The snack manufacturer has teamed up with some of the UK’s biggest restaurant brands to transform their best-selling dishes into crisp flavours - but the timing is a little unfortunate.
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.
Almost 200 hotels have made over 20,000 beds available around the UK for NHS staff and other vital workers, following a call from hospitality trade body UKHospitality.
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.
Chiquito looks set to be one of the first big restaurant groups to collapse amid the coronavirus shutdown after its owner filed a notice of intention to appoint administrators.
Self-employed people will be able to claim a grant of up to £2,500 a month to help cope with the financial impact of coronavirus, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced.
The Government has introduced a £350bn financial package to help businesses navigate the Coronavirus crisis. But how does it work, and what does it mean for the hospitality sector?
The Government’s financial package made for a nice headline, but the reality is that much more support is needed if the hospitality sector is to survive the Coronavirus crisis.
The Government recently introduced a loan facility and grant scheme to help the hospitality sector. Phil Brown, head of travel and leisure at NatWest, looks at some of the details
Too much time is being spent looking at the detail of the Government’s Job Retention Scheme when what the industry should be doing, as a matter of urgency, is getting everyone on furlough.
