Rishi Sunak is facing calls to rethink a planned increase in visa fees for migrant workers amid fears it will harm the UK’s competitiveness and efforts to plug labour shortages.
London-based restaurant, wine bar and retailer Top Cuvée has doubled the size of its natural wine subscription service through the acquisition of online natural wine retailer Lowintervention.com.
Fried chicken brand Sides has opened its fourth London site in Croydon, as it pushes ahead with plans to open 10 physical restaurants across the UK this year.
Food menu inflation has increased by 14.4% year-on-year, according to Lumina Intelligence’s latest Menu Tracker Quarterly Report of Q2 2023, driven primarily by chain restaurants and QSR operators.
The hospitality industry accounted for 10% of administrations in the first six months of 2023 – the fourth highest sector in the UK – according to analysis by Shakespeare Martineau.
This week's top news stories include Kenny Tutt closing his flagship restaurant, Spencer Metzger moving on from The Ritz, and McDonald’s plans for a small-format spinoff brand.
There’s no sense of second-album syndrome to the much-touted follow up to Arcade’s original food hall at Centre Point, which has just launched within Battersea Power Station.
New York-based Peruvian restaurant Llama Inn is to launch its first London outpost next month on the rooftop of The Hoxton hotel in London’s Shoreditch.
UKHospitality has warned that the latest interest rates rise will further exacerbate the sector’s financial challenges after the cost of borrowing rose to its highest level in 15 years.
Investment demand is currently at just 13.9% across the hospitality and leisure space, dropping as low as 7.5% in the North East, according to analysis by property finance specialist Sirius.
This month's key openings include Paul Foster's London debut, Six by Nico's first Welsh outpost, and the latest concept from Woodhead Restaurant Group.
Dishoom’s forthcoming Brighton site will feature an ‘all-new offering’ from the group and open under a new name taken from the bars found in every one of its restaurants.
Delivery and takeaway sales at Britain’s leading managed restaurant groups in June were 4% ahead of the same month in 2022, CGA by NIQ’s latest Hospitality at Home Tracker shows.
Inflation as measured by the CGA Prestige Foodservice Price Index rose again to 22.6% year-on-year in June — close to the record high of 22.9% in December 2022.
This week's top news stories include Jeremy King announcing two further London openings, the publication of Ofgem's non-domestic energy market review, and several high-profile restaurant closures.
A group of hospitality veterans have launched a pilot training scheme which aims to develop 'tomorrow's managers and leaders of the hospitality industry'.
Brighton-based coffee shop and restaurant group Wolfox has launched a new concept designed to merge ‘Japanese culinary culture with the local produce of Sussex’.
Neighbourhood-style restaurant group Megan’s has closed its site in London's Parsons Green ahead of plans to relaunch it next month under its ‘little brother’ pan-Asian brand Ollie’s House.
Hospitality recorded 1,139 net closures in the second quarter of this year, equivalent to 12.5 outlets shutting each day, according to the new Hospitality Market Monitor.
Britain’s managed restaurant, pub and bar groups recorded a ninth successive month of year-on-year sales growth in June 2023, the new Coffer CGA Business Tracker shows.
London-based steakhouse chain Flat Iron has accused its insurer QIC Europe of failing to pay for losses associated with disruption suffered during Covid 19 lockdowns.
UKHospitality (UKH) has warned recommendations made by Ofgem in its non-domestic market review ‘must be actioned urgently’ if the sector is to avoid further business failures.
Head of environmental health at Shield Safety and fellow of the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health Rob Easton on the latest trends in food allergy incidents and the implications for food businesses.
The Government is to end the automatic, pandemic-era provision for hospitality venues to sell alcohol for off-site consumption, in a move that’s been described as ‘disappointing’ by the sector.
McDonald’s has established a dedicated Investigation Handling Unit following fresh allegations published last week that detailed a ‘toxic work environment’ in its UK restaurants.
The team behind craft beer bar and bottle shop Kill The Cat on London's Brick Lane has launched a new bar and kitchen concept within Spitalfields Market.
