Strategy
This section highlights the strategic moves shaping the UK hospitality and foodservice industry. From brand repositioning and pricing models to diversification plans, leadership changes, and multi-site rollout strategies, our coverage provides valuable insight into how restaurant groups, pub chains, caterers, and bar operators are adapting to shifting market conditions. Whether you’re refining your business model, assessing competitor strategies, or making key investment decisions, this archive offers sharp editorial designed to support strategic thinking at every level of the foodservice sector.
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Oct- 2021 -8 OctoberRestaurants
Tortilla Mexican Grill enters London Stock Exchange
Tortilla Mexican Grill has announced that it has successfully issued its entire share capital to on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange. The IPO which is expected to raise approximately £23m for selling shareholders, and £5m from the placing of new shares, giving Tortilla a market capitalisation of…
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6 OctoberCatering Companies
McDonald’s sets out new climate ambitions
McDonald’s UK and Ireland has announced a set of ambitions to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, laid out in a new Plan for Change programme. It revealed key goals from the programme include to achieve net zero emissions by 2040, be deforestation free by 2026, one million people to…
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5 OctoberFood and Drink
Environment Agency to monitor greenwashing in F&B sector
A project to establish standardised metrics to measure environmental performance and tackle greenwashing across the food and beverage sector has been launched by the Environment Agency. The Environment Agency – working in partnership with the Institute for Manufacturing at the University of Cambridge, Scottish Environment Protection Agency, Northern Ireland Environment…
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1 OctoberRestaurants
Government assembles Hospitality Sector Council
The UK Government has assembled a team of hospitality professionals to “help England’s pubs, restaurants and cafes to thrive”, business minister Paul Scully has announced. The Hospitality Sector Council will identify and oversee actions related to the 22 commitments in the strategy, aiming to “create sensible solutions using their expert knowledge and assess the strength of the sector”. The council…
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Sep- 2021 -30 SeptemberPubs and Bars
London Cocktail Club to open in Reading
Nightcap has announced that it has entered into a lease for a new London Cocktail Club site in Gun Street, central Reading. The site covers an area of approximately 2,861 square feet with a 2:00am license on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. It is expected to be open before the end…
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22 SeptemberPubs and Bars
UKH calls for permanent hospitality VAT cut
UK Hospitality chief executive Kate Nicholls called for additional Government support to help safeguard the sector’s recovery and rebuild resilience in the form of a permanently lower VAT for hospitality and tourism. It comes as UK Hospitality’s annual conference was undertaken under the theme of “recovery and beyond”, where it…
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10 SeptemberPubs and Bars
Hospitality tops sectors most concerned about reducing carbon footprint
The hospitality and leisure industries are the most serious about tackling their carbon footprint, with 70% of respondents rating it as ‘extremely important’, according to new Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) research released by Barclays. This is ahead of the survey average of 61%. Transport and distribution came in second…
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9 SeptemberPeople
Itsu appoints new CCO
Itsu has announced the appointment of Neil Miller as its new chief customer officer (CCO). In the newly created role, Miller will lead the development and strategy of Itsu’s customer proposition, marketing, digital transformation and management of the brand. Prior to joining the group, he spent 25 years as a…
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9 SeptemberBusiness
Gordon Ramsay Restaurants swings to £5.1m loss
Gordon Ramsay Restaurants has announced that the group swung to a £5.1m loss before tax in FY20, down from £15.2m profits the previous year. Consolidated turnover at the company also fell 36.9% year-on-year to £34.5m for the year ended 31 August 2020. The celebrity chef’s restaurant group attributed the decline…
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8 SeptemberPeople
Elior UK adds Julia Edmonds to board
Elior UK, the contract catering and services provider, has announced the appointment of Julia Edmonds to the group’s board of directors. In her role as corporate business development director, Edmonds will be responsible for the sales development of the UK arm, delivering a development strategy across all of the group’s…
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