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NewsHow Lancashire’s Ribble Valley became Britain’s gastropub capital
With villages around the town of Clitheroe now home to three of the UK’s top 50 gastropubs, The Guardian reports on this unique north-western take on pub dining
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How to eat out at expensive restaurants on a budget
Noma may be closing, but fine dining in the UK is hotter — and more expensive — than ever. So can you do it on a shoestring, the Sunday Times asks
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Why global food supplies are at risk despite falling crop prices
Geopolitical uncertainty, volatile energy markets, and climate change all pose a threat, the Financial Times reports
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How the fancy pub with rooms conquered Britain
These well-funded spruce-ups are a great improvement, but they’re forcing out idiosyncratic boozers, The Telegraph reports
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RMT members will decide whether to accept offer to end deadlock
‘It’ll be up to our members to decide, and they’ll inform the leadership,’ said RMT general secretary Mick Lynch, the Evening Standard reports
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Diageo looking to develop alcohol-free whisky
The owner of whisky brand Johnnie Walker said it was researching alcohol-free alternatives to the spirit, as well as rum
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Chancellor to deliver upbeat message on economy
Jeremy Hunt is set to dismiss “gloom” about the prospects for the UK economy and instead deliver a message that the government will bring about long-term prosperity
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EG Group warned over £7bn debt pile
The owner of Leon and Cooplands Bakery has been warned it faces the growing risk of a rating downgrade if it fails to address its debts by the end of June.
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Openings of the week
MCA rounds up this week’s biggest openings stories, featuring new venues from Blacklock, Roxy Lanes, Coyote Ugly, and more
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Last chance for early bird tickets for MCA’s Food to Go Conference
EG Group, Island Poké and Chopstix join the line-up at the conference, with discounted early bird tickets available until 31 January.
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Wetherspoon struggles to offload venues
The pub operator has only sold a handful of the 35 venues it has put up for sale, amid nervousness over the cost of living crisis and uncertain market conditions
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BrewDog to roll out mental health and wellbeing programme
The brewer and bar operator’s 3,000 staff globally will have access to a personalised holistic ‘Pathfinder’ wellbeing programme, supported evidence-based content and courses.
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One week left to cast your vote for the Retailers’ Retailer Awards
The deadline for the ballots to decide the ultimate winners of the prestigious awards ceremony is 3 February
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Hostmore chair to step down
Gavin Manson will retire in May, and be replaced by Stephen Welker as chairman of the TGI Fridays operator
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UKH working with Ofgem over ‘unreasonable’ energy costs
The trade body is helping the energy regulator gather evidence over repeated reports of “unacceptable practice” towards business customers
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Tim Martin: ‘We’ll get back to pre-pandemic prosperity’
The JD Wetherspoon chairman told MCA the business was still being impacted by the concerns of older customers about coming out and a change in consumer habits
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Ping Pong acquired by former CEO for £3.13m
The dim sum business was running at a deficit of £11.6m to its founder Igor Sagiryan, a Russian national and former investment banker whose business interests are registered off-shore
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McWin Fund to acquire major stake in L’Osteria
The German restaurant business currently has two sites in the UK with McWin looking to drive expansion in multiple new and existing European markets.
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WatchHouse Coffee makes MD appointment
Caroline Ottoy joins the speciality coffee company from her role as operations director at Planet Organic.
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Growth prospects for UK economy have fallen
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will be left with a multi-billion-pound hole before the next budget in March, the Office for Budget Responsibility has warned.
