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Maki & Ramen to open first permanent London site

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Wetherspoon boss backs 10% VAT rate for UK pubs

Michael Caines at The Stafford awarded first Michelin star

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Economic Growth

Reporting focuses on how wider economic trends influence the UK hospitality and foodservice sector, including shifts in GDP, consumer confidence, business investment, inflation, and labour market conditions. Coverage offers analysis to help restaurant groups, pub operators, and caterers understand macroeconomic forces shaping demand, expansion plans, and long-term strategy.

Economic Growth

Reporting focuses on how wider economic trends influence the UK hospitality and foodservice sector, including shifts in GDP, consumer confidence, business investment, inflation, and labour market conditions. Coverage offers analysis to help restaurant groups, pub operators, and caterers understand macroeconomic forces shaping demand, expansion plans, and long-term strategy.

Hospitality leaders’ confidence hits five-year low ahead of Budget

Hospitality leaders’ confidence in their business outlook has fallen to its lowest level in…

Hospitality trading flatlines in October as restaurant and bar sales slip 

Britain’s managed restaurant, pub and bar groups recorded flat trading in October, with…

BII calls on govt to reduce pub sales VAT to 10%

Steve Alton, CEO of the British Institute of Innkeeping (BII), has written to chancellor…

345 hospitality businesses urge tax cuts ahead of Budget

More than 340 leading hospitality businesses have signed an open letter to the chancellor…

BoE holds interest rates at 4% ahead of Budget

The Bank of England (BoE) has voted to keep interest rates steady at 4% ahead of the…

Pubs and bars could stay open longer under gov’s licensing reform

Pubs and bars in England and Wales could stay open longer following the government’s launch…

Gov launches review of licensing rules to modernise system

The Government has opened a call for evidence on proposed reforms to England’s licensing…

Experts call for a return to seasonal food joy

Britain’s kitchens have been spoiled for choice for decades but industry experts say there…

Double Puc secures funding to expand café and catering business

Independent café operator Double Puc has received six-figure backing from the South West…

Hospitality sector has shrunk by 14.2% since March 2020, CGA finds

The hospitality sector is 14.2% smaller in August 2025 than it was in March 2020 before the…
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