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Weekend PressYoung people on benefits to be offered construction and hospitality work
BBC News reports the government will fund 350,000 training and work experience placements and will guarantee 55,000 jobs in areas it says are in the highest need, including hospitality, from spring 2026
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Weekend PressMcDonald’s makes major change to popular product after less than a year following customer complaints
Having introduced fibre lids in January to ‘innovate and improve’ the drinking experience, The Sun says the fast food chain has now decided to bring back plastic lids following customer feedback
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Weekend PressHow Britain’s latest foodie destination emerged from Pizza Hut and retail parks
The town of Stockport has been transformed into a confident dining hub with real culinary ambition, writes The Telegraph
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Weekend PressBlack Sheep brewer on brink of calling last orders
Keystone Brewing Group, which also counts Fourpure and Hofmeister among its portfolio, is lining up FRP Advisory as administrator as it races to secure a restructuring or sale, Sky News learns.
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Weekend PressHospitality pleads for ‘lifeline’ as Rachel Reeves accused of imposing ‘stealth tax’
Although the chancellor said in her budget speech that she is backing small retail and hospitality businesses, they are facing “eye-watering” business rates increases, Sky News reports
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Weekend PressCan you have a community without craic? Scholars of Ireland’s pubs warn of declining numbers
Two new books analyse what makes the ‘perfect pub’ and both come to a sobering conclusion: Irish pubs are in trouble, The Guardian writes
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Weekend PressGrind coffee founder: ‘Keeping founders poor doesn’t help anyone’
Lockdown transformed the prospects of the company after the launch of the direct-to-consumer business, the FT writes
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Weekend PressChasing money ruined Leon. I’m bringing back the love, says founder
Four years ago John Vincent walked away from the fast-food chain. Now he’s bought the business back – and he’s not mincing his words about what’s gone wrong, The Sunday Times writes
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Weekend PressByron burger chain snapped up by Gen Z investor
Akshat Tibrewala, founder of Niyamo Capital, buys business that thrived in casual dining boom but then collapsed twice and shed most of its UK sites, The Sunday Times reports
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Weekend PressGreggs activist investor demands ‘timid’ bosses cut costs
Singapore-based hedge fund warns that the bakery chain – the most shorted company on the London Stock Exchange – is at risk of a cut-price private equity raid, The Sunday Times reports
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Weekend PressGood things will come from Guinness v Murphy’s price war
Guinness now faces a mounting battle with its rival Heineken, which is hoping to steal a march with its own Irish stout, Murphy’s, The Times reports
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Weekend PressSt John’s founders are stepping back. What comes next for the trailblazing nose-to-tail restaurant?
Fergus Henderson and Trevor Gulliver are retiring from day-to-day operations at their legendary London restaurant St John after 31 years, the FT reports
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Weekend PressFarewell regular flat white. ‘Functional’ coffees are hitting the high street
Coffees made with extra ingredients like mushrooms, protein and collagen are moving from niche wellness corners into the mainstream, the BBC reports
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Weekend PressBusinesses braced for Budget tax bloodbath
As business brace for a battering in this week’s budget, Emma McClarkin at the British Beer and Pub Association has warned a repeat of last year’s tax-raising would ‘bury’ the hospitality sector, the Daily Mail reports
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Weekend PressFried chicken wars shake up fast-food pecking order
Jumping on sizzling new trends and catering to Gen Z taste buds is not without its risks, the Financial Times reports
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Weekend Press‘If you use chocolate, you’re in crisis’: the surprise ingredients being used to beat costs
As costs and demand for chocolate rises – but cocoa yields fall – companies are innovating with surprising alternatives, The Guardian reports
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Weekend PressIs karaoke a cultural attraction? The UK taxman thinks not
Karaoke chain Lucky Voice is locked in a dispute with HMRC to claw back £250,000, claiming it should have qualified for a reduced tax rate during the pandemic, The Sunday Times reports
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Weekend PressPizza Hut was a sensation in the Eighties. What went wrong?
As the chain announces a wave of UK restaurant closures, a childhood fan tries to fit all his nostalgia into an ever-shrinking salad bowl, Jim Armitage writes in The Sunday Times
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Weekend PressWetherspoon chief laments higher costs amid minimum wage hike plans
Sir Tim Martin says there has been an ‘unthinking retreat from market forces’ as Rachel Reeves plans to increase the national living wage above target inflation, The Sunday Times reports
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Weekend PressHow high-end restaurants went global
As a new generation sets out in the footsteps of Nobu and Zuma, the FT’s Jay Rayner examines the rise of ‘luxe’ food chains — and whether it has come at a cost