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Wetherspoon boss backs 10% VAT rate for UK pubs

Michael Caines at The Stafford awarded first Michelin star

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Operating Costs

Focused reporting on the rising pressures and cost variables affecting foodservice businesses across the UK. This section explores key factors such as energy bills, rent, labour, insurance, business rates, and supplier pricing, alongside F&B margin management and cost-control strategies. Built for operators, chefs, and hospitality executives, it delivers insight into navigating inflation, protecting profitability, and adapting business models to withstand ongoing economic volatility.

Operating Costs

Focused reporting on the rising pressures and cost variables affecting foodservice businesses across the UK. This section explores key factors such as energy bills, rent, labour, insurance, business rates, and supplier pricing, alongside F&B margin management and cost-control strategies. Built for operators, chefs, and hospitality executives, it delivers insight into navigating inflation, protecting profitability, and adapting business models to withstand ongoing economic volatility.

Hospitality closures accelerate in final quarter as costs rise

British licensed premises numbers fell 0.4% in the last three months of 2025 as inflation…

Belhaven invests nearly £5m in Scottish pubs as business rates warning looms

Belhaven invested almost £5m in its Scottish pub estate in 2025, with spending spread across…

Half of night-time venues expect business rates to rise over 50%

Nearly half of Britain’s nightclubs, live music venues and late-night entertainment spaces…

Pizza Hut UK’s future and the state of the pizza market

Pizza Hut is heading into one of the most turbulent periods in its UK history after its…

Butterwick to shutter 12 of its 14 branches as costs rise 

Butterwick, a chain of 14 bakeries, has announced that it will close all but two of its…

Industry urges tax reform as over 200 pubs close in six months

More than 200 pubs in England and Wales were demolished or converted for other uses in the…

Brakspear FY turnover rises 7% to £41.3m

Brakspear has reported a 7% rise in turnover to £41.3m in 2024, despite seeing its profits…

Tough first half as mixed weather flattens June hospitality sales

Britain’s leading pub, bar and restaurant groups finished a soft first half of trading with…

The Revel Collective appoints new CFO

The Revel Collective, an operator of premium bars and gastro pubs, trading mainly under the…

Predictions vs reality: testing OakNorth’s outlook on hospitality

The hospitality trade is a hard one. It runs hot in summer, cold in winter, and never moves…
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