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NewsRetailers’ Retailer Awards 2022 winners revealed
Nando’s, Dishoom and Leon were among the winners at the awards last night with Prezzo chair Karen Jones taking home the top accolade of Retailers’ Retailer of the Year.
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NewsTasty ‘cautiously optimistic’ about estate expansion
The operator of Wildwood and dim t restaurants said it expects to open around five to six new units this year, in a “measured expansion plan”, following a profit turnaround last year
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NewsBewiched Coffee looks to double in size
The Northampton-based operator, which just announced its first frachise partnership with Heart of England Co-operative Society, is aiming for a mix of both its own stores and franchises
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NewsRevolution investing £2m to lift pay above minimum
The bar group said the initiative formed one of many commitments it was making to try and improve its attractiveness as a place to work, as well as to reward and retain existing staff
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NewsSoaring costs forcing operators to cut hours
More than a third (38%) of hospitality businesses have reduced their trading hours due to the rocketing price of energy, according to a new cross-industry survey.
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NewsItsu appoints group CFO
Greg Thorp joins the healthy Asian fast-food chain, following 16 years at Pret A Manger, as it pushes ahead with its nationwide expansion plans, including its first site in Scotland this week
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NewsSBPA appoints new president
Molson Coors’ strategy director Andrew Lawrence will take over from Hawthorn’s Edith Monfries as president of the Scottish Beer & Pub Association
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NewsCosta Coffee makes 2040 net zero carbon pledge
As well as reaching net zero within the next 18 years, the coffee chain has also pledged to halve the coffee emissions it produces per coffee by 2030
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NewsSunak ‘considering VAT cut extension’
The chancellor is reported to be plotting a host of tax cuts and freezes this week amid mounting pressure over the surging cost of living
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NewsCity Pub Group sells pub package to Portobello Starboard
The five pubs on the South Coast of England, including three in Brighton, were sold for £16.2m
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NewsNew CFO at KFC UK&I
Matthew McCormick, formerly chief development officer, has become the new chief financial officer, replacing Chris Drew
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NewsMPs report calls for tax equality for pubs
The outdated tax on bricks and mortar is threatening investment in high streets, skills, and communities, a group of MPs has warned
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NewsEscape to Freight Island looks to expand beyond Manchester
Speaking at the R200 Conference last week, MD Dan Morris said there’s an appetite for the concept in cities across the UK
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NewsDrink sales almost back at 2019 levels
Average sales in managed pubs, bars and restaurants were virtually back at pre-pandemic levels, with categories such as spirits significantly up (+11%), according to CGA’s Drinks Recovery Tracker
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NewsBeer prices up by 45p a pint
The price of a pint of beer has gone up by 20-45p a pint at Marston’s and by up to 20p a pint extra at Wetherspoons, it has been reported
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NewsMowgli reports ‘extremely strong trading’
The Nisha Katona-led restaurant group said like-for-likes remained materially above pre-Covid levels across all segments of the business, since the full lifting of restrictions last July
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NewsSoaring energy prices threaten last orders for pubs
Hospitality and leisure sector businesses are struggling to secure manageable gas and electricity deals, the Financial Times reports
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NewsHotels look to Ukrainian refugees to solve staffing crisis
With around 230,000 positions unfilled, could this be a positive option for new arrivals, The Sunday Times asks
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NewsAt Crosstown, customers go crazy for our doughnuts
Co-founder Adam Wills shares the formula to Crosstown’s sourdough doughnuts and specialty coffee combination with the Sunday Times
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NewsFears for the great British fish & chip shop
The crisis facing the nation’s takeaways highlights grim times for the restaurant trade, the Sunday Times reports