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Weekend PressWhisky strikes are a distraction that Diageo cannot afford
Trade unions should work with drinks company’s management to turn the business around, The Telegraph writes
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Weekend PressOne in three pubs pressuring drinkers to tip at the bar
British establishments turn to American-style gratuity prompts as higher costs squeeze margins, The Telegraph reports
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Weekend PressCinema revival takes the big screen and makes it enormous
Film-goers are attending less often but spending more, splashing out on plush seats, elaborate cocktails and premium screens, the FT reports
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Weekend PressBrewDog administration leaves creditors facing £208m loss
The fallout spans bank loans, tax debts and £75 million put up by about 220,000 crowdfunders before Tilray’s £33 million rescue, The Times reports
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Weekend PressHeineken in talks to buy 300 pubs from Stonegate in £300m deal
Dutch brewing giant close to deal as Britain’s biggest pub company seeks to offload 1,000 of its best pubs to ease burden of more than £3bn of debt, The Sunday Times reports
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Weekend PressPizzaExpress cooks up sale at up to £500m valuation
Company owners, including Bain Capital’s special situations unit and Cyrus Capital Partners, are working with bankers at Rothschild, the FT reports
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Weekend Press‘People are eating less — restaurants must adapt’
Restaurant designer Afroditi Krassa tells The Times how a cultural shift is pushing places like Dishoom, Itsu and the Savoy to roll the dice
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Weekend Press‘Hotel police’ to enforce Burnham’s tourist tax
Tax officers will be able to demand access to hotels, force hospitality bosses to hand over documents and issue financial penalties under government proposals to impose the new overnight visitor levy, reports The Telegraph
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Weekend PressFlorian de Chezelles: ‘We’re only as good as the last salad we’ve made’
The co-founder of The Salad Project speaks to the FT about spotting a gap in the market to serve healthy lunchtime meals to London’s workers, and why he’s taking the brand to Paris
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Weekend PressPremier Inn owner: ‘Tourist tax’ could stop us opening new hotels
Whitbread boss Dominic Paul tells The Times Andy Burnham’s planned levy on overnight visitors would hit an industry already struggling with higher business rates
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Weekend PressGail’s reveals menopause plan ahead of new laws
The bakery has become one of the first big consumer brands to reveal a “menopause action plan” ahead of new laws coming in next year, The Sunday Times reports
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Weekend PressThe hotels hiring robots to cut their wage bills
Hospitality bosses are reconsidering automation as labour costs surge, The Telegraph reports
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Weekend PressBritain faces food shortages within months, warn farmers
Poor harvest mean sector risks not having enough money to plant next year’s crops, The Telegraph reports
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Weekend PressCoffee chain Blank Street raises funds from General Atlantic to fuel expansion and ice cream push
Latest fundraising values the six-year-old company at about $650m as it aims to be ‘daily luxury brand’, the FT reports
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Weekend PressMy old boozer is closing down. The curse of the pub strikes again
The Phoenix in Coventry is heading for the ashes in a very modern story of changing drinking habits, soaring costs, pub closures and debt-laden owners, Jon Yeomans writes for The Sunday Times
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Weekend PressCampaign For Real Ale’s membership sinks to eight-year low
The beer drinkers’ champion is £800,000 in the red as Britons drink less and big brewers shift away from ale. But there are signs that Gen Z could come to the rescue, The Sunday Times reports
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Weekend PressFish and chips for four? That’ll be more than £45, please
Chippies have put up prices by nearly 65% since 2021 thanks to overfishing and sanctions against Russian imports, a Sunday Times analysis shows
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Weekend PressHugo spritz boom shakes Aperol’s fizz
US sales of Campari’s orange spirit were outstripped by Bacardi’s St-Germain elderflower liqueur, the Financial Times reports
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Weekend PressDrastic Dave faces his moment of truth at Diageo
The struggling drinks giant turned to Sir Dave Lewis at the start of this year. This week investors will hear first-hand how he plans to turn it around, The Sunday Times reports
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Weekend PressNoma restaurant prepares to reopen under new leadership after abuse allegations
The world-class venue is puting a renewed focus on staff wellbeing under a new head chef after René Redzepi stepped down and apologised for his behaviour, The Guardian reports