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.
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Aug- 2023 -15 AugustPubs and Bars
Hall & Woodhouse underlying profits recover in FY22
Hall and Woodhouse has reported that underlying profit before tax recovered to £4.4m in the year ended 28 January 2023, up from £1.6 m the prior year. Total profit before tax was down slightly to £10.4m, down from £11.2m the year before, though the group benefited from profits on the…
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Jul- 2023 -24 JulyComment
How will the industry be affected by the new allocation of tips?
Do you think the new Employment Allocation of Tips Act will genuinely work in redistributing the fair share of tips? I don’t believe this legislation touches the surface of the subject. I think it addresses principally what you said at the beginning of our discussion, which is where tips and…
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Jun- 2023 -28 JuneRestaurants
Various Eateries sales up 16% to £20m in H1
Various Eateries’ revenues have increased by 16% to £20.6m in the half-year ending 2 April, up from £17.7m in H1 2022, while like-for-like sales marginally increased. Despite this, the group reported a decrease in gross profit to £0.6m, down from £1.5m in the same period last year, and a loss…
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15 JunePubs and Bars
Fullers sees 33% rise in revenues to £336.6m
Pub and hotel chain Fuller, Smith and Turner has reported a 33% rise in revenues to £336.6m in FY2023 compared with £253.8m in FY2022, according to its latest figures for the 53 weeks ended 1 April 2023. According to Fuller’s, who continues to recover from the pandemic, revenues increased despite…
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May- 2023 -16 MayComment
Return of the MAC: Should hospitality be on the Shortage Occupation List?
The hospitality sector accounts for a significant 7% of the UK workforce and comparing the most recent three-month period up until January this year with the immediate pre-pandemic period (Jan-Mar 2020), vacancies in the sector are 72% higher. This compares to an increase of 42% in the overall economy. The…
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Apr- 2023 -24 AprilNews
Brighton Pier Group revenues hit £59m post-Covid
The Brighton Pier Group recently reported revenues of £58.9m for the 18 months ending 25 December 2022. The majority of the revenues came from the group’s pier division, which accumulated a total of £25.3m, compared to £9.6m in 2021. The results also show the business has rebounded strongly, especially by…
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Jan- 2023 -31 JanuaryBusiness
Average hospitality wages rise 53% in 10 years
The average wage for someone working in hospitality has risen 53% over the last 10 years, the biggest rise of any industry, according to ONS data analysed by Hazelwoods Accountants. The average wage has risen from £328 per week in 2012 to £502 per week in 2022. Hospitality workers have…
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23 JanuaryRestaurants
Energy crisis ‘existential threat’ to UK pubs, says BBPA
The BBPA has said the energy crisis represents an “existential threat” to UK pubs, after the latest CGA report showed that 13,000 hospitality businesses have shut since the start of the pandemic. Inflation in energy bills, wages and other costs caused a net decline of 4,809 licensed premises last year,…
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12 JanuaryFeatures
Adam Hyman on the Happiness in Hospitality 2022 report
What is your background in hospitality and can you tell us a little bit about your career progression? I don’t have an official hospitality background so to speak; like a lot of people, I have dabbled in working in restaurants and pubs growing up. I studied and worked in commercial…
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Dec- 2022 -22 DecemberPubs and Bars
JD Wetherspoon lists 32 pubs for sale
JD Wetherspoon has put 32 pubs across England on the market, with CBRE and Savills appointed to market the pubs. The group, which operates around 800 pubs in the UK and Ireland, said it was a “commercial decision” with more than half located in London and the south-east. The sites…
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