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KFC to create 5,400 jobs in UK and Ireland
KFC is to create a further 5,400 jobs over the next three months as it gears up for the festive period.
Wahaca CVA approved with closure of 11 restaurants
Wahaca has become the latest casual dining group to enter a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA), with the closure of around a third of its estate.
Working lunch loophole ‘isn’t enough’ to save city centre restaurants
Tender opportunity: restaurant franchise, lease or joint venture in Exmouth, Devon
MOD Pizza closes its UK restaurants
Chancellor expected to announce Tier 2 job support package
Manchester hospitality sector launches legal challenge to Tier 3 restrictions
Hospitality leaders in Greater Manchester have launched a legal challenge to the imposition of Tier 3[...]
Hospitality sales fall 'nearly two-thirds' in Tier 3 areas
Pubs, bars and restaurants in Tier 3 (very high) local lockdown areas have seen sales drop[...]
Zak Jones to open Ilkley restaurant, creating around 30 jobs
Zak Jones, the former owner of the Clerkenwell Dining Room in London, is opening a major[...]
Manchester to have Tier 3 restrictions 'imposed' from Friday
Greater Manchester will be placed under Tier 3 restrictions from Friday, the prime minister has confirmed,[...]
Sadiq Khan calls for 10pm curfew to be scrapped
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has called for the 10pm hospitality curfew to be scrapped as stricter coronavirus restrictions come in to force."
Latest openings: Akoko, the Tramshed Project, Bar Bolivar and more
A look at the latest restaurants, hotels, pubs and bars to open their doors.
Manchester operators in 'limbo' as tier talks drag on
Bar and restaurant owners in Greater Manchester have told The Caterer they are in limbo without customers or support as talks over the region’s Covid rules continue.
Tim Hortons' UK expansion drive to create 2,000 jobs
Canadian coffee and doughnut chain Tim Hortons is planning a major UK expansion drive to capitalise[...]
Lancashire considers local hospitality furlough scheme
Local leaders in Lancashire are considering a regional furlough scheme to top-up the pay of hospitality[...]
Fate of 1,200 pubs 'hangs in the balance' as Lancashire enters Tier 3
Wet-led pubs and bars in Lancashire will close from Saturday as the region moves into Tier[...]
Alcohol sales to be banned in House of Commons
The House of Commons is to stop serving alcohol in its bars and restaurants as stricter[...]
Liverpool's £40m emergency fund for hospitality opens for applications
Small hospitality and leisure businesses in the Liverpool City Region can now apply to access an emergency fund, worth up to £40m."
Hospitality operators face cancellations and confusion amid changing restrictions
Hospitality businesses in areas subject to tightening coronavirus rules say they are already seeing cancellations and “huge confusion” among customers.
London, Essex and Elmbridge among areas moving to higher alert levels
London, Essex and Elmbridge in Surrey are among areas set to move from Tier 1 (medium) to Tier 2 (high) coronavirus restrictions this weekend.
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