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Wave of pub insolvencies expected once moratorium on petitions is lifted

27 April 2020 by

Winding up petitions against pubs and bars are up 73% on 2019, with a wave of insolvencies expected when the moratorium on coronavirus-related petitions ends on 30 June.

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Hospitality leaders to mentor apprentices through lockdown

27 April 2020 by

A group of hospitality leaders are to mentor apprentices through a series of virtual talks aimed at keeping the next generation engaged and active.

Signature Living’s Shankly hotel in Liverpool falls into administration News

Signature Living’s Shankly hotel in Liverpool falls into administration

20 April 2020 by
Like-for-like restaurant and pub sales fell 58% in March News

Like-for-like restaurant and pub sales fell 58% in March

17 April 2020 by
Coronavirus: at least three more weeks of lockdown announced News

Coronavirus: at least three more weeks of lockdown announced

16 April 2020 by
Burger King begins phased reopening of restaurants News

Burger King begins phased reopening of restaurants

16 April 2020 by

Wasabi rejects suggestions it is fighting for survival News

Wasabi rejects suggestions it is fighting for survival

16 April 2020 by

Wasabi has rejected claims it is fighting for survival after a national newspaper suggested that reported[...]

Employees who changed roles last month and seasonal workers now covered by furlough scheme News

Employees who changed roles last month and seasonal workers now covered by furlough scheme

15 April 2020 by

Employees who changed jobs last month are now covered by the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS)[...]

London hotel transactions hold up as investors seek safety News

London hotel transactions hold up as investors seek safety

15 April 2020 by

The sale of the Ritz hotel in London drove transactions to £1.15b in the capital in[...]

Sodexo warns global revenues will be down £2.4b due to coronavirus News

Sodexo warns global revenues will be down £2.4b due to coronavirus

09 April 2020 by

Sodexo has warned that global revenues will be down by up to £2.4b as a result[...]

Chef

Menuwatch: Sussex, London

The Gladwin brothers’ mission is clear in their fourth restaurant, with its southern England influence coming through in more than just name"

08 April 2020 by
Stonegate manager uses time furloughed to 3D print PPE for the NHS News

Stonegate manager uses time furloughed to 3D print PPE for the NHS

08 April 2020
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A Stonegate general manager has used his time furloughed to help make personal protective equipment for frontline healthcare workers using 3D printing.

PPHE secures £180m funding for Art'otel London Hoxton News

PPHE secures £180m funding for Art'otel London Hoxton

08 April 2020
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PPHE Hotel Group has secured the £180m funding required for the development of Art'otel London Hoxton in the capital.

Research finds a fifth of small and medium-sized firms unlikely to survive shutdown News

Research finds a fifth of small and medium-sized firms unlikely to survive shutdown

01 April 2020 by

Small and medium-sized business across the country will be forced to close despite the promise of[...]

London’s Excel to be turned into temporary hospital News

London’s Excel to be turned into temporary hospital

24 March 2020 by

Health secretary Matt Hancock has said that the Excel centre in London’s Docklands is to be[...]

Manchester operators launch #payitforward voucher campaign News

Manchester operators launch #payitforward voucher campaign

17 March 2020 by

Hospitality leaders in Manchester have launched the #PayitForward campaign, to encourage potential guests to buy discounted[...]

Hospitality CEOs appeal for business support from Boris Johnson over coronavirus News

Hospitality CEOs appeal for business support from Boris Johnson over coronavirus

17 March 2020 by

More than 200 hospitality chief executives have signed a letter to the prime minister calling for[...]

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‘Support us to feed needy’ restaurateur urges government

Restaurateur Roger Jones is urging the government to support operators by funding them to feed those in isolation in their communities."

17 March 2020 by
Harrow at Little Bedwyn on the market for £735,000 News

Harrow at Little Bedwyn on the market for £735,000

12 March 2020
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The Harrow at Little Bedwyn, which has been run by Roger and Sue Jones for 21 years, is on the market at a guide price of £735,000 for the freehold of the property.

Budget 2020: Chancellor urged to provide significant relief for small business News

Budget 2020: Chancellor urged to provide significant relief for small business

11 March 2020
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The chancellor Rishi Sunak is being urged to reduce business rates and introduce meaningful measures to offset the effects of coronavirus in today’s budget.

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