly recognising the potential of high-footfall transport hubs, Network Rail’s latest train station F&B sales results prove that the areas are now becoming eating, drinking and dining destinations in...
Hotels in London recorded an increase in room yield by almost 50 per cent last month as a result of year-on-year room rates rocketing up from £110.22 to £165.05 a night, with occupancy levels remaining above 80 per cent for the entire period of the London...
Trading performance within the public house sector appears to be stabilising, with a survey of pub investors and owners revealing that future expectations for trading performance in the short and medium term are strongly positive.
Pub operator J D Wetherspoon has become the latest hospitality business to warn of the possible sales growth 'hangover' following a summer of sport, the Olympics and headline events.
The majority of foodservice consultants believe that hospitality businesses are only 'paying lip service to sustainability', forecasting that the issue will have the greatest impact on the sector in the near future.
The final two hotels in the Von Essen portfolio, Ston Easton Park in Somerset and Sharrow Bay in Cumbria, have been acquired by former BBC ‘Dragon’ James Caan for a combined sum of £4.5m.
A group of 57 residents in the Devon village of Cadeleigh have become the latest community group to save their local by clubbing together to buy the Cadelieigh Arms pub and are now searching for a tenant to take on the business.
The Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) is today raising a glass to the 40th anniversary of its flagship publication the Good Beer Guide which reports that there are now just over 1,000 breweries operational across the UK - the highest number for over 70 years.
Combined like-for-like sales for pub and restaurant groups inside the M25 increased by 5 per cent in August, but businesses outside of London saw a much more modest uplift of just 1 per cent compared with the same month last year.
A Government-funded scheme set up to train UK nationals to work as chefs in Asian and Oriental restaurants is struggling to find enough people to take up the apprenticeships it offers, despite the fact that almost a third of young people say they would...
The majority of UK adults believe that obesity has become a ‘major problem’ in Britain and that restaurant and pub chains should be doing more to promote healthy eating.
A number of restaurant, bar and hotel operators are warning of difficult trading conditions ahead as the focus moves away from Britain and the packed 2012 events calendar.
Service standards in London’s restaurants have been labelled as a ‘weak link’ by Tim Zagat, with his eponymous restaurant guide revealing that 73 per cent of all customer complaints relate to the front-of-house.
The Wolseley all-day café-restaurant in London’s Piccadilly has been named the capital's most popular restaurant for the second year running by eating-out guide Zagat.
Despite an on-going tough economic backdrop, an increasing number of hospitality businesses across the UK are partnering with charities to raise money through menu donations and fundraising events.
Quality ‘food-on-the-go’ has become the key area of growth for the UK’s eating out market, with concepts consistently emerging in transport hubs, shopping centres and busy high street locations as consumers are looking to eat where they want, when they...
French chocolate maker Valrhona has created, developed and launched Dulcey - a product described as the world's first blonde chocolate which it says is perfect for moulding or making ganache.
Small business owners in the hospitality industry refused lending by the banks are being urged to make use of the appeals process after it was revealed that almost half of all small businesses have had loan applications rejected in the last two years.
Prime Minister David Cameron is set to announce a deregulation of planning laws which will allow businesses to extend their premises without the need for planning permission.
Jonathan Kaye, chief executive of the Prezzo restaurant group, has told BigHospitality an increasing percentage of its future openings will be under the Chimichanga Mexican restaurant brand.
The Middle East is becoming one of the fastest growing markets for the London hotel sector, with research from Hilton Worldwide revealing that one in four guests at London Hilton Park Lane come from the region.
London hoteliers have questioned the assertion from the Government and tourism agencies that the hospitality industry will see a boost in trade from the Olympics in the next two years as hotels begin to assess the impact of the Games.
Pub groups Greene King and Spirit Pub Company have admitted that the London 2012 Olympics disrupted summer trade, but the poor weather has not been a dampener on business as both firms have reported an increase in sales.
