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The latest industry news from the business journalists at Catering Today. We bring you the latest on what’s happening in the restaurants, bars and catering industry, with exclusive stories, analysis, best practice and industry comment.
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Sep- 2020 -15 September
JD Wetherspoon confirms 66 staff Covid cases but insists pubs are ‘low risk’
Pub chain JD Wetherspoon has confirmed 66 of its 41,000 members of staff have tested positive for Covid-19, but insists its pubs remain safe for customers. In a statement published on Monday (14 September), Wetherspoon reported an estimated 32 million visitors to its 861 establishments in the 10 weeks beginning…
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15 September
D&D London’s Klosterhaus restaurant to open in October
D&D London announced that its new restaurant at Cabot Circus, Klosterhaus, will open on Friday 2 October. The restaurant has been developed within the landmark 18th Century grade 1 listed Quakers Friars building, a short walk from Cabot Circus. The restaurant, bar and outdoor terraces will be open all day…
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15 September
Government must act to stop landlord bloodbath, says UKHospitality
UKHospitality (UKH) has written to the government warning that failure to immediately act to solve the rent crisis will result in a ‘‘bloodbath’’ of job losses and business failures. Hospitality businesses have been shielded from eviction over the last six months through the lease forfeiture and debt enforcement moratoria, which…
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15 September
Domino’s Pizza to make 5,000 new hires
Domino’s Pizza has announced that it will make 5,000 new hires after the takeaway chain saw sales increase 5.5% during the first quarter of 2020. Up to 1,000 of these new jobs will be apprenticeship positions under the Government’s new Kickstart scheme. The scheme allows for employers to create new…
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14 September
Nando’s joins Deliveroo for nationwide delivery rollout
Nando’s has begun an “exclusive new partnership” with Deliveroo which makes 360 of the chain’s restaurants across the UK and Ireland available for online delivery orders. Previously, only 180 of the chain’s restaurants in the UK and Ireland had been available for delivery. As part of the new ‘brought to…
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14 September
The Big Table appoints Mike Tye as chairman of The Big Table
The Big Table, which was recently formed to acquire and operate the Bella Italia, Café Rouge and Las Iguanas restaurant brands, has appointed Mike Tye as its non-executive chairman. With “extensive” board-level experience across the out-of-home food and drink market, the company said Tye will work closely with Epiris, the…
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14 September
700,000 jobs at risk as end of furlough scheme draws near
Over 700,000 employees are at risk of being made redundant in the second half of 2020, research from Institute for Employment Studies (IES) has revealed. IES estimates that some 650 thousand redundancies are expected in the second half of 2020, with 445 thousand redundancies in the three months between July…
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14 September
A quarter of licensed premises yet to reopen
Nearly a quarter of licensed premises were yet to reopen at the end of August, according to the latest market recovery monitor from CGA and AlixPartners. Its latest data found that the London market was “particularly slow” to recover, while only 76.3% of sites have returned to trading since the…
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14 September
Thousands of pubs could be hit with £800m business rates bill
A business rates bill of £800m could be the ‘‘last straw’’ for pubs in the UK, according to The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA). The trade association explained today (14 September) that should the specific relief from the government’s Business Rates Review end as planned in March 2021, pubs…
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11 September
New industry group warns Scottish gov to shut down rogue operators
A new body representing many of Scotland’s restaurant and bar owners has called on the Scottish Government to “immediately shut down” licensed premises which flout social distancing regulations. The newly-formed Scottish Hospitality Group (SHG) comprises many of the country’s largest and best-known restaurant and bar businesses, including The DRG Group,…
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