Closure
In this section, we report on restaurant, pub, bar, café, 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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Mar- 2023 -1 MarchPubs and Bars
2,000 pubs face closure without budget aid, industry warns
Some 2,000 pubs across the UK are facing closure, the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has warned, as it urges the government to use the Spring Budget to offer a lifeline to the industry. The association has asked the government to deliver a plan for sustainable growth with “fair,…
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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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18 JanuaryPubs and Bars
Revolution Bars issues profit warning amid temporary closure plans
Bar group Revolution has announced that it will close some sites on Mondays and Tuesdays in January and early February in an attempt to save on energy bills. The announcement came in a trading update delivered to investors in which it reduced its EBITDA guidance for the full year and…
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6 JanuaryPubs and Bars
‘Extend Energy Relief Scheme or risk losing businesses’ BBPA tell Government
The British Beer and Pub Association has urged the Chancellor to extend the scheme Energy Relief Scheme or “risk losing business across the UK”. The scheme was brought in by the Government to help to cut energy prices for businesses, charities and public sector organisations, such as schools and hospitals.…
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Dec- 2022 -22 DecemberRestaurants
Benihana to open £2m Covent Garden restaurant
Benihana International has announced that it will open a new restaurant site at 31/32 Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, in spring 2022. The new site follows the closure of its Benihana Piccadilly site last month, which was open for 27 years. Some £2m is being invested into the new Covent Garden…
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12 DecemberRestaurants
Dusty’s Pizzeria to close Cardiff restaurant
Dusty’s Pizzeria has announced that it has had to close its Cardiff restaurant as a result of rising costs. This is the second location that owners Phil and Deb Lewis have had to close after closing its branch in Barry’s Goodshed earlier this year. The company’s Swansea branch is said…
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5 DecemberPubs and Bars
Energy costs ‘biggest threat’ to pubs’ viability, report finds
Energy bills returning to their regular rate post-March would put pubs and brewers at a loss of 20% on average, according to a new report by Frontier Economics, produced for the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA). The report found that energy costs were currently the biggest threat to their…
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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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4 OctoberCafes and Coffee Shops
Greggs sales rise 15% in Q3
Greggs has seen its total sales rise by 14.6% for the 13 weeks to 1 October 2022, with company-managed shop like-for-like sales up 9.7% in the quarter. Despite this sales boost, year-on-year growth slowed in August given the “particularly strong” staycation effect, though momentum returned in September. The closure of…
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Sep- 2022 -29 SeptemberPubs and Bars
Roseacre Inns expands portfolio with £650,000 investment with Star
Roseacre Inns has announced it is expanding its Midlands-based estate to eight pubs by taking its fifth lease with Star Pubs and Bars at The Axe and Square in Countesthorpe. Following a two-and-a-half-year closure, the pub will receive a £650,000 joint investment to upgrade it into a “traditional pub serving…
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