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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Oct- 2021 -26 October
Nightcap PLC to open three new London Cocktail Club sites
Nightcap PLC has announced the openings for its three new London Cocktail Club sites in November 2021. The new sites will be based in Bristol, Reading and Central London, ahead of the company’s planned opening schedule and in time for the Christmas trading period. The new 3,500 square feet site…
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26 October
Big Table Group to open 50 new sites adding 1,250 jobs
The Big Table Group has announced its intention to open 50 new restaurants over the next three years, investing in excess of £50m and creating 1,250 new jobs in the process. The group, which owns Bella Italia, Las Iguanas and Cafe Rouge, claimed its new ambitions will take the estate…
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25 October
Over 200 CEOs sign letter urging chancellor to permanently keep 12.5% VAT
Over 200 chief executives of the UK pubs, bars, restaurants, cafés, hotels, leisure parks, nightclubs, entertainment venues, and visitor attractions have signed a letter to the chancellor urging for a permanent cut to VAT. Ahead of his Budget next Wednesday (27 October), industry leaders have called for a permanent reduced…
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25 October
Northern Ireland’s On Premise drink sales increase by 24%
On Premise Measurement Service’s sales by value jumped by 24% in Northern Ireland between June and August 2021, revealed CGA’s latest research. The market was reportedly driven by spirits in particular, with sales growing 36% as customers “celebrated” the reopening of the On Premise with cocktails and shots. There was…
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25 October
Delivery and takeaway sales 130% higher than in 2019
September’s combined delivery and takeaway sales are 130% higher than in September 2019, when businesses were trading as normal; and 35% higher than in 2020, when they were operating under Covid restrictions, according to the latest data from the CGA. CGA said that Britain’s leading managed restaurant and pub groups…
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22 October
Delivery and takeaway sales increase 130%, CGA reveals
Britain’s leading managed restaurant and pub groups more than doubled their delivery and takeaway sales from pre-pandemic levels in September, CGA and Slerp Hospitality at Home Tracker revealed. The combined sales were 130% higher than in September 2019 when businesses were trading as normal. They were also 35% higher than…
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22 October
Crust Bros confirms third site in Balham next year
Crust Bros, London’s award-winning pizza restaurant, has announced the launch of its third site on Hildreth Street in Balham early next year. Balham will be the third opening from managing director Joe Moore, who opened Crust Bros’ first site in Waterloo in 2017, followed by the second site at Sambrook’s…
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22 October
Chef Niall Keating to open Lunar dining experience
The Great British Experience Company has announced that in partnership with Chef Niall Keating they will be opening a new, modern dining experience, Lunar at Wedgwood. Although Keating will oversee Lunar, day to day the kitchen will be run by his head chef, Craig Lunn. His cooking style, inspired by…
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22 October
Compass announces launch of Compass Group academy
Compass has announced the launch of the Compass Group academy, and the appointment of Chris Moore as its managing director. The Academy, a multi-million pound investment designed to develop much needed skills in the hospitality industry, with a focus on supporting young people from disadvantaged areas to “build careers in…
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21 October
Leon names new head of acquisition
Fast-food brand Leon has announced the appointment of Beth Emmens as its new head of acquisitions. Emmens will be leading the charge in the continued search for the “best” sites and locations in the UK for Leon’s expansion. She will be “strengthening Leon’s existing relationships” and is “keen to hear”…
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