Sports
This coverage explores how major sporting events and trends influence the UK hospitality and foodservice trade, with updates on pub screenings, event-led menu offers, and operational planning during peak fixtures. Hospitality professionals can follow insights into staffing requirements, consumer spending patterns, and partnerships between operators, venues, and brands. Coverage also examines the commercial opportunities and challenges for pubs, bars, restaurants, and caterers during sporting seasons and tournaments.
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Dec- 2025 -10 DecemberFood and Drink
Mulligans to open new sports and games venue in Romford
Mulligans will open a new sports and games venue at the Brewery Shopping Centre in Romford tomorrow (11 December), following a six-figure investment by parent firm Adventure Leisure. The company is taking over the former Bunkers unit and plans to introduce a mix of gaming attractions and live sport. The…
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1 DecemberPubs and Bars
Star completes £750k refurb of long-shut Waddington pub
Star Pubs has expanded its managed operator estate to 220 pubs after completing a £750k refurbishment of the Horse and Jockey in Waddington, its largest Just Add Talent (JAT) project of 2025. The Grade II-listed site had been shut since 2018. The scheme is one of four major JAT conversions…
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Nov- 2025 -20 NovemberPubs and Bars
Proper Pubs invests over £1m in three community pubs
Three pubs across Bournemouth, Uttoxeter and Pontefract have reopened following a combined investment of more than £1m by Proper Pubs, the community-led division of Admiral Taverns. The Athelstan Arms, the Steeplechase and the Travellers Rest relaunched between 30 October and 7 November after extensive refurbishment work that aimed to modernise facilities…
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18 NovemberCatering Companies
Fosters Events extends contract deals with four key partners
Fosters Events has agreed a series of contract extensions with four of its key partners after a period of sustained revenue growth at visitor attractions and sports venues across the UK. The South West catering and hospitality firm said the renewed deals – which run into 2025 and beyond –…
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4 NovemberPeople
Rocket Food names Charlie Grant Peterkin as managing director
Luxury caterer Rocket Food has appointed Charlie Grant Peterkin as managing director as the company expands with the launch of a new workplace dining venture. Grant Peterkin has been with Rocket for more than 20 years, most recently as commercial director. He previously served as director of sales and marketing…
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Oct- 2025 -16 OctoberCatering Companies
Levy appoints chair to drive European expansion
Levy UK and Ireland has announced the appointment of Richard Thompson as chair in a newly created role aimed at supporting the company’s next phase of growth and expansion across Europe. The business, which provides food and hospitality services at sports and entertainment venues and is part of Compass Group,…
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15 OctoberFood and Drink
Pins Social Club reveals new Manchester location
Pins Social Club has confirmed plans to open a new venue in Manchester in late spring 2026. The company has submitted a planning application for the major new, multi-million-pound site in the newly refurbished Sunlight House building on Quay Street. The new venue will be located in the basement of…
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2 OctoberPubs and Bars
Yorkshire pub operators to relaunch Upton Arms after £200k revamp
Yorkshire pub operators Simon Woodcock and Richard Hepplestone are expanding their estate to 10 sites by taking the lease on The Upton Arms in Upton near Pontefract with Star Pubs. The pair will reopen the venue following a £200,000 refurbishment aimed at positioning it as a “family-friendly” local focused on…
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Sep- 2025 -10 SeptemberPubs and Bars
Ludo Sports and Live Lounge to open flagship Cardiff venue
Ludo Sports and Live Lounge is set to open its doors in Cardiff this September on St Mary’s Street. The venue, which will accommodate more than 700 guests, will combine live music, screenings of major sporting events, interactive darts, basketball and a year-round beer garden featuring what the company says…
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Aug- 2025 -28 AugustPeople
German Doner Kebab appoints new chief marketing officer
German Doner Kebab has announced the appointment of Chris Waters as its new chief marketing officer, effective 1 September. Waters, who is currently European brand director at JD Sports, will take up the role as the kebab restaurant chain continues its growth in the UK and international markets. He brings…
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