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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Nov- 2020 -6 November
Job security concerns rise among hospitality workers
Concerns over job security are growing among hospitality’s frontline workers, according to CGA and CPL Learning Hospitality’s ‘Hospitality Professionals’ panel. According to the snap survey, almost three quarters (72%) of respondents were either very concerned (39%) or slightly concerned (33%) about their short-term job security. This renewed anxiety comes ahead…
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6 November
Papa John’s revenues surge 17% in Q3
Papa John’s has announced that total group revenue increased 17.1% to $472m (£360.4m) in the third quarter ended 27 September, compared with $403m (£307.6m) in 2019. Pre-tax income rose to $20.8m (£15.9m) in Q3 from $678,000 (£516,324) last year, attributed to an increase in demand during the global pandemic. In…
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5 November
Chancellor extends furlough scheme to March
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced that the furlough scheme will be extended until the end of March, amid increased measures for business support as the UK enters a four-week lockdown. Payments are set to remain at 80% of employee’s wages. It comes as the chancellor said that it was “right…
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5 November
Do & Co to axe over a 1,000 jobs
The Unite union has claimed more than 1,000 catering jobs at Do & Co, Heathrow’s largest caterer, are at risk. The union said the catering company, which serves British Airways, is making 1,068 staff redundant, bringing its total to 1,377 job losses, since the pandemic started. Just 507 staff will…
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5 November
Marston’s reduces rent rates by 10%
Marston’s has announced that it will reduce rent for its tied tenants and leaseholders by 10% in a bid to support tenancies during the pandemic. The reduction in rates will last the entire period that England is in lockdown (5 November to 2 December). Marston’s has provided aid throughout the…
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5 November
Star Pubs and Bars offers licensees 100% rent concessions
Star Pubs and Bars has announced it is offering its licensees 100% rent concessions, in a bid to support its tenanted pubs through England’s second lockdown of this year. The group is to offer zero rent entirely for all its pubs on core leased and tenanted agreements during the four…
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5 November
Mercato Metropolitano reopens after forced closure
Mercato Metropolitano, a street market based in South London, has reopened after being forced to close by police on 2 November. Earlier in the week, police temporarily shut the popular food destination a few days before England’s second national lockdown after customers were seven minutes late to leave the venue.…
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4 November
Trade bodies call for plan to secure future of industry and its supply chain
Trade bodies representing the UK’s hospitality, pubs and their supply chain businesses have called on the government to provide a six-month investment plan to secure the future of those sectors. In a letter to the chancellor, UKHospitality, the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA), British Institute of Innkeeping (BII), Campaign…
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4 November
Camino co-founders secure rescue deal
Camino, a Spanish tapas restaurant and bar group, has been acquired out of administration by its former founders through a newly created holding company, saving 77 jobs in the process. Camino Trading Limited was recently created by Camino co-founders Nigel Foster and Richard Bigg, who now own the entirety of…
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4 November
Zizzi’s in Bristol forced to close after alleged Covid-19 breach
A Zizzi restaurant near Bristol was forced to close by police as the authorities investigated an alleged report that staff were ordered to come into work while awaiting coronavirus test results. According to the Guardian, the chain restaurant in Clifton village closed on Thursday, 29 October after staff reported the…
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