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Gary Usher ditches set menus at Elite Bistros due to ‘spiralling inflation’

06 June 2023 by

Gary Usher’s Elite Bistros will be serving à la carte dishes from now on after the chef said that it had become “impossible” to offer a balanced set menu amid the cost of living crisis.

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Sales up for managed pubs, bars and restaurants but costs bite

24 April 2023 by

Like-for-like sales at Britain’s leading managed restaurant, pub and bar groups in March were 1.4% ahead of last year’s levels, the new Coffer CGA Business Tracker shows.

Historic Fife hotel enters liquidation as industry body warns more will follow News

Historic Fife hotel enters liquidation as industry body warns more will follow

14 March 2023 by
McDonald’s launches ‘saver meal’ trial alongside further price increases News

McDonald’s launches ‘saver meal’ trial alongside further price increases

16 February 2023 by
Viewpoint: It’s time for some positive thinking Business

Viewpoint: It’s time for some positive thinking

26 January 2023 by
Is fine dining unsustainable? Business

Is fine dining unsustainable?

25 January 2023 by

Viewpoint: how to ride out the cost of living crisis Business

Viewpoint: how to ride out the cost of living crisis

12 January 2023 by

When people are short of cash, hospitality is the first industry to suffer, so let’s get[...]

Pubs offer warmth and free meals to communities despite rising energy costs News

Pubs offer warmth and free meals to communities despite rising energy costs

21 December 2022 by

Pubs are offering warm spaces and free meals to people struggling this winter despite being hit[...]

Hospitality group freezes restaurant prices amid cost of living crisis News

Hospitality group freezes restaurant prices amid cost of living crisis

22 November 2022 by

A Scottish hospitality group has frozen prices across its hotel restaurants and bars to try and[...]

Government must act 'to keep a trip to the pub affordable' this Christmas News

Government must act 'to keep a trip to the pub affordable' this Christmas

04 November 2022 by

The rise in interest rates could see customers further reign in their spending over the winter[...]

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Rise in hospitality businesses closing for the winter due to costs crisis

As temperatures drop, heating systems begin clunking into action and the cost-of-living crisis leaves seats empty, more hospitality operators are taking the decision to put their businesses into hibernation this winter."

31 October 2022 by
Almost 150,000 sign petition calling on government to save pubs News

Almost 150,000 sign petition calling on government to save pubs

25 October 2022
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Nearly 150,000 members of the public have signed a petition calling on the government to take action to save the struggling pub sector.

Viewpoint: Are we crisis fatigued or crisis fit? News

Viewpoint: Are we crisis fatigued or crisis fit?

18 October 2022
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If you can find solutions to the issues facing the climate, they will automatically help you tackle energy bill rises, says Mark Chapman

Vegan restaurant group Frost Burgers enters administration News

Vegan restaurant group Frost Burgers enters administration

17 October 2022 by

Vegan burger restaurant group Frost Burgers has entered administration as a result of spiralling costs.

Restaurant protests against energy bills by serving tasting menu without power News

Restaurant protests against energy bills by serving tasting menu without power

13 October 2022 by

A restaurant in Cheshire is to serve customers without using electricity or gas in an act[...]

Green & Fortune offers extra payments to staff to help with cost of living News

Green & Fortune offers extra payments to staff to help with cost of living

12 October 2022 by

Independent hospitality company Green & Fortune is to offer staff additional payments of up to £600[...]

Pret A Manger raises staff pay for second time this year as cost of living bites News

Pret A Manger raises staff pay for second time this year as cost of living bites

11 October 2022 by

Pret A Manger has announced its second pay rise this year to ease the cost of[...]

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Consumer spending slows with Brits planning evenings in and more takeaways

Consumer card spending grew 1.8% year-on-year in September – the smallest uplift since February 2021, and well below the 9.9% rise in consumer price inflation – as Brits cut back on discretionary purchases in response to rising costs. "

11 October 2022 by
Hospitality businesses see drop in turnover as prices rise News

Hospitality businesses see drop in turnover as prices rise

23 September 2022
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Hospitality businesses have been the hardest hit by cost increases of all sectors, with 43% reporting lower turnover in August compared to July – a net decrease of 26%.

National Insurance increase reversed News

National Insurance increase reversed

23 September 2022
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The 1.25% rise in National Insurance will be reversed from 6 November, the Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has announced.

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