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CARA calls on chancellor to cut tax on draught beer

CARA (the Campaign for Real Ale) is calling on the government to cut the tax on draught beer. The campaign…

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Chancellor considers further furlough extension in March budget

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is reportedly considering another extension to the government’s Job retention Scheme (JRS) as it continues to try…

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Dining Street Limited calls in administrators

Dining Street Limited has fallen into administration resulting in 147 staff redundancies.  The restaurant group, which operated under brands such…

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M&A in the Food and Beverage sector down to 2009 levels

The UK F&B M&A market showed “encouraging signs of recovery” in the last four months of the year, however deals…

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JD Wetherspoon undergoes £90m share placing

UK pub company, JD Wetherspoon, is raising capital through its investors for the second time during the pandemic via an…

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Sunak looks to raise corporation tax in March budget

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is reportedly looking to raise corporation tax in the upcoming March budget to pay off the estimated £400bn borrowed by the…

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The way forward from the moratorium

The latest lockdown is another devastating blow to the hospitality and leisure industries. Any help which the Government can provide is clearly welcome. But, for many hospitality and leisure…

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The idea behind: Plant Hustlers

They say when entering the world of business the only thing to expect is the unexpected. Aaron Bryans, the owner…

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Sacha Lord calls for hospitality to reopen alongside non-essential retail

Sacha Lord, Greater Manchester’s night time economy advisor, has claimed that hospitality “must reopen” alongside non-essential retail as part of…

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Q&A with Larkin Cen

Where did your passion for food come from? I grew up like many British-born Chinese kids, in a Chinese takeaway…

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