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NewsWetherspoon’s founder Tim Martin says British boardrooms are ‘havens of wokery’
The pubs boss told the Mail on Sunday There is “too much virtue-signalling” and too little attention to more important fiduciary duties
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BrewDog steps out of the dog house still keen to float
Chief executive James Watt says the firm has learned from past employees’ complaints and is set for a £75m expansion, The Sunday Times reports
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Plan B restrictions to be scrapped as Boris Johnson plots fightback
Prime Minister scrambles to secure political survival in the wake of Downing Street parties scandal, starting with return of social freedoms, The Telegraph reports
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UK tourism industry in peril as overseas visitors stay away
More than 40% of firms say they are likely to go under despite staycation boom, The Observer reports
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Pizza Pilgrims restarts regional expansion
The group has been granted a premises license to take over the former ProCook retail site on Ship Street, opposite The Ivy
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Operators welcome move to cut self-isolation period
The government’s decision to reduce the duration of self-isolation to five days is expected to significantly improve staff availability in the hospitality sector.
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Poor festive sales figures ‘crippling’ for the sector
Pub, restaurant and bar sales plummeted 60% on Christmas Day compared to 2019, according to the latest data from UKHospitality and CGA.
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Flipdish raises £69m
The Dublin tech company, which helps restaurants bring delivery in-house, will use the funds to expand in the UK, Ireland, the US and France
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Caffè Nero completes £330m debt restructure
The refinancing effectively ends EG Group’s Issa brothers’ takeover ambitions of the chain
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Star Pubs pledges further support for Scottish and Welsh pubs
Star Pubs & Bars is to offer a 30% rent reduction to all of its pubs on core leased and tenanted agreements in Scotland and Wales
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M&B feels impact of Omicron on Christmas trading
Mitchells & Butlers has reported a total sales decline of 5.2% for the year to date as the impact of Omicron had a noticeable impact on festive trading.
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Admiral reports resilience performance for FY21
Admiral Taverns’ CEO Chris Jowsey said the pandemic and the UK government’s response to it “had a seismic impact on the hospitality sector”
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Pret to invest more than £9m in staff pay
Pret A Manger has announced that from April 2022, 85% of its team members will earn at least £10 per hour.
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Colin Hughes joins Four Star Pizza
Irish-owned pizza chain Four Star Pizza has named the former Subway country director Colin Hughes as its new CEO
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Incipio names new people director
Incipio Group has promoted Josie Adams to the role of people director, following her appointment as head of people in August 2020
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Retailers’ Retailer Awards 2022 finalists: the big reveal
MCA is delighted to reveal the finalists of this year’s Retailers’ Retailer Awards, with 10 hotly contested categories now open for voting.
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Dishoom and Nando’s make Glassdoor’s best places to work list
Dishoom features in 12th position and Nando’s 34th in Glassdoor’s UK Top 50 list, based on the feedback of employees.
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Whitbread sees F&B sales slide
Whitbread has reported a fall in total food and beverage sales of 11.1% during Q3 in a value pub and restaurant sector which “remains challenging”
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Just Eat to continue significant investment in London
Just Eat Takeaway.com has said it will continue to invest heavily in its London network, as part of its plan to further improve profitability in that market in 2022.
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Scottish restrictions to continue for indoor hospitality
The requirement for table service and social distancing in hospitality venues in Scotland will remain in place until at least 24 January
