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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Jun- 2020 -4 June
Young’s plans reopening amid ‘impacted’ sales
Young’s saw its profit slump 11.3% in the year ended 30 March 2020, after the pandemic had a “significant impact” on its full-year results. The pub operator said that lockdown had a “disproportionate” impact on profits, estimated to be £7.7m due to the “limited opportunity” for mitigating actions. In addition,…
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3 June
Hiring continues to slowdown in as hospitality jobs and applications drop
Hiring has continued to slow down in the hospitality industry last month, with job vacancies dropping by 49.5% month-on-month, according to the latest job market data from CV-Library. The study looks at job market data throughout May and compares this with figures from the previous month (April 2020) and year…
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3 June
Yorkshire Tea becomes 100% carbon neutral
Yorkshire Tea has announced that all of its products have now become 100% Carbon Neutral, “from field to shelf”. The brand spent five years working on projects directly within its supply chain to benefit communities and help balance and reduce its carbon footprint. The brand’s journey to Carbon Neutrality began…
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3 June
Frankie and Benny’s to close ‘large number’ of sites
The Restaurant Group has reportedly told staff that a “large number” of Frankie and Benny’s sites will not reopen when lockdown lifts. According to an email seen by the BBC, the owners of the casual dining chain said that many sites are “no longer viable to trade and will remain…
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3 June
Pan Pacific London appoints Bake Off: The Professionals judge as exec pastry chef
Pan Pacific London has announced the appointment of Channel 4’s Bake Off: The Professionals judge, Cherish Finden, as executive pastry chef. Finden has over 30 years of international experience and will be responsible for creating the hotel’s entire pastry collection. She takes the role following a stint as creative development…
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3 June
Social distancing will end the restaurant as we know it
Overall, the UK government deserves praise for providing swift financial support to small businesses. Here at Bia Rebel we have availed ourselves of that support and in an attempt to keep our staff and customers safe we stayed closed. However, now that restrictions are being eased somewhat and everyone is…
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2 June
Anti-Covid measures a necessity for majority of guests returning to pubs and restaurants
A majority of people want to see social distancing and sanitisation measures “overtly put in place” before then they will be comfortable to return to pubs and restaurants, new data has revealed. It comes after Service Monitor hosted an online focus group with a cross section of frequent pub and…
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2 June
Hospitality trade bodies welcome FCA action
Leading hospitality bodies across the UK have issued a joint statement that “strongly” welcomes action the FCA has taken against insurers. It comes as the FCA yesterday (1 June) announced that eight leading insurers would be called upon to join a test case in the commercial court in order to…
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2 June
KFC reopens 700 sites across UK & Ireland
KFC has revealed it has reopened 700 of its restaurants across the UK and Ireland amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The fried chicken chain temporarily closed all of its 950 sites in March as a result of the Covid-19 lockdown. However, the restaurant confirmed in a social media post that over…
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1 June
Trade associations welcome evolution of furlough scheme
Hospitality trade associations have welcomed the “pragmatic” evolution of the governments furlough scheme announced by the chancellor. The new updates set out how employers will have to start sharing the cost of the scheme which will see employers pay National Insurance and pension contributions from August, then 10% of pay…
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