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Stay ahead with curated reporting on new restaurant, pub, bar, café, and catering openings across the UK. This highlights the latest venue launches, from independents to multi-site operators, and offers behind-the-scenes insights into concept development, site selection, kitchen design, menu strategy, and operational planning. Whether you’re tracking competitors, scouting for inspiration, or evaluating expansion trends, this coverage helps hospitality professionals understand where investment is going and how new openings are shaping the foodservice landscape. Essential reading for chefs, operators, landlords, and F&B executives watching the market evolve.
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May- 2020 -26 MayCoronavirus
UK’s 27,000 pubs with beer gardens should be amongst first to re-open, says BBPA
The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA), the trade body representing the UK’s brewers and pubs, has said that those pubs with beer gardens should be amongst the first to re-open after lockdown. It says that pubs with beer gardens or outside terraces should be best placed to meet social…
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25 MayComment
The coronavirus diaries: Slerp
What a whirlwind the last two months has been. We have seen any sense of a normal approach to life go out the window. As an F&B business owner, we have had to think fast and be creative in order to give ourselves a chance for survival. With so many…
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22 MayCoronavirus
Independent businesses set to decline ‘rapidly’, warns CGA
The independent sector remained the largest in the hospitality market in March, though their future is “now under threat”, according to CGA. The group warned that their rate of decline would “accelerate rapidly” once the hospitality sector begins to reopen from 4 July. According to the latest figures from the…
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22 MayComment
Seven ways for catering businesses to become Covid-compliant
The economic impact of COVID-19 on the hospitality industry is enormous, with thousands of operations shut down since 23 March and The Bank of England suggesting the UK would see its worst slump since 1706. With social and catering activity at an all-time low in the lockdown Derek Gardner, Environmental…
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21 MayCoronavirus
£3.8bn could be spent on hospitality sector in first week of re-opening, study finds
The UK public’s wish to get back, dine out or have a trip away with the family could inject as much as £3.8bn into the economy within a week of lockdown measures easing, according to new research from Caterer.com. The study found that the majority of Brits (63%) are keen…
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18 MayCoronavirus
CAMRA welcomes ministerial taskforce on re-opening pubs
The Campaign of Real Ale (CAMRA) has responded to the government’s announcement that a ministerial taskforce will be set up by the Department for Business to plan for re-opening pubs and restaurants safely. CAMRA national chairman Nik Antona said that the organisation has welcomed the announcement of a taskforce to…
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14 MayCafes and Coffee Shops
M&S Cafés begin to reopen for takeaway
Marks and Spencer has revealed plans to reopen 49 café locations across the UK today (14 May). The local cafés will be opening for takeaway hot drinks only, and the chosen locations to open are all based on the café being located next to the in-store Foodhall – meaning customers…
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14 MayCoronavirus
Brighton Pier Group details cash-saving measures
The Brighton Pier Group has secured £5m in loans in order to shore up cash during the pandemic. Both term loans are for a period of two years and nine months, and are in addition to the group’s existing term debt and revolving credit facility. A loan repayment holiday on…
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14 MayPubs and Bars
BBPA welcomes new task force for pubs and restaurants
The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has welcomed the creation of five new ministerial-led task forces to develop plans for how and when closed sectors can reopen safely, following publication of the UK’s roadmap to rebuild Britain. One of the new task forces will specifically look at pubs and…
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14 MayComment
Looking ahead: How to ensure customers feel safe and confident post-lockdown
Right now, the hospitality industry is navigating completely unknown territory. Not only are most operators dealing with the temporary closure of their venues, but this crisis is likely to completely transform the way hospitality businesses will operate after lockdown restrictions are lifted. When thinking about life post-lockdown, it’s not just…
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