Closure
In this section, we report on restaurant, pub, bar, cafรฉ, and catering business closures across the UK, and the commercial, operational, and market factors behind them. From high-street exits and group-wide restructures to insolvencies, lease surrenders, and strategic site rationalisations, we cover the real-world impacts of rising costs, labour shortages, shifting demand, and margin pressures. We go beyond headlines to explain why closures are happening and what they mean for the wider sector. Whether you’re benchmarking performance or navigating tough decisions, we provide the context hospitality professionals need to stay informed.
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Dec- 2020 -16 DecemberNews
The Set Brighton announces permanent closure
Chef Dan Kennyโs The Set restaurant in Brighton has revealed its permanent closure on 31 March 2021. The establishment, which has been running for six years, offers a 14+ course tasting menu to just 12 customers from Monday to Wednesday each week, in a dining experience that lasts for over…
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11 DecemberCoronavirus
Pub sales down 84% on first weekend of re-opening
Overall sales across pubs in the first weekend of December were 84% lower than last year, a study by the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) reveals.ย The trade group which has touted โtighter covid restrictionsโ as the reason for this slump also revealed that just four in ten pubs…
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10 DecemberBreweries and Distilleries
Marstonโs swings to ยฃ397m loss
Marstonโs, the British brewery, pub and hotel operator, has reported a loss of ยฃ397m in the 53 weeks ended 3 October 2020. The companyโs total revenue fell sharply from ยฃ1.17bn in 2019 to ยฃ821m this year, as sales were greatly reduced by the 15-week closure of pubs from the end…
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9 DecemberCoronavirus
STLA slams Scotlandโs new Covid measures
The Scottish Licensed Trade Association (SLTA) has called for proper โfinancial compensationโ for hospitality business in response to the First Ministerโs decision to loosen Covid-19 restrictions.ย Yesterday, the Scottish government announced that more than two million people who have been living under the strictest Covid-19 protection levels for three weeks…
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8 DecemberCoronavirus
Hospitality Ulster: Keeping traditional pubs closed ‘unfair and unjust’
Northern Irish trade group Hospitality Ulster has condemned the local government’s decision to keep traditional pubs closed, ahead of the countyโs hospitality businesses reopening on Friday (11 December).ย Earlier this month, government officials at Stormont confirmed that while restaurants and hotels that can serve a substantial meal will be able…
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7 DecemberRestaurants
The Bleeding Heart Group to close two sites under CVA
The Bleeding Heart Restaurant Group has announced it is to undergo a CVA which will see the closure of two of its sites. The group is set to close its the Don and the Bleeding Heart restaurants as part of the restructuring in order for its The Bleeding Heart Tavern…
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7 DecemberNews
RA Group closes Roux at Parliament Square
Roux at Parliament Square, a Westminster restaurant, has announced its permanent closure in a statement on its website. The 60-cover restaurant is part of RA Groupโs fine dining and public restaurants operations that is run in partnership with the Roux family. The websiteโs statement said: โOur restaurant has regrettably suffered…
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Nov- 2020 -23 NovemberCoronavirus
The Three Chimneys shutters for remainder of 2020
Isle of Skye restaurant, The Three Chimneys, is closing its doors until 2021 on 25 November, as Scottish travel restrictions and rulings make it โimpossibleโ to continue trading.ย Owner Gordon Campbell Gray made the announcement on the venueโs website, stating that โgetting on topโ of the spread of Covid-19 is…
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23 NovemberNews
Deltic warns of collapse without sale
Deltic, the UKโs largest nightclub operator, has told landlords that the firm faces closure if a sale is not agreed, according to Sky News. Closure of the company, which owns the Oceana and Pryzm club brands, would reportedly put over 1,000 jobs across 52 venues in the UK at risk.ย …
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19 NovemberCoronavirus
UKH calls for greater clarity as lockdown nears end
UKHospitality has called for greater support for the hospitality sector following the second national lockdown, as well as โurgent clarityโ on the tier system businesses will enter as the lockdown ends next month.ย ย Giving evidence to the House of Commons BEIS Committee, UKHospitality CEO Kate Nicholls argued that restrictions have…
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