All news articles – Page 293
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NewsPM insists on pay rise for truckers
Boris Johnson has called on HGV bosses to give drivers a pay rise as the Prime Minister prepares to send them one million morale-boosting letters in the run-up to Christmas.
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NewsBritain has 10 days to save Christmas, warns retail industry amid lorry driver crisis
Significant disruption in the run-up to Christmas is inevitable unless more delivery drivers are found in the next 10 days, the retail industry has warned.
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NewsMark Hix is back in business with a cool village pub
After a tough year, restaurateur Mark Hix has opened a village pub with rooms in rural Dorset
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NewsUK to issue temporary visas for truck drivers and farm workers
Business leaders have warned that the British government’s plan to issue 10,500 temporary visas to lorry drivers and agricultural workers to tackle labour shortages does not go far enough to fix the crisis.
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NewsElectric plans £1.5m refurb for former O2 Academy
Electric Group, the nightclub and live music venue operator backed by family that own River Island, has secured the former O2 Newcastle Academy, with plans for a UK-wide expansion drive.
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NewsCGA: ‘Pubs have been remarkably quick to adapt’
Nearly a year of annual sales has been lost from the market announced Karl Chessell at MCA’s Pub Conference but “pubs have been quick to adapt”
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NewsCity Pub Group: ‘We are back on the acquisition trail’
The group is open to repurposing venues as part of its plans to break the 100-site mark, with several new locations in the pipeline, including a cider brew pub in Bath.
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NewsTortilla announces plans to float
Tortilla has announced plans to list on AIM in early October, as well as making two new non-exec appointments with the arrival of Emma Woods and Laurence Keen.
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NewsPopeyes announces first UK outlet opening
Popeyes will open its first UK restaurant in London’s Westfield Strafford in November with other new store openings to be announced soon.
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NewsStaff to keep all tips under new government rules
All tips will be given directly to hospitality workers without any deductions under new plans to be set out by the government today.
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NewsPret: ‘Half of our 200 new shops will be franchised’
Guy Meakin, Trading Director at Pret, has talked about opening 200 outlets in two years and of working with franchise partners in new locations.
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NewsInception Group: ‘We need to give people a reason to leave their sofas’
Late night venues need to offer an experience that cannot be replicated at home, Charlie Gilkes, co-founder of Inception Group has told MCA’s Pub Conference.
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NewsM&B reports ‘volatile but strengthening trade’
Mitchells & Butlers has reported like-for-like sales were 97% of pre-Covid levels, in the 18 weeks since 17 May, with the most recent eight weeks up to 104%.
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NewsPizzaExpress hires property director
PizzaExpress has hired Clive Bentley, formerly of Holland & Barrett and Costa Coffee, as its new global property director, as the brand eyes 50 new restaruant openings.
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NewsCity Pub Group sales on ‘upward trajectory’
The Clive Watson-led group has added the Grade II listed Cliftonville Hotel in Cromer, Norfolk, to its portolio, for £1.7m.
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NewsCosts rise for hospitality due to supply chain challenges
The majority of sector leaders say supply chain issues are impacting their businesses, with three-quarters likely to raise prices as a result.
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NewsFuller’s business ‘steadily increasing’
Chief Executive Simon Emeny said life was “gradually returning to normal”, with a return of customers to its central London pubs.
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NewsMinister Scully and AlixPartners to speak at MCA Restaurant Conference
Business minister Paul Scully and AlixPartners’ MD, hospitality and leisure, Graeme Smith have joined the line-up at MCA’s Restaurant Conference 2021.
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NewsGovernment strikes CO2 deal to avoid food industry crisis
Production will restart at one of Britain’s biggest carbon dioxide producing plants after a deal was struck with government in order to avoid a food industry crisis.
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NewsNightclub definition will capture swatches of Scottish late-night venues
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s definition of a nightclub, in relation to the introduction of vaccine passports, will capture swatches of Scotland’s nighttime economy, UKHospitality Scotland has warned.