Inflation

Hospitality food inflation slows in July, CGA finds

Food inflation in hospitality fell marginally to 21.7% year-on-year in July, according to the CGA’s foodservice price index. Despite the…

Read More »

Restaurant spending down in August, Barclays finds

Restaurant spending dropped by 5.8% in August after dropping 2.7% in July, according to new data from Barclays. According to…

Read More »

UKH Scotland urges gov to address rising business rates

UKHospitality Scotland is urging the first minister to address the multi-million pound increase in business rates that is set to…

Read More »

Over 60% of business leaders optimistic about business prospects

New data from CGA Strategy has found that 62% of business leaders feel optimistic about prospects for their business over…

Read More »

UK restaurants see 4% growth in July takeaway sales

Britain’s top managed restaurant groups achieved year-on-year growth in delivery and takeaway sales of 4% in July, CGA by NIQ’s…

Read More »

Compass Group gifts £500k to fund apprenticeships in West Midlands

Compass Group has gifted £500,000 to West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) to boost hospitality and professional services courses in the…

Read More »

Contract caterers’ Q2 sales rise 18.5% YOY

Contract caterers’ sales in the second quarter of 2023 were up 18.5% compared with the same period in 2022, according…

Read More »

Star Pubs and Bars to add 100 operator managed venues by 2026

Star Pubs and Bars plans to increase its ‘Just Add Talent’ JAT managed operator business from its current 150 pubs…

Read More »

Hall & Woodhouse underlying profits recover in FY22

Hall and Woodhouse has reported that underlying profit before tax recovered to £4.4m in the year ended 28 January 2023,…

Read More »

The decline and bounceback of the night time economy

Recent data from CGA has shown that Britain has lost over 100 independent night time venues in the last year…

Read More »