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.

  • Feb- 2019 -
    26 February
    Pubs and BarsPub and restaurant closures lead to 31% rise in insolvency costs

    Pub and restaurant closures lead to 31% rise in insolvency costs

    Insolvent companies, across all sectors of the British economy, that couldn’t pay their debts have cost taxpayers £3.07bn in payments to former members of staff during the last decade new research has revealed. Last year, during 2018, The Insolvency Service an agency of The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial…

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  • 19 February
    BusinessSuffolk coffee start-up expands to the Middle East

    Suffolk coffee start-up expands to the Middle East

    A Bury St Edmunds coffee start-up is tapping into growing demand for British artisanal coffee in the Middle East by opening its first distribution hub in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), with support from the Department for International Trade (DIT). Launched in 2007 from managing director Scott Russell’s car boot,…

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  • 14 February
    AdviceEvolving employment laws – a stronger future for workers’ rights

    Evolving employment laws – a stronger future for workers’ rights

    Since 2010, the UK has experienced lower unemployment rates across every region, underpinned by a strong and innovative labour market that has seized on the opportunities offered by new technologies, emerging business models and changing ways of working. Existing employment law and policy framework has found a balance between flexibility…

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  • 13 February
    Pubs and BarsSite investment brings growth to Buzzworks Holdings

    Site investment brings growth to Buzzworks Holdings

    Scottish hospitality group Buzzworks Holdings has reported an increase in turnover, up 9% from £14.8m to £16.2m, for 2018. The family-owned restaurant and bar operator, which manages 11 venues across Ayrshire and east Scotland, invested £1.8m into new venues, its existing portfolio and staff development boosting its pre-tax profits. During…

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  • 5 February
    AdviceWhich Facebook advert is right for you?

    Which Facebook advert is right for you?

    “Social media has had had an immense impact on the catering world and offers a huge opportunity for companies to grow their business with minimal investment. There are numerous platforms available to businesses, Twitter, Instagram, Periscope but the most popular is certainly Facebook. “To this day, Facebook remains the world’s…

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  • Jan- 2019 -
    31 January
    BeveragesDiageo sees £6.9bn net sales in half-year results

    Diageo sees £6.9bn net sales in half-year results

    Beverage company Diageo has reported a 5.8% increase in net sales, amounting to £6.9bn, in its half-year results ending 31 December 2018. The company said all the regions it operates in contributed to broad based organic net sales growth, up 7.5%, with organic volume up 3.5%. It closed the period…

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  • 31 January
    BusinessCaffe Nero acquires majority stake in Coffee#1

    Caffe Nero acquires majority stake in Coffee#1

    The Caffè Nero Group has announced it has become the majority owner of Coffee#1, after acquiring shares from its owner SA Brain for an undisclosed sum. SA Brain has owner the Wales, Midlands and south England based Coffee chain since 2011 and the first Coffee#1 site opened in 2001. The…

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  • 28 January
    Restaurants16-year-old Prestwick restaurant set for ‘transformation’

    16-year-old Prestwick restaurant set for ‘transformation’

    Prestwick restaurant, Elliot’s bar and restaurant is set for a “complete transformation” following “significant investment”. The restaurant, under its old name, closed its doors for the last time on 27 January, with work on the restaurant, to be renamed, Vic’s & The Vine, commencing right away. Kenny Blair, Buzzworks Holdings…

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  • 24 January
    BusinessThe Restaurant Group sales drop 2%

    The Restaurant Group sales drop 2%

    The Restaurant Group (TRG) saw a 2% drop in its like-for-like sales for the 52 weeks ending 30 December 2018 compared with the same period last year. This is excluding the recently acquired Asian restaurant chain Wagamama. Including one week of trading from Wagamama, the group’s total sales increased by…

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  • 23 January
    Pubs and BarsYoung’s buys rival pub chain Redcomb in £34m deal

    Young’s buys rival pub chain Redcomb in £34m deal

    Pub company Young’s has acquired Redcomb, which owns 15 sites across London and the south east, in a £34m cash-free deal. The transaction will increase Young’s managed estate from 185 to 200, bringing the company’s portfolio to a total of 270 including its 70 tenanted pubs in its Ram Pub…

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