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NewsIn Pictures: Hop Vietnamese Kings Cross
The food-to-go brand’s sixth site, and first in London with 50+ seats, the new restaurant showcases a new design, built for an all-day experience from lunch to late night
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NewsPret to take Express format off the market
The self-service branded coffee stations were launched in 2021 with JDE Peet’s, targeting convenience stores, forecourts, universities, healthcare facilities and workplaces
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NewsTourist tax will cost British consumers £518m
A new visitor levy will allow mayors to impose a “modest” charge on overnight stays to invest in transport and infrastructure – but UKH said the “damaging” tax will be passed on to domestic tourists and fuel inflation
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NewsNational living wage rises to cost sector £1.4bn
Combined with a higher-than-expected 8.5% uplift in the wage rate for 18-20-year-olds, UKHospitality said the increases represent a total £1.4bn in additional cost for businesses
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NewsRedCat sells L&T division to Admiral Taverns
Following the deal, RedCat Hospitality will focus on its managed business and pubs-with-rooms model, where it see “strong and sustained customer demand”
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NewsMW Eat plots international expansion as it’s acquired by Fairfax Financial
The London-based operator behind Indian fine dining restaurants Chutney Mary and Veeraswamy and the more informal Masala Zone brand says the acquisition marks a ‘major step’ in its long-term growth strategy
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NewsCafés and restaurants exempt from ‘milkshake tax’
Lattes and milkshakes made in cafes and restaurants will be exempt from the government’s proposed ‘milkshake tax’, which will only apply to packaged drinks, health secretary Wes Streeting is due to tell the Commons today.
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NewsMarston’s achieves significant uplift in profit before tax
The 1,300-strong pub group reported a 71.3% in profit before tax of £72.1m for the 52 weeks to 27 September 2025 – up from £42.1m for the same period in 2024, although total revenue dipped slightly over the period.
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NewsDomino’s CEO steps down
Andrew Rennie has stepped down as chief executive and board director at the pizza delivery group with immediate effect, with current COO Nicola Frampton to serve as interim CEO until a permanent successor is appointed.
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NewsNTIA: ‘Brits still want to go out’
Data from the Night Time Industries Association shows that more than three quarters of UK consumers believe they are being priced out of the night-time economy due to rising costs
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NewsConsumers 'continue to choose convenience' as restaurant deliveries rise in October
Data shows restaurant delivery sales have risen while takeaway and click-and-collect orders have slumped amid a steady move away from consumers picking up food
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NewsSticks’n’Sushi appoints chief people officer
Karl Jolly rejoins the McWin-backed restaurant group from New World Trading Company after a three-year hiatus
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NewsBill’s Restaurants: ‘This will be our third record year in a row’
Managing director Tom James discusses Bill’s turnaround plan and reveals the chain has seen the “best numbers we’ve had all year” since its menu overhaul
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NewsGLP-1s to wipe out $53bn in F&B sales
Snacks, baked goods and confectionary are set to be the biggest losers, alongside alcohol, as more people turn to weight-loss drugs, research from Bloomberg Intelligence shows
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NewsChef Skye Gyngell dies aged 62
The Australian chef won a Michelin star at Petersham Nurseries, while at Spring in Somerset House she ran one of the first high-profile restaurants in London with a primarily female kitchen brigade
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NewsStrahan Wilson remembered for ‘kindness, calmness and infectious laugh’
The former chief financial officer of State of Play Hospitality, Côte Restaurants and EAT has died after battling cancer
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NewsLeon to bring Roast Rewards coffee subscription to an end
The move comes as the healthy fast-food group, which was recently reacquired by co-founder John Vincent, says it will be letting go of processes that make daily operations more difficult
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NewsWetherspoon to make overseas debut in Alicante
The pubco will open at the Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernandez Airport in Spain in January next year, offering Wetherspoon favourites as well as local dishes
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NewsBlack Sheep Coffee signs new agreement for Hertfordshire
The nine-site deal has been awarded to existing franchisee Virutthasalam Prabhakaran - known as Prabha - who currently operates a number sites across London
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NewsBanana Tree investment programme delivering ’strong profit growth’
Following a shake-up of its brand identity and strategy, improvements to operations, and a landmark new opening in Cardiff, the Big Table Group-owned Southeast Asian restaurant group is gunning for growth, MD Kate Wilton says