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The latest industry news from the business journalists at Catering Today. We bring you the latest on whatโs happening in the restaurants, bars and catering industry, with exclusive stories, analysis, best practice and industry comment.
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Oct- 2020 -19 October
More than 750,000 hospitality jobs under threat without support
Over 750,000 jobs in the hospitality sector are under threat without government support, according to a survey carried out by leading trade associations. UKHospitality, the British Institute of Innkeeping and the British Beer & Pub Association found 76% of respondents were loss making before the governmentโs tier lockdown system was…
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19 October
Adam Handling appoints new group GM
Adam Handling Restaurant Group (AHRG) has appointed George Hersey as group general manager. Hersey joined the company two years ago and will now oversee all of its sites across London.ย He was previously GM at The Boot Inn before joining Handling and becoming a “key part” of the sustainability initiative…
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19 October
Pret A Manger to axe further 400 jobs
Pret A Manger has announced that it will close a further six branches and make up to 400 more redundancies as the pandemic continues to affect business. The food and coffee chain had previously cut 2,890 jobs and permanently closed 30 sites through a restructuring of the business, it announced…
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16 October
Hospitality sector to stage peaceful protest in Parliament Square
Members of the hospitality industry will converge on Parliament Square to urge the government to revise its policies relating to hospitality venues, both in terms of restrictions and industry-specific support, next Monday. At 10.30am on Monday 19 October, โHospoDemoโ protestors from all corners of the industry will come together to…
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16 October
Dominos reports โstrongโ Q3 performance
Pizza chain Dominos has reported a โstrongโ Q3 sales performance with revenues of ยฃ342.1m, up from ยฃ288.2m the previous year. During the 13 week period ending 27 September, Dominos said that despite Covid-19 restrictions which ceased all collection orders, deliveries increased 11.8% year-on-year bringing in ยฃ12.4m in online orders. The…
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16 October
Fat Duck restaurant shutters for two weeks amid Covid-19 cases
The Fat Duck restaurant has announced a two week voluntary closure after several of its staff members tested positive for coronavirus.ย According to the Guardian, the restaurant in Bray, Berkshire contacted customers who had intended to dine there that the venue had closed with โimmediate effect.โ The Heston Blumenthal-owned restaurant…
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16 October
JD Wetherspoon reports first loss since 1984
JD Wetherspoon has reported a ยฃ105.4m pre-tax loss in the year to 26 July as sales fell due to Covid-19 restrictions, the companyโs first loss since 1984. The pub chain said revenues plunged by 30.6% to ยฃ1.26bn as its pubs were adversely impacted by lockdown. The pre-tax loss includes ยฃ60m…
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15 October
Move to Tier 2 โcatastrophicโ for Londonโs hospitality sector
Placing London in Tier 2 will have disastrous outcomes for the hospitality sector, unless more job support and grants are made available, UKHospitality claims. The trade body has warned that without Tier 3 support for firms currently in Tier 2 the industry will face widespread job losses in weeks. The…
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15 October
Marstonโs warns โ2150 jobs at riskโ amid new restrictions
Marstonโs pub group is preparing to lay off 2150 staff members as a result of the new three-tiered lockdown system.ย The company said that since the first lockdown was lifted 10,000 staff members have beenย able return to work, however because of new restrictions imposed this week 2150 pub-based roles…
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15 October
London to move to Tier 2
London and Essex will face tougher Tier 2 Covid-19 restrictions from Saturday (17 October), including a ban on the mixing of households, local MPs have been told. According to the BBC, health secretary Matt Hancock is set to update MPs on the latest measures in the Commons later today. Under…
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