Covid-19

Our COVID-19 coverage captures the full impact of the pandemic on the UK’s foodservice and hospitality sector, from lockdown trading restrictions and government support schemes to recovery planning, operational adaptations, and long-term business implications. This includes essential reporting for restaurant operators, pub landlords, caterers, chefs, and F&B directors navigating one of the most disruptive periods in industry history.

Jan- 2022 -

14 January

Government

First minister to reveal plans to ease level 2 restrictions in Wales

A plan to return Wales to alert level 0 measures will today (14 January) be set out by first minister Mark Drakeford. The move comes as the latest public health data suggests cases of coronavirus have started to fall back from high levels. More than two-thirds of people aged 12…
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11 January

Catering Companies

CH&CO strengthens procurement team with new promotion

CH&CO has promoted its head of operational procurement, Samantha Davis, to the new role of group procurement and supply chain director. Davis has been part of CH&CO for five years. Her promotion is in recognition of the agility, innovation and leadership she has shown in helping the business overcome significant…
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10 January

Food and Drink

Omicron fears cut Christmas drinks sales by a quarter

Average drinks sales by value in Britain’s managed pubs, bars and restaurants in the three weeks to New Year’s Day were 25% below the same period two years ago, the drinks recovery tracker by CGA has revealed. Footfall was hit “particularly hard” in the run-up to Christmas, as the government…
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10 January

Pubs and Bars

Nightcap sees H1 sales increase 46% to £15.5m

Nightcap has announced that during the 26-week period ending 26 December 2021, group net sales reached £15.5m. The results were 46.2% higher than in the same period in 2019 and showed a 22.4% like-for-like increase compared with the same period in 2019. Although more than 7,500 bookings for the Christmas…
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5 January

Restaurants

The Hush Collection sees FY20 turnover fall to £8m

The Hush Collection has revealed that turnover for the year ending 27 December 2020 dropped 20% to £8.42m from £10.57m as a result of Covid-19 restrictions. However, through a combination of tight controls, landlord rent negotiations and government support, the company said it had narrowed its EBITDA loss to £388,915…
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4 January

Restaurants

Hospitality industry sees signs of recovery in H2, Barclaycard finds

Prior to the arrival of the latest Covid-19 variant, Brits had made up for lost time with friends and family, with pubs, bars and clubs recording positive growth in the second half of the year, according to the latest research on consumer spending from Barclaycard. Barclaycard said this was earmarked…
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4 January

Restaurants

Tasty hit by ‘weaker’ Christmas trading period

Restaurant group Tasty has revealed that trading across for the second half of the year up until December 2021 was “disappointing” and “weaker” than previous years as a result of Covid-19 restrictions. The rising infection rates of the Omicron variant and in particular the reinstatement of working from home advice…
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Dec- 2021 -

23 December

Government

Wales to move back to Level 2 amid spread of Omicron variant

The Welsh government will reintroduce Level 2 Covid-19 measures from 26 December 2021 in a bid to tackle the Omicron variant which includes bringing back the ‘rule of six’. From Boxing Day, the alert Level 2 measures will mean the rule of six will apply to gatherings in regulated premises,…
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17 December

News

Delivery sales surge 192% from pre-Covid levels, CGA finds

Delivery sales in November were 192% higher than pre-Covid levels in November 2019, with a 25% growth in takeaways, revealed the latest edition of the CGA and Slerp Hospitality at Home Tracker. CGA said this reflects the trend of home deliveries boosted by lockdowns and the popularity of third party…
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16 December

Coronavirus

Colliers calls for hospitality support amid ‘massive impact’ of Plan B

Calls from Chris Whitty for people to scale back their Christmas plans after Britain recorded 78,000 Covid in one day has had a “massive knock-on impact” on the retail, hospitality and leisure sector, which now urgently needs Government support, according to Colliers. As the public is heeding government advice to…
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