News
The News section on Catering Today delivers the latest updates and developments across the UK hospitality and catering industry. Covering restaurants, pubs, quick service brands, and catering groups, it reports on company announcements, market performance, government policy, and sector-wide trends. With a focus on commercial and operational impact, Catering Today’s news coverage keeps hospitality professionals informed of the events and decisions shaping business conditions and strategic opportunities across the sector.
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Nov- 2025 -27 November
Uile-bheist Brewery in Inverness appoints new head brewer
Uile-bheist Brewery in Inverness has announced the appointment of Charlotte Cook as its new head brewer, as it aims to expand the site’s profile as a destination for visitors and local drinkers. Cook, who began her career at Brewdog, replaces former head brewer Lukas Pretzer, who has returned to Germany…
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27 November
Hospitality warns of ‘mounting pressures’ amid Budget measures
Hospitality and high street groups have warned that the autumn Budget announcement will place renewed pressure on pubs, restaurants, night-time venues and accommodation providers, despite the government confirming a 5p reduction in the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure business rates multiplier. Industry bodies said wage increases, tax measures and steep rises…
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26 November
BUDGET: Income tax bands frozen, minimum wage to increase, NI-exempt pension threshold scrapped
Income tax and NI thresholds will be frozen while the minimum wage will rise by 50p from April 2026, the chancellor Rachel Reeves said in her Autumn Budget statement today. Reeves announced a series of tax changes in other areas, including salary-sacrificed NI contributions on pensions, as part of measures…
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26 November
German Doner Kebab to open at Skelton Lake Services in December
German Doner Kebab is to open a restaurant at Skelton Lake Services in December, extending the chain’s motorway footprint and creating about 30 jobs at one of Yorkshire’s busiest roadside stops. The site will be the company’s fifth within the Extra Motorway Service Area network, joining restaurants in Baldock, Cambridge…
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26 November
Wingstop opens first Northampton site amid UK expansion
Wingstop UKI has opened its first restaurant in Northampton, adding a new site to its expanding estate across the UK. The 2,643 sq ft venue is in the centre of the town’s main shopping district and seats 65 diners. It offers the chain’s menu of cooked-to-order wings, tenders and burgers,…
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26 November
Cotswolds Distillery founder named Distillers’ Company master
Cotswolds Distillery founder Daniel Szor has been installed as the 378th master of the Worshipful Company of Distillers, the City of London livery company established in 1638 to support excellence in the spirits industry. Szor became a freeman of the company in 2015 and a liveryman the following year, joining…
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26 November
Hospitality faces £1.4bn in extra wage costs from April 2026, UKH warns
Hospitality businesses face about £1.4bn in additional wage costs from April 2026 following new increases to statutory pay rates, according to industry body UKHospitality. The organisation said the rises make full business rates reform “critical” for the sector ahead of today’s Budget announcement. It comes as the government confirmed that…
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25 November
Marston’s profits soar 70% to £72m in FY25
Marston’s has seen full-year pre-tax profits soar by 71% to £72.1m, up from £42.1m the prior year, as like-for-like sales growth and format roll-outs helped offset the impact of earlier pub disposals.Total revenues were broadly flat at £897.9m, while like-for-like sales increased by 1.6%, compared with 4.8% last year, with…
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25 November
Hawksmoor opens new restaurant at refurbished St Pancras London Hotel
Hawksmoor has opened its eighth London restaurant following a 10-week refurbishment of the St Pancras London Hotel carried out by interior architecture studio Macaulay Sinclair. The Grade I listed building – originally designed by Victorian Gothic Revival architect Sir George Gilbert Scott – was first used as the coffee room…
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25 November
Sticks’n’Sushi appoints new chief people officer
Sticks’n’Sushi has announced the appointment of Karl Jolly to the role of chief people officer, as the Danish restaurant group prepares for further expansion across the UK and mainland Europe. Jolly returns to the business after three years at New World Trading Company, where he was people director supporting more…
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