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 -12 October
Hospitality coalition calls on PM to keep VAT at 12.5%
A coalition of the country’s hospitality and tourism trade and membership bodies has called on the prime minister to keep VAT low for businesses in their sectors. Co-ordinated by UK Hospitality, the letter argues that keeping VAT at its current rate of 12.5% for these sectors will help to “accelerate…
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12 October
Sustainability-focused restaurant Kindle opens in Cardiff
Kindle has announced the opening of a sustainability-focused independent restaurant in Cardiff city centre, following a two-year process of fundraising, planning and renovation. In an effort to make the restaurant entirely sustainable, the owners revealed they worked closely with Object Space Place (OSP), an interior architecture and design company with…
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12 October
Star Pubs and Bars to help tenants capitalise on cocktail sales
Star Pubs and Bars has launched a free cocktail menu builder to help its leased and tenanted licensees capitalise on a post lockdown boom in cocktail sales and aid their pandemic recovery. Data from the group’s Just Add Talent (JAT) managed operator pubs revealed that cocktail sales have doubled since…
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11 October
Fallow to open permanent site in St James’s
The owners of Fallow, including chefs Will Murray and Jack Croft, alongside chairman James Robson, have announced that their restaurant will be moving to a permanent site in London’s St James’s Market this November. Fallow was originally launched as a 12-week pop-up in March 2020 at 10 Heddon Street, The…
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11 October
Brakspear records 45% drop in turnover as pandemic impact continues
J T Davies and Sons, the parent company for Henley-based pub operator Brakspear, has announced it is still being impacted from Covid-19 with turnover falling 45% to £19.4m for the year ending 27 December 2020. It also revealed a reported loss before tax of £221k for 2020, a decline of…
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11 October
Daily meat consumption in UK drops by 17%
Daily meat consumption in the UK has decreased by just under 17% in the last decade, according to new research from the University of Oxford. However, this reduction is significantly less than the 30% reduction the National Food Strategy has recently called for within the next 10 years. The analysis…
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11 October
Burger King UK to debut on stock market for £600m
Burger King UK is reportedly set to debut on the London Stock Exchange for roughly £600m, according to The Times. The fast-food chain company, which is owned by the private equity firm Bridgepoint, is understood to be in ongoing discussions with bankers from Investec and Numis in a bid to…
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8 October
NI hospitality social distancing requirements removed
The legal requirement for social distancing in bars and restaurants is to be removed in Northern Ireland from 31 October. The new rules mean people will be able to move around pubs and restaurants and eat and drink while standing up. Nightclubs are also set to reopen, with legal restrictions…
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8 October
Just Eat launches new service for hybrid workers
Just Eat has launched Just Eat Pay in the UK, a new employee benefit service for businesses across the UK through its corporate arm, Just Eat for Business. The new solution acts as an online canteen, allowing small, medium and large businesses to provide employees with a daily or monthly…
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8 October
SA Brain and Co to sell off 99 pubs for £87.3m
SA Brain and Co has brought to market its portfolio of 99 pubs in Wales with initial offers invited in excess of £87.3m. Comprising 93 freehold and six long leasehold properties, the full portfolio is currently let to Marston’s Estates Ltd on 25-year leases. Real estate advisor Avison Young was…
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