Consumer Confidence

Restaurant insolvencies reach highest level in eight years

The number of restaurant businesses going bust has reached its highest level since 2010, jumping sharply in the first three…

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Hospitality sector ‘faces £113m business rates hike next April’

UKHospitality (UKH) is warning that a large part of the UK economy, including hotels, pubs, restaurants, nightclubs and cafes, face…

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Taking a proposition from ‘meh’ to ‘yeah’

During the reign of casual dining brands, reliability, know-what-you’re-getting and crowd-pleasing cuisine kept the average consumer happy. Branded Italian concepts…

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Hospitality consumer spending increases 2.5% in July

Consumer spending in the hospitality sector increased by 2.5% in July, according to Visas’ UK Consumer Spending Index. The group…

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One-third of Brits spent less on eating out in 2017

A third of Britons prepared themselves for a potential increase in the cost of living post-Brexit by spending less on…

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Restaurants left to starve as door-to-door service bites

The UK restaurant industry is under grave threat from the growing trend of customers wanting food delivered to their door…

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Cote Restaurants ‘outperforms market’ with 15.8% sales growth

Cote Restaurants has seen a 15.8% rise in sales for the 52-week period to 30 July 2017. Revenue was at…

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Brewing up a storm to beat the competition

Despite the well-publicised increase in UK consumers’ spending on coffee, coffee shops are by no means immune to the economic…

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Re-training your kitchen team: the essential checklist  

It doesn’t matter if you’re walking into your first ever catering job, or boldly marching into a senior position at…

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Restaurant industry experiencing ‘significant increase in financial distress’

New research has shown that subdued consumer spending and ‘fierce’  promotional activity in the UK’s restaurant industry has contributed to…

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