The hospitality sector was among the hardest hit in December 2021 as bars, pubs and clubs saw a growth of 21.2% compared to 35.0% the previous month, new data for Barclaycard has shown.
The hospitality sector has seen rising concerns regarding the cost of implementing safety measures and the lack of licensed security personnel, according to the Night-Time Industries Association (NTIA).
Extended licensing hours for The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee this summer could give hospitality businesses ‘vital extra trading time’ after being devastated by coronavirus, according to UKHospitality (UKH).
Some 44% of sports fans said they plan to watch the 2022 Guinness Six Nations live in a pub this year with only the FIFA World Cup ranking higher, according to research by MatchPint, which allows pub customers find venues showing sports matches, and hospitality...
Staffing problems are an “ongoing struggle” at top Hertfordshire gastropub the Fox & Hounds in Barley, which was down 50% staffing levels when reopening in the new year.
The National Innovation in Training Awards 2022 (NITAs) are now open for entries after being launched by the British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) today (Monday 10 January).
The Night Time Industries Association (NTIA) has called for the Government to consider cutting down the Covid isolation period for hospitality workers, with the industry to examine a ‘Test & Release’ system.
So, we enter the New Year and it has a surprisingly and rather depressingly familiar feel to it. Putting Covid-related matters aside for once (if that is even possible nowadays) let’s look at some of the more positive things to come in the licensing calendar...
Since the start of the pandemic, many pubs have adopted a cashless approach, but could this lead onto a future where cryptocurrency is widely used? This is certainly the case according to one licensee in Amersham, Buckinghamshire.
Pub operator and brewer Fuller, Smith, and Turner, has partnered with Medicash to launch to a new healthcare benefit scheme as part of a package of improvements to its pay and benefits system.
Welsh pubs lost £16,000 in revenue over the fortnight festive period from 19 December to 1 January, the Welsh Beer & Pub Association (WBPA) recently revealed as the First Minister announced no change to Covid restrictions in Wales.
Following COP26 there is renewed focus on sustainability and our impact on the planet. This requires us as an industry to continue to innovate and adopt new initiatives that can improve our businesses and impact on the planet.
It has been 10 years since the deal that saw Molson Coors snap up cask disruptor Sharp’s, and the combined business continues to go from strength to strength with the launch of new initiatives to drive the brand and the category forward.
Vaulkhard Leisure has increased its estate to 20 pubs after taking on a lease for the Diamond Pub in Ponteland after running the pub on a temporary agreement since the end of 2018.
The most enjoyable part of running a pub is always being around and meeting new people and the key to success is always making sure you offer something different, according to one Leicestershire licensee.
Following announcements from Prime Minister Boris Johnson in December, including the advice to limit socialising over Christmas, the Kings Arms in Bexleyheath saw 400 cancellations in just six days, but licensee Pete Marshall is giving customers a second...
With the post-Christmas dust settling, MA editor Ed Bedington caught up with Fuller's ceo Simon Emeny to see what had caught his attention in the past few weeks, from political machinations to the vaccination debate.
Trade over the Christmas period was “pretty dire” at the Curlew in Bodiam, East Sussex, with the Government’s support packages doing little to provide sustained support to hospitality, said operator Matthew Devlin.
In the lead up to Christmas, the Pack Horse, Hayfield, Derbyshire, was surprised to be busy over the festive period, however the New Year bought in closure and coronavirus for the pub.
Staffing shortages forced the Duck Inn at Pett Bottom, Kent to close a week before New Year’s Day and made Christmas a difficult trading period, said chef-patron Dean Legg.
Greene King has partnered with specialist recycling businesses, to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support and dispose of typically hard-to-recycle plastic environmentally as part of its new campaign, Tub2Pub.
And so the trade wakes up to January, the most miserable month for the sector and the much anticipated lockdown appears to be currently receding, Tory scandal dependent of course, into the distance.
New isolation rules for Scotland, including reducing self-isolation time from 10 to seven days, have been welcomed by trade bodies across the hospitality sector.
Customers have been urged to support their local this month by enjoying a pint of low or non-alcohol beer at the pub as 7.8m pints of low and no alcohol beer will be sold this January, but not in pubs, according to the British Beer and Pub Association...
A number of people from the hospitality sector were recognised in the 2022 New Year’s Honours List including a Greene King managing director, chef Angela Maria Hartnett MBE and hotelier Robin Hutson.
Covid measures for nine months of this year have meant Leicestershire-based firm Everards reported an operating loss of £3.4m for the financial year ending September 2021.
The creators of celebrity hangout Dollhouse announce new venue in Leeds, Trust Inns takes on the Moorings and the former Krua Khun Mae Thai restaurant site is up for grabs.
Pubs, bars, and restaurants lost £10,335 on average in the week leading up to Christmas with Christmas Day takings down 60% when compared to 2019, figures from UKHospitality (UKH) have shown.
The Night-Time Industries Association (NTIA) has called for the UK Government to update coronavirus isolation rules once more and adopt a US-style system by reducing the isolation period to five days.
