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NewsDeliveroo launches SME support package
Deliveroo has launched a financial support package to help SME restaurants facing challenges due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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NewsUKH releases Covid-secure guidelines
Directional movement of customers, restricted contact with commodities and regular controls of outside spaces could all be part of hospitality’s ‘new normal’ come July.
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NewsInsolvency bill presented to Parliament
The Government has introduced new insolvency legislation to help struggling businesses survive through the coronavirus crisis.
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NewsWhitbread launches £980 million rights issue raise
Whitbread has proposed that it intends to raise £980 million - approximately £1,009 million in gross proceeds - by way of a rights issue.
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NewsCaffè Nero launches delivery
Caffè Nero is to launch an all-new delivery service this month in an exclusive partnership with Uber Eats.
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NewsMcDonald’s reopens 39 drive-thru lanes
McDonald’s has reopened the drive-thru lanes in 39 of its UK and Ireland restaurants.
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NewsThwaites hopes to return to strong trading
Daniel Thwaites, the pub, inn and hotel operator, is considering applying for a Government backed loan scheme, to ensure it has sufficient facilities to get through the recovery period.
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NewsRoadmap launched for summer reopening
A roadmap calling for a “fair and timely return for hospitality this summer”, has been launched by UK Hospitality. Governments at Westminster, Holyrood and Cardiff must invest in the relaunch of the sector for the benefit of local communities, peoples’ jobs, national wellbeing and the British economy, the trade body ...
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NewsGovernment is “actively exploring” pavement dining deregulation
There is growing appetite among Government to look at pavement dining as a way to assist the reopening of hospitality businesses, UK Hospitality CEO Kate Nicholls has said.
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NewsHush CEO Jamie Barber: Post-furlough redundancy costs will bite operators
Operators need to consider reducing the size of their teams before the furlough scheme ends, Jamie Barber, Hush Brasseries CEO, has said.
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NewsWagamama to open 67 more sites for delivery and collection
Wagamama will reopen 67 sites for delivery and collection by the end of June, MCA can reveal.
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NewsPaul relaunches click and collect
Paul has relaunched its click and collect service, allowing it to reintroduce its cake offering.
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NewsJKS says delivery is ‘crucial’ as it re-opens estate
JKS Restaurants CEO Jyotin Sethi says that delivery should be a core part of most restaurant’s strategy post lockdown as the sector looks to soften the blow of social distancing measures and a possible lack of demand.
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NewsCorbin & King to top up furlough pay thanks to gift voucher appeal
Corbin & King will be able to top up the salaries for furloughed staff thanks to the “overwhelming” customer response to its gift voucher appeal.
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NewsKFC to have 500 stores open by end of the week
KFC will have over 500 stores open for contactless delivery by the end of this week.
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NewsJust Eat Takeaway.com raises doubts over Deliveroo CMA evidence
Just Eat Takeaway.com has urged the Competitions and Market Authority to reconsider its provisional approval of the Amazon and Deliveroo deal as it raises “doubts over the credibility of the exiting firm scenario put forward by Deliveroo.”
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NewsPizza Express to relaunch delivery
Pizza Express is set to relaunch certain sites for delivery in the next two weeks, MCA’s The Conversation has heard.
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NewsCDG in restructuring talks
Causal Dining Group is in talks with advisory firm Alixpartners about a financial restructuring to secure the business through the coronavirus crisis.
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NewsBoparan poised to take over Carluccio’s
Boparan Restaurant Group is poised to buy Carluccio’s out of administration, Sky News reports.
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NewsSnapshot: Discombobulating Fried Chicken at KFC
It’s been weeks since a state of lockdown was imposed on the UK and I suspect I’m not the only one missing the colonel. The news that KFC was reopening was a welcome relief. So I went, and as delicious as the food was, visiting a KFC during lockdown is a discombobulating experience.