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Hospitality bosses in call for action ahead of Spring Budget

29 February 2024 by

More than 100 hospitality business leaders have made a last-minute plea for support to chancellor Jeremy Hunt ahead of next week’s Spring Budget.

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Contract caterers end 2023 with fourth quarter of double-digit growth

29 February 2024 by

Britain’s leading contract caterers saw sales grow by 12% year-on-year in the final quarter of 2023.

Heston Blumenthal calls for action over Companies House fraud News

Heston Blumenthal calls for action over Companies House fraud

14 February 2024 by

Chef Heston Blumenthal has called for greater urgency in protecting restaurants from fraud after it was[...]

Wear Inns pub portfolio put up for sale by administrators News

Wear Inns pub portfolio put up for sale by administrators

14 February 2024 by

Twenty-five pubs that made up the Wear Inns portfolio have been brought to the market after[...]

Fines for employing illegal workers triple in government crackdown News

Fines for employing illegal workers triple in government crackdown

14 February 2024 by

Fines for businesses employing illegal workers have tripled under a government crackdown on rogue employers.

‘How is the decimation of our industry allowed to continue?’: Juke and Loe announces closure News

‘How is the decimation of our industry allowed to continue?’: Juke and Loe announces closure

14 February 2024 by

Michelin-recommended Sheffield restaurant Joe and Loe at the Milestone will close in March after owners Luke[...]

Police appeal after substance thrown at woman in busy pub News

Police appeal after substance thrown at woman in busy pub

14 February 2024

A woman was left with a burning sensation after a substance was thrown on her while she was at a pub in Basingstoke.

Claude Bosi opens his most personal project to date in London's Chelsea Restaurant

Claude Bosi opens his most personal project to date in London's Chelsea

14 February 2024

Claude Bosi’s treasured grand-mère is the inspiration behind Josephine, a Chelsea restaurant that will serve uncompromisingly hearty and traditional Lyonnais cooking

Heathrow Airport boss joins calls to scrap UK 'tourist tax' News

Heathrow Airport boss joins calls to scrap UK 'tourist tax'

13 February 2024 by

Bosses at Heathrow Airport have backed calls for the reintroduction of VAT-free shopping for overseas visitors[...]

Historic brewer Adnams calls in advisers to explore funding options News

Historic brewer Adnams calls in advisers to explore funding options

13 February 2024 by

Brewer and pub operator Adnams has instructed advisers to explore funding options to secure the financial[...]

Gladwin brothers close the Fat Badger in Richmond News

Gladwin brothers close the Fat Badger in Richmond

13 February 2024 by

The Gladwin brothers have closed their Richmond restaurant the Fat Badger having been “unable to make[...]

Police called to hotel after Harry Potter fan’s wand mistaken for knife News

Police called to hotel after Harry Potter fan’s wand mistaken for knife

13 February 2024 by

Firearms officers responded to reports of a man with a large knife in a Leicestershire hotel[...]

Is this the final call for a VAT cut? News

Is this the final call for a VAT cut?

30 January 2024

Hospitality faces a perfect storm of issues and a VAT cut could offer a reprieve – but the government still isn’t listening

Charlotte Horler wants Birmingham’s Grand to become an icon of the city People

Charlotte Horler wants Birmingham’s Grand to become an icon of the city

24 January 2024

The hotel manager at Birmingham’s Grand has used the hotel’s ‘pockets of uniqueness’ to develop the guest experience. Emma Lake reports

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