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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Sep- 2022 -16 SeptemberEducation
Hospitality sector calls for Hospitality Apprenticeships Week support
Hospitality trade bodies, charities and training providers have united to help promote Hospitality Apprenticeships Week 2022, calling on the wider industry to support the initiative. Hospitality Apprenticeships Week, which is set to run between 3 and 9 October, aims to showcase the “unique and diverse” career pathways that the sector…
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8 SeptemberBusiness
UKH calls for action as 1 in 5 businesses warn of collapse
UKHospitality has called on the government for increased support as a new survey has found that one in five hospitality businesses saying they will not survive the current crisis, while three in five operators admitted they are no longer profitable. The findings come from a recent survey of hospitality operators,…
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5 SeptemberTrade Associations
UKH urges new PM to ‘act quickly and decisively’ to save sector
UKHospitality has urged the new prime minister to act “quickly and decisively” in order to save the sector in the face of increasing costs due to the energy crisis. The news comes as Liz Truss was confirmed as the new prime minister after beating former chancellor Rishi Sunak in the…
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Aug- 2022 -16 AugustPubs and Bars
Hospitality bodies call for ‘urgent action’ on pub staff shortages
“Urgent action” is needed on staff shortages in pubs amid new employment figures being released, according to Hospitality bodies BBPA and UKH. In the latest figures, The ONS found that the number of job vacancies dropped for the first time since 2020, falling to 1.274 million, a decrease of 19,800…
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3 AugustComment
How the Hospitality Industry can combat the insolvency crisis
After a report from UHY Hacker Young showed that UK restaurant insolvencies have jumped 64% from 856 in 2020/21 to 1,406, Kate Nicholls, CEO of UK Hospitality, warns that “it’s quite clear that this is just the tip of the iceberg”. The past quarter represented the largest number of restaurant…
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Jul- 2022 -20 JulyRegulations & Policies
UKH calls for reformed business rates reductions to be reflected in bills
UKHospitality has called for reductions under reformed business rates to be reflected in bills “as quickly as possible” in response to the government’s consultation on transition for the next business rates revaluation In its full response UKHospitality has called for: Assurance that the scheme will allow for all businesses to…
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7 JulyTrade Associations
Hospitality joins forces to strive for fairer treatment from the gov
A group of hoteliers and restaurateurs fed up with the industry being “discriminated against, with disproportionate business rates”, came together at Nailcote Hall Hotel, Coventry in order to help push for change. A meeting took place with CEO of UK Hospitality, Kate Nicholls and Midlands MP, Saqib Bhatti, to discuss…
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4 JulyPubs and Bars
Number of pubs falls by over 7,000 in past decade
The number of English and Welsh pubs fell below 40,000 for the first time during the first half of 2022 with pub numbers having fallen by 7,107 in the last 10 years, new research has revealed. Research by the real estate adviser Altus Group, found that the overall number of…
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4 JulyNews
John Lewis launch chef academy to help hospitality sector
John Lewis Partnership (the Partnership) has launched its own Chef Academy to help address the current shortage of qualified chefs in the UK A joint survey released last week by UKHospitality, the British Institute of Innkeeping, and the British Beer and Pub Association, revealed that staff shortages in the hospitality…
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Jun- 2022 -22 JunePeople
UKH Scotland appoints new chair
UKHospitality Scotland has announced that Chris Wayne-Wills, CEO of Crerar Hotels, has taken on the role of chairman from Calum Ross, the owner and proprietor of Loch Melfort Hotel in Argyll. Elected by the UKHospitality Scotland Committee, Wayne-Wills becomes chairman at what is described as a “crucial time for the…
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