Buchler Phillips
Coverage highlights business advisory and restructuring activity involving hospitality operators, including administration cases, turnaround strategies and investment recovery. Editorial also reports on leadership insights, staffing implications and market analysis, providing UK hospitality professionals with context on how specialist advisers support operators facing financial and operational challenges.
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Aug- 2025 -19 AugustPubs and Bars
Hospitality insolvencies ease slightly in H1 but still โhistorically highโย
The number of hospitality businesses entering insolvency eased slightly in the first half of 2025, but have still remained โhistorically highโ, according to new findings from Buchler Phillips.ย The firmโs Hospitality Index of insolvencies found that 1,706 accommodation and food service companies, including hotels, restaurants and pubs, closed in the…
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Mar- 2025 -17 MarchFeatures
Private equity in hospitality: a lifeline or a looming takeover?
French restaurant group Bistrot Pierre was the latest British chain to be acquired out of administration by a private equity firm, ensuring that 10 sites will continue to trade with exactly 394 jobs saved. Private equity investment in hospitality has become a growing force that offers a financial lifeline to…
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Aug- 2024 -20 AugustNews
Todayโs news in brief – 20/08/24
Rick Steinโs restaurant group has returned to profit in FY23, despite turnover dropping by 5% to just under ยฃ11.9m. The group reported an operating profit of ยฃ63k for the year to 31 December 2023, up by 106.2% against the prior year, with all bank borrowing fully repaid. As a result,…
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20 AugustBusiness
Hospitality insolvencies rise 13% in June
The number of hospitality businesses entering insolvencies has risen by 13% between May and June this year, as operators struggle with trading costs, according to Buchler Phillipsโ Hospitality Index. Overall, the number of hospitality insolvencies rose by 1.41% in the first half of 2024, as some 1,801 accommodation and food…
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