Revenue
Our coverage brings together critical reporting on revenue performance across the UK hospitality and foodservice sector. We cover everything from operator trading updates and income breakdowns to revenue drivers like pricing, footfall, menu engineering, and channel diversification. Whether you’re a multi-site pub group tracking seasonal income, a restaurant CFO analysing unit economics, or a catering firm monitoring year-on-year growth, our coverage offers sharp insights into how businesses are generating, and protecting, revenue in today’s market. Expect detailed financial reporting with practical relevance for commercial foodservice leaders.
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May- 2020 -28 MayComment
How can hospitality recover from the Covid crisis?
Covid-19 is a crisis unlike any other people have faced in living memory. Aside from the very real human cost, the economic impact has been devastating, with hospitality among the sectors most severely affected by the pandemic. Marble Arch BID is home to more than 100 restaurants, cafés, bars and…
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27 MayComment
The ‘new normal’ for hospitality
On Monday 11 May the government launched its road map to recovery, backed up by the Chancellor’s announcement on Tuesday 12 May regarding the extension of furlough until October, with a number of limitations / conditions attached. Both for many are hugely welcome, especially as more than two million hospitality…
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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
Sri-Lankan restaurant group The Coconut Tree to reopen two further sites
Sri Lankan restaurant group The Coconut Tree has announced it will reopen its Cardiff and Oxford sites by offering a takeaway service. It will reopen its Cardiff restaurant today (22 May) with the Mill Lane venue to be open on Friday and Saturday evenings from 5pm – 9pm for takeaways…
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21 MayComment
How to keep track of your cash flow
More than ever, cash flow is a key issue for small businesses, and understanding it is crucial to making informed decisions at the right time. The government will be asking businesses to demonstrate that they have an understanding of the state of their cash flow as it stands, and in…
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19 MayCoronavirus
Compass Group launches £2bn share raising
Catering firm the Compass Group has announced it has launched a £2bn share offering in order to help increase its liquidity in face of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. In a trading update, Compass revealed that for the first six months of the year ending 31 March 2020 it saw revenues…
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13 MayComment
Five ways restaurants can adapt to survive the post-lockdown uncertainty
It’s boom or bust time for restaurants. Even as lockdown starts to lift, there will be a core audience of avid restaurant goers who are either too nervous to eat out, or advised not to. And, with social distancing measures set to remain in place for an unknown period, it…
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7 MayComment
The role food monitoring is playing in helping companies adapt to Covid-19
Adapt and pivot. These are two words that have grown in significance for the food and drink industry since the emergence of Covid-19. Bars, cafes and restaurants have closed their doors or shifted to pick-up or delivery-only services to adhere to social distancing rules. It is an uncertain time for…
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6 MayComment
The coronavirus diaries: Mike Benson
The level of government support stopped us from panicking and we took a week or so just to digest, think and catch up on sleep. Cash flow was gone and the bills were still coming. All our suppliers were understanding and were in the same boat. We had a good…
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4 MayCoronavirus
Beer sales collapsed 40% in March amid Covid-19 crisis, says BBPA
Pub beer sales collapsed by 40% in March 2020 compared to the same period in 2019, according to new figures from the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) reveal. The BBPA said the “stark decrease” shows the immediate and devastating impact that lockdown is having on the British pub. Last…
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