Kate Nicholls
This archive features our reporting on Kate Nicholls OBE — a key voice in the UK’s hospitality and foodservice policy landscape. As Chair of UKHospitality, Nicholls plays a central role in lobbying government, shaping regulation, and influencing the commercial environment in which restaurants, pubs, bars, cafés, and catering firms operate. Catering Today covers Nicholls’ statements, policy positions, and leadership activity because her work directly affects the trading conditions, labour challenges, and long-term resilience of foodservice businesses. For operators navigating rising costs, staffing pressures, or post-pandemic recovery, her advocacy and insights are both timely and consequential.
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Feb- 2023 -8 FebruaryGovernment
UKH welcomes new energy security department
UKHospitality has welcomed the creation of a new department for energy security following a restructuring of government departments yesterday (7 February), calling the move “good news” for the sector. The reshuffle saw the former Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) split into three new departments, including the Department…
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7 FebruaryGovernment
UKH supports govt’s new apprenticeship campaign
UKHospitality has partnered with the Department for Education to secure new advertising for apprenticeships in both catering and hospitality as part of the government’s ‘Career Starter Apprenticeships’ campaign. Due to UKH’s efforts, the hospitality sector will be the latest to join the likes of construction, healthcare and education as part…
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1 FebruaryBusiness
Hospitality braces for 101% rise in energy bills this quarter
Hospitality businesses are bracing for a 101% increase in energy bills this quarter, compared with the same period last year, according to the joint Q1 Hospitality Members Survey by UKHospitality, the British Beer and Pub Association, the British Institute of Innkeeping and Hospitality Ulster. The figures have been raised directly…
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Jan- 2023 -30 JanuaryTrade Associations
UKH unveils new Education Landscape Guide
UKHospitality has partnered with the Strategic Development Network to launch the new Education Landscape Guide. The guide showcases how investing in skills and talent at an education level can help businesses discover new talent, develop their existing team, create new partnerships and increase their work within the community. In addition,…
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Dec- 2022 -22 DecemberGovernment
Business energy bills to be capped under new gov scheme
The government has unveiled a new plan that is set to cap wholesale energy bills for businesses for an initial six-month period from 1 October. The Government Energy Bill Relief Scheme, unveiled today (21 September) by business secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg, will reportedly bring support for households, businesses and public sector…
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22 DecemberBusiness
Hospitality real terms sales behind pre-pandemic levels
Hospitality turnover for the year ended September 2022 increased 1.3% to £135bn but this is a real terms decrease compared with 2019, according to data from CGA. Inflationary pressures have meant that even though a 1.3% increase is the first time a full-year figure has been above pre-pandemic levels, it…
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20 DecemberRestaurants
UKH backs plans to extend licensing laws for coronation
UKHospitality has backed plans to extend licensing hours in England and Wales to 1am for next year’s coronation celebrations for HM The King. The coronation is set to be a Bank Holiday weekend, and UKHospitality has said the trading boost could be “vital “ as the sector looks to revive…
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16 DecemberBusiness
Third of venues to reduce Christmas opening hours due to vacancies
A third of hospitality businesses plan to reduce opening hours over Christmas as they face a shortage of applicants for vacancies, according to UKHospitality, while 32% have already been forced to reduce their opening hours. In addition, it was also revealed that more than a third of businesses (35%) plan…
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8 DecemberTrade Associations
UKH launches guide on recruiting over-50s
UKHospitality has launched a new guide that shows businesses how to adapt their recruitment practices with the aim to engage with the over-50s in the job market. The initiative comes as hospitality continues to face staffing challenges, as the hospitality authority says that businesses should be “ensuring” that their recruitment…
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6 DecemberAnalysis
Here’s how the train strikes will impact hospitality
A new wave of fresh rail strikes have been scheduled this winter as Network Rail and 14 other train companies are taking strike action on 13, 14, 16 and 17 December and on 3, 4, 6 and 7 January. However, the chief executive of UKHospitality, Kate Nicholls, is worried about…
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