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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Aug- 2020 -13 August
Hospitality sector urged to support customer tracing schemes
UKHospitality (UKH) has “reiterated” the importance of hospitality businesses to playing their part in supporting the test and trace schemes across the UK. The trade association’s recent member survey results showed that the vast majority of businesses (more than nine out of 10) are taking appropriate measures to record customer…
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13 August
Burger King joins Uber Eats platform
High street favourite Burger King has joined the Uber Eats app, as it looks to increase the availability of its flame-grilled burgers. Burger King is now available on the Uber Eats app in 200 locations in towns and cities across the UK, including London, Birmingham, Leeds, Nottingham, Bristol, Glasgow and…
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13 August
SIBA backs reverse tax rise petition
A petition launched earlier this week, which calls on the government to reverse the proposed tax rise for small independent breweries, has received over 7,000 signatures in its first 24 hours. The petition was launched by Jack Hobday, one of the founders of Anspach and Hobday Brewery in Bermondsey, which…
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13 August
Hospitality sales halve in July
Managed pub, restaurant and bars saw total July sales down 50.4% against the year before, according to the latest data from CGA’s Coffer Peach Business Tracker. While the overall market reported trading that was “well below” July 2019 levels, the London market “struggled” the most, with London trading down 58.3%…
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12 August
HRC Show given green light for March 2021
The ‘Hotel, Restaurant & Catering Show’ (HRC) has been given the green light to go ahead next year between the 22 – 24 March 2021, after both the government and ExCeL London announced a lifting of restrictions from 1 October this year. Previously known as Hotelympia, the show returned to…
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12 August
Manchester pubs flouting guidance, undercover report finds
Pubs and bars in a Manchester borough are ignoring Covid-19 guidance and potentially endangering customers, an undercover Sky News investigation has found. A team of undercover reporters posed as walk-in customers at a range of pubs and bars in a Greater Manchester suburb, and discovered the majority of sites were…
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12 August
UK in recession following 20% GDP slump
The UK economy has entered into a “technical recession” following a “record” fall in gross domestic product (GDP) during the second quarter of the year. According to the Office for National Statistics, GDP slumped by 20.4% between April and June 2020, compared with the 2.2% drop seen during Q1 2020…
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12 August
Haidilao chooses Bullring for first restaurant outside London
Hot pot restaurant chain, Haidilao, has selected the Bullring Birmingham or its first site in the UK outside of London. The 8,073sq ft restaurant will join Brown’s and Wagamama in St Martin’s Square, and is set to launch in early 2021. Founded in 1994 in China’s Sichuan Province, Haidilao now…
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11 August
UKH calls for investigation into hospitality energy market
UKHospitality has written to the energy minister Kwasi Kwarteng calling on the Government and watchdog Ofgem to investigate unfair practices in the energy market. The trade body said it has been contacted by hospitality businesses with evidence that they are being “unfairly targeted” by energy firms. UKHospitality chief executive Kate…
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11 August
10.5 million meals claimed under ‘Eat Out to Help Out’ scheme
Some 10,540,394 million meals have been claimed under the ‘Eat Out to Help Out’ scheme, according to new research from HMRC. Will Broome, founder and CEO of retail tech firm Ubamarket, said that with 83,068 restaurants now having signed up to the scheme the figures from the first week are…
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