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Wages

This covers all our reporting on wages and pay structures within the UK foodservice and hospitality industries, including minimum wage legislation, National Living Wage updates, tipping reforms, pay disputes, and employer responses. We provide analysis on how wage changes impact staffing models, cost structures, and recruitment strategies for restaurants, pubs, bars, and catering operations. Essential reading for operators, HR leads, and executives managing workforce planning and financial performance in a labour-sensitive sector.

Wages

This covers all our reporting on wages and pay structures within the UK foodservice and hospitality industries, including minimum wage legislation, National Living Wage updates, tipping reforms, pay disputes, and employer responses. We provide analysis on how wage changes impact staffing models, cost structures, and recruitment strategies for restaurants, pubs, bars, and catering operations. Essential reading for operators, HR leads, and executives managing workforce planning and financial performance in a labour-sensitive sector.

JD Wetherspoon warns of profit hit despite strong Christmas

JD Wetherspoon has reported that like-for-like sales rose by 4.7% in the 25 weeks to 18…

One pub a day closed in 2025 as sector faces rates overhaul

An average of one pub a day closed permanently across England and Wales during 2025,…

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…

Late-night economy down 28% since 2020 amid rising costs

Britain’s late-night economy has contracted by 4.6% in the past year, with the number of…

RSM: Hospitality under further pressure as wages rise to record high

Average weekly earnings in the accommodation and food services sector reached a record…

Ebb and flow or terminal decline: the state of summer hospitality jobs

For generations, the “Great British summer job” has been a rite of passage. Students pulling…

Loungefest: the day hospitality pauses to party

Ragley Hall was responsible for hosting “the biggest bash in hospitality” – Loungefest 2025…

Costs threaten fragile growth in late-night sector, new data shows

The number of late-night venues in Britain has grown modestly in the past year, but sector…

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…

Hospitality insolvencies remain ‘historically’ high despite Feb fall

Accommodation and food services insolvencies were down 11% from 3,829 in the 12 months to…
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