Christmas
Businesses report best December in years, but real term sales lag pre-Covid
Britain’s leading managed pub, bar and restaurant groups enjoyed their best December trading in three years, the latest Coffer CGA Business Tracker reveals – but sales remained well below pre-Covid levels in real terms.
December trade down 21% from pre-pandemic for night-time hospitality
Night-time hospitality businesses reported trade was down 21% on 2019 levels during December, according to a flash poll of 200 Night-Time Industries Association (NTIA) members.
Christmas trees in London's hotels and restaurants
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Rail strikes ‘couldn’t come at a worse time’ for hospitality
Hospitality operators have been hit hard by the train strikes scheduled in the run-up to Christmas,[...]
Half of UK's free-range Christmas turkeys 'wiped out by bird flu'
Around half of the free-range turkeys produced for Christmas in the UK have died or been[...]
Claridge’s unveils Jimmy Choo 'diamond' Christmas tree for 2022
Claridge’s in London’s Mayfair has partnered with luxury shoe brand Jimmy Choo for the hotel’s 13th[...]
Jimmy Choo creative director to design Claridge’s Christmas tree this year
The Christmas tree in the lobby of Claridge’s hotel will this year be designed by Sandra[...]
Cost pressures take the shine off hospitality’s ‘golden quarter’
Hospitality businesses have warned they face a struggle to survive during the normally lucrative ‘golden quarter’ around Christmas without further government support."
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Managed hospitality groups' December sales dipped by 11% as Omicron hit consumer confidence
Britain’s managed restaurant, pub and bar groups suffered a double-digit drop on sales from pre-Covid-19 levels in December after widespread cancellations of Christmas celebrations, the latest edition of the Coffer CGA Business Tracker reveals.
Poor festive trading results in £3b hit to hospitality sector
A 40% drop in sales for the hospitality sector during the 2021 festive season versus 2019[...]
Omicron grant cash lands with local authorities in England today
The government has today delivered funding to councils across the country towards one-off Omicron grants for[...]
Hospitality sector worried for the New Year without Christmas cash reserves
Operators scrabble to retain staff and their businesses for the second year after last-minute restrictions put[...]
Pubs, bars and restaurants lost an average of £10,335 during Christmas week
Pub, bar and restaurant businesses lost £10,335 on average in the week leading up to Christmas,[...]
Cancellations and staff sickness force hospitality venues to close early for Christmas
Mass cancellations and staff sickness have forced a number of hospitality businesses to close earlier than expected before Christmas."
Christmas party cancellations ‘coming in thick and fast’ as hospitality faces £4b loss
Hospitality businesses are seeing cancellations of Christmas parties coming in “thick and fast” following the prime minister’s announcement of further coronavirus restrictions.
Government accused of using prospect of vaccine passports as distraction tactic
The government has been accused of using the possibility of introducing vaccine passports as a distraction tactic from reports a party took place in Downing Street last Christmas, just two days after hospitality businesses in some areas of the UK[...]
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