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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Jan- 2021 -20 January
CFL calls for food college to boost London culinary training
Centre for London (CFL) has called for the creation of a college of food to boost the capital’s strengths as a centre of culinary research, development and innovation. The college would help develop capacities, “scope out” consumer trends, assess the impact of innovative approaches to sourcing or hospitality management as…
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20 January
UKH calls for business rates holiday and VAT cut extension
UKHospitality (UKH) has written to the chancellor calling for an additional support package to accelerate the sector’s revival in 2021. The trade organisation asked the government to consider enacting further business rates holiday for hospitality businesses and an extension of the VAT cut to 5% for a further 12 months,…
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19 January
Food trends accelerated by Covid-19 could cause ‘fundamental shift’
The effects of Covid-19 have caused an “acceleration in foodservice trends which are set to continue long after the pandemic”, according to a new report. ‘Foodservice Trends 2021 and Beyond’ points to some of the “new and innovative” ways in which operators have reached their customer base, and examines how…
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19 January
Deliveroo onboards Next CEO as non-executive director
Deliveroo has appointed the CEO of Next, Simon Wolfson, to its board as a non-executive director. The online delivery service which has forecasted an increase in growth in 2021, revealed that Wolfson started his role this week – working alongside Claudia Arney the company’s first chair. The onboarding of the…
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19 January
Greene King to launch Covid-19 emergency funds for staff
Greene King has announced it will be launching its second Covid-19 emergency support fund to help its team members during the third lockdown. The new Team Member Support Fund follows the first fund which ran from March to June last year, in which the pub group donated £650,000 in grants…
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19 January
Sunak looks to raise corporation tax in March budget
Chancellor Rishi Sunak is reportedly looking to raise corporation tax in the upcoming March budget to pay off the estimated £400bn borrowed by the UK throughout the pandemic. According to The Financial Times, the alleged move has sparked uproar among business owners who claim they are still struggling with the economic impact of Covid-19. However, it…
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19 January
Prezzo’s chair joins Build Back Better Council
Karen Jones, the executive chair of Prezzo, will represent the hospitality industry on the government’s new Build Back Better Council. The new business council will be co-chaired by the prime minister and chancellor, with the business secretary as a standing member and other cabinet ministers attending as required. Jones is…
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18 January
Sacha Lord calls for hospitality to reopen alongside non-essential retail
Sacha Lord, Greater Manchester’s night time economy advisor, has claimed that hospitality “must reopen” alongside non-essential retail as part of a return to the Covid-19 tiered system. The comment came in response to Dominc Raab’s confirmation on the BBC’s The Andrew Marr Show that a phased transition out of national…
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18 January
Greene King to rename pubs over racism links
Greene King has announced it will rename four pubs in its estate whose names have racist connotations, and will shortly be holding community votes on new names. The pub company and brewer will rename three pubs currently called The Black Boy, in Bury St Edmunds, Sudbury and Shinfield, as well…
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18 January
Nottinghamshire pub fined for Covid breach
A Nottinghamshire pub has been fined after police found four individuals sat around a table drinking and watching television with a member of staff. Local police said they visited The Plough Inn on 13 January in Cropwell Butler where they found the pub open and to be serving alcohol. Officers…
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