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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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Jul- 2023 -26 JulyVenues & Properties
One in 18 licensed venues closed for good in past year
Britain has lost roughly one in 18 of its licensed premises, which makes up 5,736 pubs, hotels, restaurants, bars and cafes, in the last 12 months, according to the new Hospitality Market Monitor from CGA by NIQ and AlixPartners. The current closure rate means that about 5% of the market…
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Jun- 2023 -27 JuneBusiness
London hospitality sector stabilises in Q1
The hospitality industry in London has shown signs of recovery in the first quarter of the year, with a net decline of only 1% of licensed premises, according to new data from CGA strategy. This follows a net decline of just 0.2% in Q4 2022, a massive improvement from the…
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May- 2023 -3 MayBusiness
Hospitality loses 4,600 venues in 12 months
Britain has suffered a net decline of 4,593 licensed premises in the last year to March 2023, according to the Hospitality Market Monitor from CGA Strategy. The drop is equivalent to 4.3% of the licensed sector since March 2022, and an average of 12.6 closures a day. In better news,…
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Jan- 2023 -20 JanuaryBusiness
Over 13,000 hospitality closures since March 2020
Over 13,000 hospitality businesses have closed in Britain since the start of the pandemic, according to data from the CGA and Alix Partners. A rise in inflation and energy bills caused a net decline of 1,611 businesses in the sector in Q4, a market contraction of 1.6% in three months.…
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Oct- 2022 -20 OctoberBusiness
Hospitality loses 2,200 sites in three months amid cost challenges
Britain’s hospitality sector saw a net decline of one closure every hour in the third quarter of 2022, including pubs, bars, restaurants, cafes and hotels, according to the latest Hospitality Market Monitor from CGA and AlixPartners. The closures over the last quarter follow a “sharp rise” in prices in energy,…
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Aug- 2022 -18 AugustBusiness
Hospitality numbers ‘stable’ in Q2 but costs crisis threatens recovery
The number of licensed premises was just under 106,000 at the end of June 2022, almost exactly the same number as in both June 2021 and March 2022, according to the latest Market Recovery Monitor from CGA by NielsenIQ and AlixPartners. The CGA’s research recorded nearly 1,000 closures over the…
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15 AugustPubs and Bars
City of London sees 14% decrease in pubs since Pandemic
The City of London has seen a net decline of one in seven (14%) licensed premises since March 2020, the new Market Recovery Monitor from CGA by NielsenIQ and AlixPartners has revealed. The 14% decline in The City is a steeper decline than London as a whole, which saw a…
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Apr- 2022 -20 AprilRestaurants
UK licensed premises contract as CGA warns of future closures
Britain’s number of licensed premises contracted 0.9% in the first quarter of 2022, the latest market recovery monitor from CGA and AlixPartners reveals. It indicates that Britain had just under 106,000 licensed premises at the end of March 2022. CGA said that “while this small decrease does represent a slowdown…
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Jan- 2022 -20 JanuaryPubs and Bars
Modest growth seen in new site openings during Q4
Britain’s hospitality sector witnessed “modest” growth in the last quarter of 2021, with a 1.6% increase in site numbers between September and December 2021, marking the first quarter-on-quarter growth for more than five years. According to the new Market Recovery Monitor from CGA and AlixPartners, there was a particularly encouraging…
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Nov- 2021 -8 NovemberFeatures
Q&A with Alan Morgan, CEO of The Big Table Group
What is the history of the business? The Big Table Group was formed last summer to acquire and operate the Bella Italia, Café Rouge and Las Iguanas restaurant brands. In a process handled by AlixPartners, parts of the business formerly known as Casual Dining Group were acquired from administration, preserving…
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