All Employment articles – Page 5
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NewsJonathan Neame: ‘There’s a risk Labour is doing to us what Thatcher did to the miners’
The Shepherd Neame CEO has told The Times he believes the pub sector is now at one of the most critical points in its history
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NewsScottish hospitality warns rates rise will serve as ‘closure notice’ to country’s high streets
The Scottish Hospitality Group has described the latest non-domestic rates revaluation as ‘totally disconnected from the trading reality’
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OpinionLet’s raise a glass-half-full this Christmas
Despite a prevailing sense of gloom over costs, it was refreshing to hear some genuine positivity from hospitality leaders looking ahead to 2026
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NewsIndian Brewery Company launches in Birmingham Airport in partnership with TRGC
Billed as ‘a significant milestone’ for the Indian Brewery Company, the new opening will bring the craft beer and street food business to three sites
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NewsWingstop continues to accelerate expansion with triple opening
The fast-growing fried chicken chain begun the final full week before Christmas with simultaneous openings in Leicester, Nottingham and Glasgow
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NewsJamie Oliver Group axes 20% of workforce ahead of high street comeback
The celebrity chef’s main commercial operation has completed a consultation process which involves 25 of its 126 employees being made redundant, Sky News reports
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NewsDomino’s appoints NED
Annie Murphy has held senior roles at PepsiCo, Procter & Gamble, Walgreens Boots Alliance, and Associated British Foods
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NewsLeon to appoint administrators and exit loss-making sites
After acquiring the healthy fast food brand last month, co-founder John Vincent said his immediate priority is to reduce the number of loss-making restaurants, with 20 out of its 70-strong estate believed to be at risk
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NewsReal Eating Company reduced to two sites following downsize
Founder Helena Hudson has blamed lacklustre trading and a lack of government support for her decision to reduce the size of her independent café group from eight sites to two
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OpinionSimon Emeny: ‘There’s no plan for economic growth and, without it, nowhere left to go’
The executive chair of Fuller’s says the budget was worse than he feared and leaves pubs and hotels ‘being wrung dry by tax shocks’
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NewsNTIA: ‘Youth unemployment scheme risks missing the point entirely’
The trade body has warned the government’s plan to offer young people on benefits job opportunities in hospitality is pointless if the sector is ‘priced out of existence’
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Weekend PressYoung people on benefits to be offered construction and hospitality work
BBC News reports the government will fund 350,000 training and work experience placements and will guarantee 55,000 jobs in areas it says are in the highest need, including hospitality, from spring 2026
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NewsUKHospitality: ‘Rates rises to wipe out more than half of Small Business Saturday benefit’
New analysis reveals small hospitality venues will see business rates bills rise by £318m over three years, more than half the £634m annual spend on Small Business Saturday
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NewsConsultation opens for extra time at the pub during 2026 Men’s World Cup
Pubs in England and Wales could trade until 1am if a home nation reaches the latter stages of the competition, which will be hosted by the US, Canada and Mexico
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NewsMiddletons acquired for £170,000
The steakhouse business was sold out of administration last month having faced financial challenges in the past year due to tough market conditions in the casual dining space
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OpinionTop chef’s astonishment over pub’s rateable values
One of Britain’s most acclaimed chefs, and owner of a growing colleciton of premium pubs in Yorkshire, Tommy Banks is one of many operators who have been left gobsmacked by new business rates bills which appear to penalise their success
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NewsUKHospitality Cymru warns business rates in Wales to increase by 80%
The trade body says the Welsh government’s decision to exclude hospitality from business rates reform will hit the sector with £131m in additional cost over three years
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Analysis & InsightWTF is happening with TGIs?
Once a powerhouse brand in the UK casual dining market, TGI Fridays now finds itself going through its third sale process in little more than a year
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NewsJamie’s Italian to relaunch in UK under partnership with Prezzo owner
Jamie Oliver has partnered with Brava Hospitality to bring Jamie’s Italian back to the UK six years on from its collapse with a flagship London restaurant to launch next year
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NewsLussmanns enters pre-pack, closes two sites
Founder and managing director Andrei Lussmann said the combination of the downturn in the economy and the uptick in costs had combined to make trading at the seafood restaurant group very challenging resulting in the closure of the restaurants in Highgate and Berkhamsted