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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Feb- 2020 -24 February
Calls for new Treasury minister to cut tax on beer sold in pubs
The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) has written to the new chancellor and his Treasury team to call on them to slash tax on beer sold in pubs. With a new chancellor of the Exchequer, chief secretary to the Treasury and Exchequer secretary to the Treasury appointed in the recent…
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24 February
Hospitality insolvencies at highest level in seven years
Insolvencies in the hospitality sector increased by 10.4% in 2019, the highest amount in seven years, according to analysis by real estate adviser Altus Group under the Freedom of Information Act. The Insolvency Service, an agency of The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, paid out a total a…
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21 February
Administrators appointed to MPM Catering Limited
Conrad Pearson and Patrick Lannagan of Mazars, the international accounting and advisory firm, have been appointed as joint administrators of MPM Catering Limited. The company, which trades as Cook Street, operates from leased premises in Shrewsbury and provides high volume mobile catering to public events around the UK. The family-run…
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21 February
Buy & Bite to open third UK restaurant
Buy and Bite will open its third eatery in London after securing a new site in Fitzrovia. Buy and Bite only recently opened its second site on Cowcross Street, Farringdon after originally launching on Paul Street in Shoreditch in 2018. The healthy food concept serves Omurice, fried rice wrapped in…
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21 February
Manchester’s Mr Cooper’s to relaunch as Mount Street Dining Room & Bar
Manchester restaurant Mr Cooper’s has announced it will relaunch later this year as Mount Street Dining Room and Bar. The casual dining restaurant located at The Midlands Hotel in Manchester will be fronted by the hotels executive chef Brian Spark, and will serve “British classics with a twist.” The menu…
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20 February
Michael Caines’ The Coach House forced to close due to ‘structural fault’
The three-AA restaurant The Coach House by Michael Caines has been forced to close indefinitely after a “major infrastructure fault” was found at the hotel in which it is located. The grade II – listed Kentisbury Grange hotel announced the closure on its social media this morning. It said: “We…
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20 February
Pizzaluxe set to open at Manchester Arndale’s Halle Place
M&G Real Estate and intu, joint owners of shopping centre Manchester Arndale, have announced that Pizzaluxe will be joining the line-up at the centre’s casual dining destination, Halle Place. The pizza restaurant has agreed a 2,000 sq ft location on a 10 year lease. Pizzaluxe originally started life as a…
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20 February
Houston and Hawkes appoints David Steel as director of food
Independent business and industry caterer Houston and Hawkes has appointed David Steel as its new director of food. Steel joins from Batlett Mitchell, where he held the position of chef director for business development. In his new role, Steel will help Houston and Hawkes develop food concepts, head up the…
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19 February
Six effective ways to market your restaurant to customers
In running a restaurant, it’s not always enough to rely on just good food and drinks to effectively convince customers to visit your establishment. Sometimes, it takes more specialised strategies to do the job. In this article, we’ll discuss some of these ways to give you a few ideas to…
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19 February
New immigration laws will be ‘disastrous’ for hospitality, says UKH
Kate Nicholls, the CEO of hospitality trade body UK hospitality, has said the government’s proposed pos-brexit immigration laws will be “disastrous” for the sector. The new proposals unveiled by the government today (19 February) are aimed to “urge” employers from moving away from “cheap labour” in favour of investing in…
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