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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 -9 September
Menu prices see ‘modest’ rise post-lockdown
Operators have increased the price of menu items by 1.5% since lockdown ended, against the prior year, according to the latest piece of monthly analysis from Lumina Intelligence’s Menu Tracker. The average price of a same-line dish in spring/summer 2019 was £9.82. Since lockdown was lifted, however, the average price…
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9 September
UKHospitality slams new PHE targets
UKHospitality has come out against new calorie and salt reduction targets for eating out and takeaways, which were announced by Public Health England yesterday (8 September). The new targets, while voluntary, aim to reduce excessive calories and salts in everyday foods by up to 20% by 2024. The government is…
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8 September
Cheerfy launches new product for hospitality operators
Cheerfy has announced the launch of a new product entitled Cheerfy Shop, which aims to help hospitality operators transform websites into fully-branded e-commerce sites. It also provides operators with at-table order and payment technology. According to the CRM, loyalty and e-commerce solution, the product gives operators “full autonomy” over their…
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8 September
Bosporus to open new London venue
Bosporus, a turkish inspired restaurant is set to open in London’s Leicester Square this September. The restaurant, which was originally founded in Dubai in 2010 by GCS, also has six sites across Abu Dhabi and Egypt. The restaurant gets its name from the Strait, which runs through the centre of…
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8 September
Red Fox & Peacock to open first freehold site
Red Fox and Peacock, formerly known as Lytham Hospitality Group, is to open its first freehold site later this month, a new bar, restaurant and live entertainment venue called Lytham House. The new venture is the latest addition to a portfolio which includes The Queens Hotel, Lytham; The Eagle at…
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8 September
Up to £3.5bn furlough claims fraudulent, says HMRC
Up to £3.5bn in payments from the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme may have been claimed fraudulently or paid in error, according to the HMRC. Jim Harra, HMRC’s permanent secretary, appeared before MPs on the Public Accounts Committee to discuss the tax authority’s estimates that 5-10% of furlough claims have been…
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8 September
Thwaites launches redundancy programme
Thwaites is set to initiate a programme of redundancies in a bid to shore up cash following the crisis. Despite noting that trade has “built steadily” since its estate reopened in July, the pub operator said it has “become very clear in reopening that the visibility we had last year…
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8 September
New Food Hall opens at Squire’s in Wokingham
A new food hall has been opened in Squire’s Garden Centre on Heathlands Road in Wokingham. The space, which was originally occupied by a clothing store, is now being transformed into an eating venue which offers an array of cooked food and cupboard essentials Squires, is a family owned business…
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7 September
60% of mid-sized businesses plan redundancies, BDO finds
More than half (60%) of the UK’s medium-sized businesses are planning redundancies as a result of the Government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme coming to an end in October, according to new research from accountancy and business advisory firm, BDO. BDO’s monthly Rethinking the Economy survey of 500 medium-sized businesses across…
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7 September
The Inn Collection Group acquires Cumbrian Inn
The Inn Collection Group has acquired the Churchill Inn in the Cumbrian town of Ambleside for an undisclosed sum. The coaching Inn features 18 en-suite guest rooms and sits in a five-storey detached property dating back to circa 1854. To the rear of the property there is also a separate…
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