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OpinionCasual dining: the perennially squeezed middle
The causal dining segment continues to be face pressure from all angles from quick service, coffee and bakery shops, gastropubs and premium restaurants, with no clear end sight to its malaise
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NewsBow Street Group targeting up to six acquisitions in next three years
Executive chairman David Page says the group is only interested in bringing profitable businesses into its stable, which have scope to expand up to and beyond 60 sites nationwide
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Analysis & InsightRestaurant sales revive while pubs soften in August
While leading managed groups overall saw like-for-like sales up 0.8%, the sector showed a slight cooling of growth compared with July when the impact of the World Cup boosted takings
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InterviewsNero Group: ‘We anticipate opening about 45 new stores in the UK next year’
Founder and group CEO Gerry Ford tells MCA there remains ‘significant growth opportunities’ for all its brands, which includes Caffè Nero and Coffee#1, in its home market
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Analysis & InsightSummer heatwave drives up utility costs for hoteliers
The RSM UK Hotels Tracker shows utilities expenses per occupied room of UK hotels rose from £8.45 in July 2025 to £9.15 in July 2026
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Analysis & InsightStrong performance across hospitality and leisure categories in August as consumer confidence improves
Spend across hospitality and leisure rose 3.3% last month, bolstered by marked improvement in the travel and entertainment segments
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NewsDefra must step up food supply chain planning as risks grow
The National Audit Office has warned the UK’s food supply chain risks are “increasing in likelihood and severity”
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Analysis & InsightSunday the stand-out trading day of long weekend
Sunday accounted for 43% of all bookings made across the recent Bank Holiday weekend, according to insight from Zonal
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Analysis & InsightBusiness optimism down despite summer sales boost
Just 35% of leaders polled feel optimistic about prospects for their business over the next 12 months – down 16 percentage points since the start of the year, according to the latest Business Confidence Survey from NIQ and Zonal
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Analysis & InsightBank holiday pints set to give pub sector £13m sales boost
To coincide with the three-day weekend, the BBPA carried out research to find out what makes the perfect pub, with 33% stating that a cosy, traditional atmosphere was of most importance, with only 6% preferring a modern, stylish décor.
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NewsClaridge’s operator bets on US and UK visitors to offset Middle East
Maybourne chief executive Marc Socker tells the FT the group has ‘proactively pivoted’ to other areas to counter drop in Gulf bookings
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NewsLoungers on track to hit £500m turnover this year
Reflecting as the all-day café/bar/restaurant group celebrates its 24th birthday, co-founder and executive chairman Alex Reilley said being part of the business continues to be ‘one hell of ride’
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NewsCosts and political instability holding back investment despite ‘Burnham bounce’ in hospitality confidence
A survey carried out by the industry’s major trade bodies shows optimism in the sector more than doubled following the government’s announcement last month to reduce business rates
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Analysis & InsightRestaurant sales flag in the July heat
While pubs scored big thanks to the World Cup last month, the latest NIQ RSM Hospitality Business Tracker shows sales in slipped in other segments
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OpinionWhat every operator should know about the climate’s impact on food and drink
David Read, founder of Prestige Purchasing, lays out the facts about food production and speculates about its impact on our sector
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Weekend PressBritain faces food shortages within months, warn farmers
Poor harvest mean sector risks not having enough money to plant next year’s crops, The Telegraph reports
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Analysis & InsightRestaurant at-home sales flat in July as consumers head out in heatwaves
Britain’s top restaurant groups recorded fractional growth of 0.3% in delivery and takeaway sales in July, according to the latest NIQ Hospitality at Home Tracker
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NewsRise in NEETs fuelling ‘chicken wing economy’
Analysts at Baringa have drawn a link between the wide emergence of QSR chicken restaurants and rise in young people not in employment, education or training
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News‘Precious little breathing space’ for hospitality businesses as insolvency numbers jump 10% in Q2
The latest Buchler Phillips Hospitality Index shows the number of monthly hospitality insolvencies has remained consistently over 260 so far this year
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NewsCarlsberg reports ‘solid top-line development and earnings growth’
The Danish brewer says it is narrowing full-year earnings guidance towards the upper end of the range amid disciplined cost focus, performance management and faster-than-expected delivery of the Britvic synergies