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Analysis and reporting on market intelligence, restructuring activity, and sector forecasts from a leading consultancy with deep ties to the hospitality and leisure space. This section features insight into sales trends, business failures, deal activity, and economic pressures shaping strategy for restaurant groups, pub operators, catering firms, and investors. Whether you are evaluating performance benchmarks, expansion risks, or turnaround potential, these updates help foodservice leaders make sense of the evolving commercial landscape.
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Apr- 2025 -24 AprilNews-In-Brief
Today’s news in brief – 24/04/25
UKHospitality has warned that the industry’s stability is under threat from a new wave of government costs, after pubs, restaurants and hotels achieved marginal growth in outlets over the last 12 months. It comes as CGA by NIQ and AlixPartners’ Hospitality Market Monitor revealed that a total of 98,866 sites…
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24 AprilBusiness
Hospitality stability under threat from wave of govt costs, UKH warns
UKHospitality has warned that the hospitality industry’s stability is under threat from a new wave of government costs, after pubs, restaurants and hotels achieved marginal growth in outlets over the last 12 months. It comes as CGA by NIQ and AlixPartners’ latest Hospitality Market Monitor indicated that a total of…
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Jan- 2025 -29 JanuaryBusiness
Licensed hospitality closures slow in 2024
Britain’s pubs, restaurants and hotels overcame widespread challenges to end 2024 with virtually the same number of premises as 12 months earlier. Data from hospitality data and insight consultancy CGA shows a total of 99,120 outlets operating in December 2024, compared with 99,113 in December 2023. It represents a year…
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Nov- 2024 -18 NovemberPubs and Bars
Licensed premises rise 0.7% in Q3 despite budget pessimism
The number of licensed premises have risen for a second successive quarter by 0.7% between July and September, according to a new Hospitality Market Monitor from CGA by NIQ and AlixPartners. This rise was equivalent to approximately 661 net new openings, or seven per day, and follows a 0.5% rise…
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Oct- 2024 -4 OctoberAdvice
What hospitality operators should know about the new tipping act
As of 1 October 2024, the Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act is being enforced, bringing significant changes to the way hospitality businesses must handle tips and service charges. This new legislation mandates that all customer tips be passed directly to staff without deductions. A recent study has revealed that only…
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Aug- 2024 -19 AugustBusiness
Hospitality returns to outlet growth in Q2
The hospitality industry has recorded its first quarter-on-quarter growth in outlets in two years, according to the new Hospitality Market Monitor fry CGA by NIQ and AlixPartners. It comes as a 0.5% rise in the number of licensed premises between March and June of this year has resulted in 462…
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Jun- 2024 -14 JuneNews
Today’s news in brief – 14/06/24
Wolseley Hospitality Group has drafted in restructuring advisers from AlixPartners to advise on cost management issues. The talks, which are said to be at an early stage, could lead to a “range of outcomes”, sources told Sky. Sky noted it was “unclear” what had prompted the re-engagement with AlixPartners, however.…
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14 JuneRestaurants
Wolseley Hospitality Group owner calls in restructuring advisers
The owner of Wolseley Hospitality Group has reportedly drafted in restructuring advisers to advise on cost management issues. According to Sky News, Minor Hotels has appointed AlixPartners to advise on these issues at Wolseley Hospitality Group, whose portfolio includes The Wolseley, The Delaunay and Brasserie Zédel, among others. The talks, which…
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Feb- 2024 -1 FebruaryBusiness
800 licensed premises lost in Q4
The number of licensed premises in the UK dropped by 0.8% in the fourth quarter of 2023, with a net loss of 803 in the three months, according to data from CGA. It represents an acceleration of closures from the third quarter of last year, when numbers fell by only…
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Nov- 2023 -6 NovemberBusiness
Closures slow after licensed premises drop below 100,000
The number of licensed premises in Britain has fallen by 3.6% over the last 12 months to 99,916 sites, according to data from CGA and AlixPartners. The total at the end of September 2023 marks the first time it has dropped below 100,000 since records began. The 3,766 drop over…
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