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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Oct- 2018 -29 October
Autumn Budget 2018: Business rates cut for SMEs and new digital services tax
Chancellor Philip Hammond has confirmed plans to give smaller retailers a 33% cut to business rates and introduced a new digital services tax for companies with at least £500m in global revenue. The reduction in rates will take place over the next two years and is expected to save businesses…
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29 October
Patisserie Valerie CFO resigns amid fraud investigation
The chief financial officer of crisis-hit cafe chain Patisserie Valerie has announced his resignation with immediate effect. On 9 October, Chris Marsh was suspended by the company after its directors discovered “accounting irregularities” and investigated potentially fraudulent activity. The company found that it had an unpaid tax bill of £1.14m…
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29 October
New head chef at The Cavendish Hotel
The Cavendish Hotel, at Baslow on the Chatsworth Estate has appointed Adam Harper as head chef.A graduate of Derby University, Adam’s apprenticeship course resulted in a position as comis chef at the Michelin starred Fischer’s in Baslow. Then after writing to a number of world renowned chefs, he received a…
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29 October
Manchester Mayor asks restaurants to add £1 to all bills to support the homeless
Manchester mayor Andy Burnham has said he wants to see restaurants add £1 to all bills until the new year to support homelessness charity StreetSmart. The initiative would see restaurants adding the discretionary amount to every bill throughout November and December. The money raised will go to Burnham’s own Greater…
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29 October
Profits at top 100 UK restaurant groups plunge 80% to £37m in a year
The total pre-tax profits at the UK’s top 100 restaurants have plummeted by 80% in the last year to £37m, down from £194m 12 months ago according to accounting firm UHY Hacker Young. The drop means that pre-tax profits at the UK’s top 100 restaurant groups have fallen 89% from…
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26 October
C&C Group settles Matthew Clark and Bibendum £160m debt
C&C Group, the drinks company which bought Matthew Clark and Bibendum out of administration, has paid off £160m of the drinks distributor’s debt. C&C Group acquired the company in April after its former parent company Conviviality issued a profit warning following the discovery of a £30m unpaid tax bill. In…
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26 October
Hospitality sector reaches £102bn value in 2018
The UK hospitality sector has reached a total annual turnover of £102bn and a year-on-year growth of 4%, according to new Office for National Statistics (ONS) data published earlier this month. The data represents the first time that all businesses in the ‘Accommodation and Food Services Activities’ category have turned…
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26 October
Berenjak becomes Soho’s first Iranian restaurant
Berenjak has become the first Iranian restaurant in London’s Soho area after it opened this week. The restaurant will open on Romilly Street, with Kian Samyani who had been working at JKS Restaurants’ Brigadiers in the City, taking the role of head chef. The chef had previously worked alongside Karam…
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26 October
Galvin Brasserie de Luxe appoints new head chef
Galvin Brasserie de Luxe, situated in the Waldorf Astoria Edinburgh – The Caledonian, has appointed Andrew Logie as its new head chef. Originally joining the team at the upmarket brasserie as a demi chef in 2013, Logie has worked his way through the ranks to take on the role of…
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25 October
Scofflaw announces ‘war’ on ‘rogue British PR’ who sent Donald Trump press release
US brewer Scofflaw has announced “war” on British firm Frank PR after it sent a “rogue” press release which claimed to offer free beer for “Trump supporters”. In a statement released to Catering Today this afternoon, headlined ‘US beer brand Scofflaw goes to war after Trump fiasco’, the brewer said…
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