Sports
This coverage explores how major sporting events and trends influence the UK hospitality and foodservice trade, with updates on pub screenings, event-led menu offers, and operational planning during peak fixtures. Hospitality professionals can follow insights into staffing requirements, consumer spending patterns, and partnerships between operators, venues, and brands. Coverage also examines the commercial opportunities and challenges for pubs, bars, restaurants, and caterers during sporting seasons and tournaments.
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Feb- 2026 -2 FebruaryFeatures
Pubs, politics and power: why hospitality support isn’t equal
Pubs have once again found themselves at the centre of government hospitality policy. From targeted business rates discounts to a real-terms freeze on bills, the government has stepped in to soften the impact of the 2026 revaluation for one of the UK’s most culturally visible industries. Across the wider hospitality…
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Jan- 2026 -20 JanuaryPubs and Bars
Amber Taverns opens The Comet in Helensburgh
Pub operator Amber Taverns has opened a new venue in Helensburgh with the launch of The Comet, adding to its portfolio of community pubs. The venue has been fitted out as a local pub aimed at serving residents, with features including a pool table and dartboards, as well as space…
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12 JanuaryApps & Technology
Chinese takeaways and groceries drive December surge on Just Eat
Just Eat recorded more than 17 million orders in December as customers turned to takeaway meals and on-demand groceries during the Christmas and New Year period. Chinese food drove much of the increase, with orders more than doubling on both Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. It was also the…
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8 JanuaryRestaurants
Caprinos reports double-digit sales growth amid strong sales
Caprinos Pizza has reported a 14% rise in like-for-like sales in 2025, outperforming the wider takeaway and fast food sector as demand remained strong across its UK estate. The franchised pizza chain, which operates more than 120 stores, said total sales grew 18% year on year, supported by new store…
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Dec- 2025 -19 DecemberPubs and Bars
The Black Bull named Edinburgh Rugby’s official away hub
The Black Bull in Edinburgh has been appointed as the official away hub for Edinburgh Rugby, marking the first time the club has designated a city centre venue for supporters when the team is playing on the road.The partnership will run until the end of the 2025-26 season in May…
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17 DecemberPubs and Bars
Bootle’s oldest pub to open new sports bar in January
Bootle’s oldest pub, the Jawbone Tavern, is set to open a new sports bar in January 2026 as part of an ongoing expansion following its reopening last year. The pub on Litherland Road reopened in September 2024 under new ownership after a refurbishment aimed at modernising the venue while retaining…
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10 DecemberFood and Drink
Mulligans to open new sports and games venue in Romford
Mulligans will open a new sports and games venue at the Brewery Shopping Centre in Romford tomorrow (11 December), following a six-figure investment by parent firm Adventure Leisure. The company is taking over the former Bunkers unit and plans to introduce a mix of gaming attractions and live sport. The…
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1 DecemberPubs and Bars
Star completes £750k refurb of long-shut Waddington pub
Star Pubs has expanded its managed operator estate to 220 pubs after completing a £750k refurbishment of the Horse and Jockey in Waddington, its largest Just Add Talent (JAT) project of 2025. The Grade II-listed site had been shut since 2018. The scheme is one of four major JAT conversions…
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Nov- 2025 -20 NovemberPubs and Bars
Proper Pubs invests over £1m in three community pubs
Three pubs across Bournemouth, Uttoxeter and Pontefract have reopened following a combined investment of more than £1m by Proper Pubs, the community-led division of Admiral Taverns. The Athelstan Arms, the Steeplechase and the Travellers Rest relaunched between 30 October and 7 November after extensive refurbishment work that aimed to modernise facilities…
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18 NovemberCatering Companies
Fosters Events extends contract deals with four key partners
Fosters Events has agreed a series of contract extensions with four of its key partners after a period of sustained revenue growth at visitor attractions and sports venues across the UK. The South West catering and hospitality firm said the renewed deals – which run into 2025 and beyond –…
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