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 -5 January
Restaurant duo banned for £173k tax avoidance
Two brothers who operated a restaurant in South East London are now banned from acting as directors or becoming involved in a company after they failed to pay £173,000 in taxes. Since 2007, Carlos and Fernando De La Cruz Vidal owned Santo Limited, a company which traded as the restaurant…
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4 January
Brewdog and Loungers offer venues as vaccine centres
Brewdog and Loungers have offered their closed venues to the government to help with the roll out of the Covid-19 vaccinations. It comes after Brewdog CEO James Watt tweeted to health secretary Matt Hancock and Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon that the company wanted to “help with a quick roll…
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4 January
Lord Sugar joins legal battle against Caffe Nero CVA
Lord Sugar has allegedly joined forces with billionaire Issa brothers to rally against Caffe Nero’s CVA rescue deal. According to Sky News, the television star is among seven other parties which are said to have issued a landlord led legal challenge against Caffe Nero with the hopes that it will…
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4 January
Pandemic fuels 30,000 restaurant job losses
Almost 30,000 job losses were recorded by the UK’s restaurant and casual dining firms in 2020, according to data compiled by the Centre for Retail Research (CRR). The research also found that redundancies in the industry spiked 163% as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and related restrictions. The job…
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4 January
BAME hospitality workers face ‘pay penalties’
Around one in 12 workers from black, asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds who work in the hospitality sector face significant “pay penalties” compared to white British men, according to Resolution Foundation research. The foundation claimed that BAME workers within the sector suffer penalties that account for age, qualifications, experience,…
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Dec- 2020 -24 December
UKH calls for extra relief amid Boxing Day restrictions
UKHospitality is calling on the government to provide immediate relief measures to save the hospitality sector, following the announcement that six million more people in the east and south east of England are to enter Tier 4 on Boxing Day. This comes after another Covid-19 variant from South Africa was…
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24 December
Sandwell restaurateurs fined after Covid-19 breach
The owners of Nemrut Restaurant Ltd in Lightwoods Road, Sandwell have been fined £200 after they failed to ensure their restaurant complied with Covid-19 safety restrictions. According to local council reports, police in the area were forced to fine the pair after officers “discovered diners inside the restaurant”. This was…
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24 December
BBPA predicts ‘quietest Christmas’ on record
The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has revealed it expects the “quietest Christmas” on record this year for struggling pubs. The BBPA has released figures which showed that over the festive period, 39 million fewer pints and five million fewer Christmas dinners will be enjoyed in pubs from Christmas…
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24 December
Star Pubs launches PCA appeal
Star Pubs and Bars has “lodged an appeal” over the £2m fine it was handed by Fiona Dickie, the Pubs Code Adjudicator (PCA) earlier this year. Dickie deemed in October that the company had “seriously and repeatedly” breached the Pubs Code across a timespan of almost three years. The “game-changer”…
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23 December
Newport restaurant fined for food safety violations
Llys Meddyg, a restaurant in Newport, Pembrokeshire, has been fined £2,100 for a number of offences. The establishment received the fine as a result of food safety violations, the lack of a food hygiene rating display, and for falsely describing food. Problems with the restaurant were first highlighted after an…
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