A third of hospitality businesses plan to reduce opening hours over Christmas as they face a shortage of applicants for vacancies, according to UKHospitality, while 32% have already been forced to reduce their opening hours. In addition, it was also revealed that more than a third of businesses (35%) plan…
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The latest news and updates on the business of foodservice, from the business journalists at Catering Today. We bring you the latest on what’s happening in the restaurants, bars and catering industry, with exclusive stories, analysis, best practice and industry comment.
Lexington Catering has announced a partnership with food platform Sessions, which collaborates with chefs to deliver “diverse” flavours, techniques and cuisines. This partnership will allow Lexington clients to access a stable of independent food brands. The brands available include a variety of food choices ranging from sustainably sourced burgers, homemade…
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Elior has announced that Jo-Anne Robertson has been promoted to managing director of its education and healthcare division. Robertson joined Elior UK in 2008 as the operational and business lead for the defence multi-activity contracts in the south of England and was promoted in 2018 to managing director for Elior…
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Recent analysis from UKHospitality has found the sector could lose up to £1.5bn due to upcoming rail strikes, similar to the level of disruption caused by the Omicron variant of Covid last year. The group said hospitality businesses have “already seen large-scale cancellations, which are unlikely to be rescheduled, and…
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Restaurant company insolvencies have increased by 59% over the past year, rising from 984 in 2020/21 to 1,567 in 2021/22, according to Mazars. In the last three months alone, the number of restaurant companies becoming insolvent rose by 15% to 453, up from 395 the previous quarter. It comes as…
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The CGA food price index has continued to rise with food price inflation hitting 19.9% for October 2022, making it nine consecutive months of double digit inflation. Core hospitality products like meat, fish, vegetables and fruit are now all in the 16%-to-19% range year-on-year. Food in total climbed a further…
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Sales in October 2022 for restaurants, pubs and bars rose by 1.5% when compared with October 2022, according to the latest data from CGA. Sales were also 4.3% higher than October 2019. This is the ninth month in a row that sales have been higher than pre-Covid comparatives. However, with…
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Hospitality businesses are more likely to cut trading hours in an attempt to cut energy costs, according to the ONS Business Insights and Conditions Survey (BICS). More than one in five hospitality businesses that were still trading in October 2022 reported that they had reduced trading hours while keeping the…
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Hospitality businesses will face a £3.6bn bill next April if business rates increase in line with inflation and current relief is ended, a business rates increase of £900m, on top of the £2.7bn the sector currently pays. Ahead of the Autumn Statement this week, UKHospitality CEO Kate Nicholls is urging…
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The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has called on the chancellor to reconsider freezing beer duty to help keep the cost of a pint affordable this Christmas in an open letter ahead of the chancellor’s autumn statement. It is reported that the letter highlighted that the average costs for…
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