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NewsOver 750,000 sector job losses expected without additional government support
Over 750,000 jobs will be lost in hospitality by February 2021 without further government support, according to CGA.
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NewsFarquhar departs Wagamama
Wagamama chief marketing officer Ross Farquhar has left the TRG-owned restaurant group.
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NewsM&B launches redundancy process
Mitchells & Butlers has begun a redundancy consultation with a number of staff as it deals with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
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NewsNew job scheme not enough
The government is facing a backlash over the new job support scheme, which pays two-thirds of workers’ wages affected by coronavirus closures.
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NewsScrimgeour leaves Cote, Holbrook steps up
Cote CEO Alex Scrimgeour is leaving the business following its acquisition by Partners Group, with Jane Holbrook to take over as executive chair.
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NewsOsmond: Loan schemes ‘dig further trouble’
Emergency government loans designed to help companies through the pandemic could turn “once-viable businesses into zombie basket cases”, Various Eateries CEO Hugh Osmond has said.
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NewsCineworld to close 127 UK theatres
Cineworld has confirmed it is temporarily suspending operations at all of its 127 Cineworld and Picturehouse theatres in the UK from Thursday (8 October).
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NewsFuller’s to lay off 10% of staff
Fuller’s has said government advice to work from home means the pub company will have to lay off “at least” 10% of its staff, around 500 people.
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InterviewsCity Pub Group CEO Clive Watson: ‘250 jobs at risk without better support scheme’
Up to 250 jobs could be at risk at City Pub Group without an improvement in the chancellor’s Job Support Scheme, CEO Clive Watson has told MCA. Given the continued closure of certain premises – the group has reopened 37 of its 48-strong estate – Watson said that Sunak’s proposed 33% wage subsidy plan will not be sufficient to support pubs that are still closed, or those where operating hours have been significantly reduced.
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NewsPret appoints global procurement director
Pret A Manger has appointed a new global procurement director. Laura Grant joins from Virgin Atlantic, where she was most recently vice president of strategic projects / chief of staff, and before that VP of procurement. The appointment follows the announcement of a major restructure at Pret, which involves 2,800 ...
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NewsDeliveroo to hire 15k new riders
Deliveroo has announced it will employ an additional 15,000 riders by the end of the year, in contrast to the hospitality industry it supplies, which is continuing to haemorrhage jobs.
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NewsLeon appoints Ayerst MD
Leon has appointed Nick Ayerst, former MD of TRG Concessions, as managing director.
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NewsJulian Metcalfe lambasts PM’s ‘exaggerated nonsense’
Itsu CEO Julian Metcalfe has savaged Prime Minister Boris Johnson for “spouting Churchillian nonsense” and called a new six-month call to work from home “criminal”.
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NewsStonegate extends £36.5m tenant support package
Stonegate Pub Company has announced further support for its pub partners, creating an overall coronavirus support package in excess of £36.5m. Within its lease and tenanted business – Ei Publican Partnerships – the pubco will offer rent reductions of 30% in October and 20% in November for tied publicans operating substantive agreements in England.
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NewsTye appointed chair of The Big Table
The Big Table, which was recently formed to acquire and operate the Bella Italia, Café Rouge and Las Iguanas restaurant brands, has appointed Mike Tye as non-executive chairman.
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NewsBrighton Pier Group bars makes staff lay-offs
The bars division of Brighton Pier Group has had to make staff lay-offs due to the continued uncertainty over the reopening of the late-night sector and the end of the furlough scheme.
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NewsThwaites starts redundancy programme
Daniel Thwaites has initiated a programme of redundancies due to the uncertain operating climate heading into winter.
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NewsTRG director leaves amid leisure restructure
The Restaurant Group divisional MD Nick Shelmerdine has left the group following the downsizing of its leisure divisions.
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NewsSenior changes at Pret amid staff cuts
Pret UK shops director Tom Sugarman is leaving the business while food and coffee director Guy Meakin has been made trading director.
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NewsGreene King sees record number of tenant applications
Greene King has recorded its highest ever number of new tenant applications this Summer, despite the impact of the coronavirus crisis. Across June, July and August, 254 people got in touch with Greene King Pub Partners wanting to run their own pub, more than double the same period in 2019. The pubco has also revealed that even in the height of lockdown, between 24 March and 22 June, there were 108 new unique applications.