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NewsFinal La Tasca replaced by Tapas Revolution
Spanish Restaurant Group said it was “reviewing options and formats” for La Tasca, which at one stage had 80 restaurants
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NewsLiving wage to rise to £9.50 per hour
UKHospitality’s chief executive Kate Nicholls said the hospitality sector needs further support from government to maintain wage growth
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NewsPret to expand into Canada with new partnership
A&W will bring Pret food and coffee to customers in its restaurants in Canada during an initial two-year trial phase.
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NewsWhitbread to pay staff £10m bonus
The sum is in addition to a previously announced investment in Whitbread’s pay, at a cost of £12m-13m
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NewsNightcap: ‘trading strongly’ and opening sites
Nightcap is opening three new sites during November in Bristol, Reading and London with trading ’continuing to be strong and ahead of management expectations’.
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NewsShoryu Ramen aims for national franchise expansion
Shoryu Ramen has unveiled plans for a series of franchises openings across the UK in collaboration with Ford Consultancy Group.
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NewsThe Big Table plans expansion push
The Big Table plans to double the number of Las Iguanas outlets, open new Bella Italia sites and refurbish its estate in a £50m expansion push.
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NewsGiggling Squid: ‘highly resilient over the last 18 months’
Giggling Squid’s has a pipeline of new locations having traded strongly during lockdown, with Andrew Laurillard playing down recent talk of an initial public offering.
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NewsRaab: Former prisoners will be trained to help hospitality ‘thrive’ this Christmas
Ex-convicts could help plug staff shortages in pubs and restaurants in the run-up to Christmas, said Justice Secretary Dominic Raab.
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NewsChancellor in row over Treasury’s failure to cut business rates in Budget
Rishi Sunak is at the centre of a Cabinet row over the Treasury’s failure to cut business rates, despite an explicit Conservative manifesto pledge to do so.
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NewsBooster jabs will prevent lockdown, says Rishi Sunak
Shops, pubs and restaurants must not shut again to deal with Covid, Rishi Sunak has said, as he insisted that vaccines meant there could be “no more lockdowns”.
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NewsHospitality leaders urge Rishi Sunak not to raise VAT rate in his autumn budget
More than two hundred hospitality industry leaders have written to Rishi Sunak urging him not to increase the rate of VAT.
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NewsWomen boycott clubs amid ‘spiking epidemic’
Students are planning to boycott nightclubs next week as part of nationwide protests, with more than 30 universities taking part in the campaign in a bid to force venues to increase safety measures.
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NewsSupper secures £2.4m from Growthdeck
The high-end restaurant delivery platform operates a fleet of custom-made, stabilised vehicles and employs its drivers directly
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NewsJust Eat says UK losses have ‘clearly peaked’
UK MD Andrew Kenny said investments in areas like marketing and pricing had inevitably hit profitability but it was confident EBITDA was on an upward trajectory.
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NewsPret ventures into self-service hot drinks
The branded coffee machines will be introduced into convenience stores, forecourts, universities, healthcare facilities and workplaces
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NewsSourced Market MD departs
Scott Macdonald has left to join Fego Restaurants as interim MD after two and a half years with the premium retail and cafe concept.
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NewsDelivery still thriving after lockdown
Managed restaurant and pub groups more than doubled their delivery and takeaway sales from pre-pandemic levels in September, the latest edition of the CGA & Slerp Hospitality at Home Tracker shows.
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NewsFurlough scheme costs £69bn
Office for National Statistics figures reveal it was the biggest intervention in the UK jobs market in peacetime
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NewsBlack Sheep eyes 100 sites
Black Sheep Coffee is looking to double its estate of 50 sites by the end of summer 2022.