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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Dec- 2021 -15 December
Ugly Dumpling to open new Fitzrovia restaurant
Ugly Dumpling has announced it will open a brand new restaurant in Fitzrovia on 4 January 2022. It also revealed that to celebrate the launch and mark veganuary, it has created a limited-edition vegan cheeseburger dumpling exclusively for the new site. From traditional Asian fillings to modern Western flavours, Ugly…
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14 December
‘Plan B’ to add additional pressure to hospitality sector, CGA warns
The new ‘Plan B’ restrictions imposed by the government are likely to hit consumer spending over the festive period and “pile additional operational pressures on businesses”, according to the latest Business Confidence Survey from CGA and Fourth. Prior to the government’s Plan B announcement, some two in three (66%) hospitality…
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14 December
Buzzworks turns to Tiktok for recruitment Campaign
With the hospitality industry continuing to struggle to recruit across the UK, a Scottish independent bar and restaurant operator has taken to social media platform Tiktok in an attempt to recruit new staff. Buzzworks Holdings, headquartered in Kilmarnock, launched a new campaign in late October, attempting to utilise the social…
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14 December
Red Oak Taverns acquires eight pub estates in Bristol
Red Oak Taverns has announced it has completed an acquisition of eight free of tie pubs in Bristol from Euphorium Pubs Limited for an undisclosed sum. This marks the group’s fifth portfolio acquisition this year, with the independent pub operator growing its estate to 208 pubs operating on a range…
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14 December
UKHospitality launches partnership with Dettol
UKHospitality has launched a partnership with Reckitt’s Dettol Pro Solutions in a bid to restore consumer confidence in the hospitality sector in the wake of the pandemic. Dettol has already partnered in the UK with prominent brands such as Hilton hotels, British Airways and Avis Budget Group. It revealed the…
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13 December
Catering towards change
Humdingers Catering began with a vision to bring unpretentious but delicious food to as many people as possible. Based on Hoxton Street, the business consists of Humdingers Catering and Humdingers Bakery and Soup Kitchen. The latter venture was launched as a social enterprise during the pandemic. Despite the negative effects…
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13 December
Oakman plans further sites amid sales boost
The Oakman Group has unveiled details of further expansion plans, with plans to open 70 sites by June 2026, having welcomed a period of sales growth in its latest trading update. The pub group delivered sales of just over £26m in the 21 weeks ended 5 December, having reported a…
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13 December
Prospect Pubs’ The Cambria to undergo £600k refurb
Multiple operator Prospect Pubs and Bars has taken on the lease of The Cambria in Camberwell and is undertaking a £600,000+ upgrade of the pub with Star Pubs and Bars. It is the third Star Pubs and Bars pub that Prospect Pubs and Bars has taken on in 16 months,…
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13 December
Mercato Metropolitano MD to step down
Mercato Metropolitano has announced Amedeo Claris is to step down as managing director. Mercato operates a number of community street food markets with three sites in London with plans to open a European flagship in Berlin next year. According to the group, Claris is leaving to take up a new…
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13 December
Drinks sales dip for second consecutive week, CGA finds
Britain’s drinks sales have fallen short of pre-pandemic levels for the second week in a row, as average sales by value in managed pubs, bars and restaurants in the week to last Saturday (4 December) were 14% down on the same week in 2019, CGA’s Drinks Recovery Tracker shows. Drinks…
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