Levy
Coverage focuses on the strategy, operations, and sustainability initiatives of the UK’s leading sports and entertainment caterer, part of Compass Group UK & Ireland. Reporting includes catering partnerships at major venues such as Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Twickenham, ExCeL London, and the OVO Arena Wembley. Topics span net zero commitments, plant-forward food strategy, digital ordering and payments, branded concessions, and premium fan experience delivery — offering insight for professionals tracking high-volume, event-driven hospitality across sport, music, and exhibition spaces.
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Dec- 2023 -11 DecemberCatering Companies
Levy expands into sports merchandising
Levy UK and Ireland has announced ‘Levy Merchandising’, its strategic expansion into the realm of sports merchandising. Levy Merchandising will design and manufacture a wide range of sportswear from technical products through to non-technical fanwear. The company will also produce a comprehensive range of souvenirs and accessories. Vinny Clark, has…
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Oct- 2023 -16 OctoberNews
Today’s news in brief – 16/10/23
Loungers reported H1 total revenues of £149.6m, marking a 22.3% increase from the previous year. They achieved one-year like-for-like sales growth of 7.7% over the 24 weeks ending 1 October, showing an acceleration from the 5.7% growth reported for the 12 weeks ending 9 July. The company opened 16 new…
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16 OctoberFood and Drink
Dreamland Margate appoints Kerb and Peppermint as F&B partners
Levy UK and Ireland partners, Kerb and Peppermint, have been appointed to take charge of the food and beverage operations at Dreamland Margate, the seaside entertainment and amusement park on the Kent coast. Kerb will support and grow the local traders already working at Dreamland Margate as well as bringing…
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Sep- 2023 -15 SeptemberTrade Associations
UKH Scotland urges govt to cap visitor levy bill
UKH Scotland has urged politicians to agree to a cap on the number of nights a levy can be charged to mitigate the impact a levy would have on Scotland’s appeal as a visitor destination. This is in response to the local government’s housing and planning committee’s consultation on the…
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14 SeptemberCatering Companies
Levy Ireland inks 10-year Convention Centre Dublin deal
Levy Ireland has announced that it has agreed a 10-year contract extension to provide hospitality services at The Convention Centre Dublin (The CCD). Fitzers Catering originally won the contract back in 2010 when the venue first opened. The relationship will continue under Levy Ireland, which is a partnership between Fitzers…
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Aug- 2023 -23 AugustCatering Companies
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 West Midlands region through the Apprenticeship Transfer Levy Fund. The new funded apprenticeships to WMCA will help budding chefs, restaurant front of house staff or other supporting roles land jobs…
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14 AugustFeatures
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 and has seen a 31% decline in the total number of night time venues between June 2020 and June 2023. This paints a bleak picture for an industry that is…
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7 AugustFeatures
The industry reacts to the new alcohol duty hike
Last Tuesday (1 August), the significant shake-up of alcohol taxation arrived, meaning that tax is now levied based on a drink’s strength. This means that the overall duty on most wines and spirits have increased, while taxes on lower alcohol drinks and most sparkling wines have fallen. The changes, which…
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Jul- 2023 -14 JulyAnalysis
Analysis: Late Night Levy Extension – A Further Blow to an Already Strained UK Hospitality Sector
UKHospitality, the country’s leading hospitality trade association, has branded the extension a “damaging blow” to an industry already dealing with the repercussions of the pandemic and a series of national rail strikes. The late-night levy was first introduced in 2014 to offset the costs of policing late-night activity. The recent…
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14 JulyGovernment
UKH calls late night levy extension ‘damaging blow’ to sector
UKHospitality has branded the extension of the late night levy a “damaging blow” to the sector after the government adapted the law for local authorities. The levy will now allow local authorities to create late night levy areas smaller than their local authority boundaries and extend levies to sites such…
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