All Weekend Press articles – Page 5
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Weekend PressThe pubs and restaurants bracing for the budget
Hit by unfair business rates, soaring wage bills and a likely hike in national insurance, the restaurant sector sums up budget anxiety at small firms
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Weekend PressLate-night London struggles to stay licensed
Noise complaints, costly overheads and restrictive permit laws take their toll on the capital’s after-hours economy
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Weekend PressPremium burger chain Haché eyes quick flip to new owner
Haché, which was founded by Jamie Barber, a former business partner of the late 007 actor Sir Roger Moore, has drafted in Interpath to gauge buyers’ appetite
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Weekend Press‘A self-care date night’: gen Z and millennials embrace the pleasures of dining alone
Attitudes have changed after the Covid pandemic and solo dining is up by 14% in the UK, according to OpenTable
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Weekend PressThe Devonshire, London W1: ‘The epitome of comfort food’
A yesteryear type of fun that wraps around punters like a blanket, writes The Guardian’s Grace Dent
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Weekend PressRising food inflation clouds the good news on headline rates
Wholesale food prices stopped declining at the start of the year and started rising again, according to the FAO index
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Weekend PressHow pious and abstinent Gen Zs are drying out British universities
Booze is falling out of fashion as new generations of students make their mark on campus, The Telegraph reports
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Weekend PressWhen pubs and restaurants close, our culture is a casualty
Hospitality jobs have long kept struggling artists, actors and musicians going. When those gigs go, the arts are diminished too, Jay Rayner writes for The Observer
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Weekend PressDirectors’ Deals: Greggs finance chief slices his stake
Greggs’ shares have risen by almost a fifth over the past year, with chief financial officer Richard Hutton’s selling of £1.85m-worth of shares on October 8
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Weekend PressUK inflation tipped to fall below 2% target
All eyes on Bank of England’s next interest rate decision, with annual inflation expected to have dropped to a new cyclical low in September, The Times reports
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Weekend PressStockpickers: Pub groups prosper despite multiple challenges
Publicans fear the impact of a proposed smoking ban in gardens, The FT reports
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Weekend PressPub landlords to be turned into ‘banter police’ under reforms to workers’ rights
Fears free speech could come under attack, not just in bars but also universities, as Government plans to extend employment laws, The Telegraph reports
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Weekend PressWelcome to the club: why are private members’ clubs booming?
Whether it’s an exclusive establishment with a years-long waiting list or a working men’s club at the heart of its community, there’s nothing like a sense of belonging, The Observer reports
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Weekend PressCalls for investigation of Uber Eats and Deliveroo after raid on caravan camp
Migrant workers accuse Home Office of targeting the victims of exploitation rather than companies profiting from them, The Observer reports
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Weekend PressBig-name chefs have had a terrible year - but Jason Atherton is fighting back
In a year when Marcus Wareing, Michel Roux Jr and Monica Galetti have closed restaurants amid a downturn for hospitality, Jason Atherton is opening five. So what’s his secret?
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Weekend PressWetherspoon’s boss calls academics’ smaller beer glass proposal ‘slightly daft’
Tim Martin criticises schooner suggestion and urges UK government not to restrict pub licensing hours
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Weekend PressWhy a simple meal out could soon become a luxury
Pressure from rising labour costs risks making affordable dining a thing of the past, The Telegraph reports
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Weekend PressHow Tony Hadley helped to save a 300-year-old pub
The former Spandau Ballet star promised to sing when his village in Buckinghamshire united to buy their 17th-century inn. Now to find a tenant, The Sunday Times reports
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Weekend PressWaiter! Soho’s cafe society confused after law changes on tipping
Staff should now receive every penny paid in tips – including service charges, The Guardian reports
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Weekend PressMichelin stars could be the ultimate kiss of death for restaurants
A report says that because the accolade brings higher costs and more stress, restaurants that have been awarded stars are more likely to close than those without