The hottest trends in the drinks industry, from premium flavoured vodkas to small batch gins, new wine brands to recent developments in the world of coffee, is the focus of the September issue of Restaurant magazine.
Hotel operator Rezidor, part of the Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group, has announced it has set a target of reducing energy consumption by 25 per cent across all its venues by 2016.
Dr Oetker Foodservice has refreshed its range of icings, marzipan and coverings for caterers and hospitality buyers looking to take advantage of the growing popularity of cakes and baking as a result of the Royal Wedding and The Great British Bake Off...
In July, during the build-up to the London 2012 Olympics, hotels in London suffered a drop in occupancy of 10.2 per cent as a result of a fall in demand from leisure and tour group visitors but the city still led the way among major cities in Europe.
Hotel groups have said they are committed to transparency when it comes to VAT fees on online booking websites as a Which? Travel investigation claims 'nearly half' of the major chains in the UK are breaching Government guidelines and advertising...
The capital's dining scene has experienced a 'rapid rebound' in the last year with a jump in the number of openings of 25 per cent, according to the latest Harden's guide which lists Dinner by Heston Blumenthal as the best meal in...
The Government needs to act now if it intends to deliver on its promises of an Olympic legacy for the UK’s tourism and hospitality industries, the chief executive of trade association UKinbound has claimed.
The British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) has warned pubs, bars and hospitality businesses using door staff to ensure all their employees have the correct level of training or face 'crisis point' when new Security Industry Authority (SIA) conditions...
Global hotel operator Accor has revealed it has increased its 'asset-light' target and now aims to own or lease just 20 per cent of the hotels in its expanding portfolio by the end of 2016.
While a number of operators bemoan bad weather and the UK hospitality industry begins to assess the impact of yet another wet British Bank Holiday weekend, The Orchid Group has revealed the recent rain is actually helping to boost sales.
Visitors from overseas regard the UK's restaurants as one of the 'most welcoming' types of businesses they can go to, according to new research by marketing agency VisitBritain.
With London Cocktail Week taking place in October, BigHospitality takes a look at the burgeoning trend of restaurants and hotels offering bespoke and themed cocktails to run in line with current events or to give them a point of difference – how much...
Following research earlier this week which revealed that nearly half of young people in the UK would not consider a job in hospitality, the Institute of Hospitality and Hospitality Guild have spoken out about the benefits that a career can bring, providing...
The forthcoming August Bank Holiday weekend will see 3.6 million Brits taking an overnight holiday in the UK, generating over £800m in tourism spend for the UK economy.
The value of activity in the UK hotel transaction market doubled in the first half of the year while London continues to dominate deals, according to new figures from Deloitte.
Government policies such as the alcohol duty escalator and proposed beer bottle tax stamps are contributing to youth unemployment by indirectly denying young people jobs in the hospitality industry, brewer and pubco Adnams says.
Despite hospitality being one of few industries offering opportnities at all qualification levels, nearly half of young people in the UK would not consider a job in a hotel, restaurant or pub.
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has warned the Government increased budgets for marketing campaigns promoting the UK tourism industry will not have the desired effect without changes to policies on visas, aviation and taxation.
Self-service and multi-cuisine buffet restaurants are big - in size but also current popularity. However in terms of covers none is bigger than Za Za Bazaar in Bristol and BigHospitality took a behind the scenes look at the operation for a special video...
The spotlight is to be placed heavily on British street food this autumn, with awards celebrating the new wave of street food vendors being followed by a special focus at this year’s Restaurant Show.
The national tourist board VisitEngland has today announced the start of a partnership project to deliver local destination marketing and thematic campaigns throughout the country, creating 9,100 jobs in the UK tourism sector over the next three years.
Greene King has called on the Government to introduce a higher minimum price per unit of alcohol for England and Wales to ensure any alcohol minimum pricing policy is consistent with plans already passed by the Scottish Parliament.
