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| 03.06.2025 | Hospitality ranks bottom for UK wages as sector struggles with costs | Hospitality workers are now the worst-paid employees in the UK as the sector continues to struggle with high costs.
A combination of high energy prices, high wholesale prices and high taxes have squeezed margins in the last two years, makin... |
| 14.05.2025 | Picking the perfect wine for the City AM Awards | The City AM awards was buzzing last week as titans of industry and charity, tech entrepreneurs, hospitality bigwigs and global leaders of finance stepped onto the red carpet and into the vaulted rooms of Guildhall. A band played as I swigge... |
| 10.05.2025 | Revitalizing Oxford Street: A Vision for the Future | Oxford Street, the beating heart of London’s retail scene, is on the brink of transformation. The Mayor of London has proposed a bold plan to pedestrianize this iconic thoroughfare. This initiative aims to create a vibrant space for pedestr... |
| 09.05.2025 | Playtech's Stock Plunge: A Cautionary Tale in the Gambling Sector | Playtech, a giant in the gambling software industry, recently faced a staggering 60% drop in its stock price. This plunge followed the company's decision to pay out a special dividend that amounted to nearly two-thirds of its market capital... |
| 09.05.2025 | Metro Bank's Resurgence: A New Dawn for Lending | Metro Bank is on the rise. Like a phoenix from the ashes, the London-based lender is turning its fortunes around. Recent reports show a significant uptick in profits for the first quarter of 2025. This surge is not just a blip; it signals a... |
| 09.05.2025 | Rathbones Faces Market Storms While City Grandees Celebrate in Style | In the world of finance, fortunes can shift like sand in the wind. Rathbones Group, a prominent player in wealth management, recently felt the sting of market volatility. The first quarter of 2025 was a rough ride. The introduction of tarif... |
| 09.05.2025 | ‘Imperative’ that Oxford Street pedestrianisation includes hospitality | The Mayor of London’s plan to pedestrianise Oxford Street must offer visitors “a mix of hospitality, leisure and retail” if it is to be successful – including eating and drinking spaces scattered through the middle of what used to be the ro... |
| 08.05.2025 | Banking Complaints Surge Amid Motor Finance Scandal | The banking sector is in turmoil. Complaints have surged by a staggering 76% in the latter half of 2024. The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) reported that 141,846 grievances flooded in, with a hefty 77% tied to banking and credit issues. ... |
| 08.05.2025 | The Capitalist: City grandees live it up at the City AM Awards | Forget the first Monday in May, The Capitalist this week joined City grandees at Guildhall for a behind the scenes look at the City AM Awards
Albeit with a little more mention of pension reform than haute couture, City AM rolled out the red... |
| 07.05.2025 | Revealed: The 2025 City AM Awards Winners | The winners of the 2025 City AM Awards were unveiled at a glittering ceremony in the heart of the Square Mile last night in front of 500 guests.
The gongs were handed out on stage in the Guildhall, following a speech from former Bank of Eng... |
| 01.04.2025 | The Storm Brewing Over British Businesses: A Call for Action | The UK is standing on the edge of a financial precipice. Businesses are bracing for a perfect storm of cost hikes that threaten to drown them in red ink. The recent announcements of rising minimum wages, increased National Insurance contrib... |
| 01.04.2025 | British firms brace for ‘eye-watering’ April cost hikes | Businesses across the UK are bracing for one of the worst weeks of cost hikes in recent history, with industry groups warning that the “eye-watering” rise in firms’ overheads will hamper investment and hiring, and result in higher prices at... |
| 26.03.2025 | Spring Statement 2025: ‘Missed opportunity’ to avoid hospitality cliff edge | The UK’s leading hospitality body has slammed the Spring Statement as a ‘missed opportunity’ to solve the mounting crisis in Britain’s pubs and bars.
The statement contained no phasing in of higher national insurance contributions (NICs) or... |
| 20.03.2025 | Pints and Prices: The Rising Cost of Enjoyment in UK Pubs | The pub scene in the UK is facing a storm. A budget tax raid has sent ripples through the hospitality industry. Prices are set to rise. The cost of a pint is climbing, and consumers are feeling the pinch. This isn’t just about beer; it’s ab... |
| 20.03.2025 | The Price of Progress: How Rising Costs Are Reshaping the UK Hospitality Landscape | The UK hospitality sector is facing a storm. Rising costs are pushing businesses to the brink. Shepherd Neame, a prominent pub chain, is feeling the squeeze. They plan to raise prices to offset the financial pressures from recent government... |
| 20.03.2025 | Is Sadiq Khan finally getting something right on London’s nightlife? | It has taken eight years – and the appointment of one disastrous night czar – but Sadiq Khan is finally listening to industry when it comes to the future of London’s after hours leisure economy, writes James Ford
As a former aide to the pre... |
| 19.03.2025 | Shepherd Neame: Pub prices to rise as Budget costs hit | UK hospitality chain Shepherd Neame has said it will increase prices at its pubs to deal with cost pressures from the government’s tax raid on businesses.
The national living wage and employers’ national insurance contributions (NICs) will ... |
| 19.03.2025 | All the pubs hiking the price of a pint after Budget tax raid | Shepherd Neame announced this morning that it would be forced to raise prices at its 290 pubs due to cost pressures from last October’s budget.
The family business follows a host of other hospitality companies in raising prices, with the av... |
| 14.03.2024 | What will get London workers back into the office? | Last Friday, passengers began to travel with off-peak Tube and train fares and will be allowed to every Friday until 31st May, 2024. The new scheme – announced by Transport for London (TfL) at the end of January – is a bid to increase the n... |
| 21.04.2023 | UK suppliers, others battle government on soaring food costs | United Kingdom food suppliers, retailers, and foodservice providers are requesting more government help as soaring food costs pushed inflation to record levels.
Overall food and drink inflation increased from 18.2 percent in February to 19.... |
| 08.03.2023 | Phishing Scams Target Eurovision Fans' Hotel Bookings | Trisha Kae Andrada, Tech Times 08 March 2023, 01:03 pm
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An aerial view of the historic Albert Dock on March 07, 2023 in Liverpool, England. Liverpool will host the 2023 Eurovision song contest in Ma... |
| 09.02.2023 | Soaring costs forcing UK eateries to cut back hours, chop seafood from menus | Despite several tumultuous years caused by Covid-19 restrictions,, U.K. restaurants continue to face a battle for survival amid soaring food, energy, and materials costs.
U.K. businesses expect a 101 percent increase in energy bills in Q1 2... |
| 09.02.2022 | More than 250 hospitality business leaders urge chancellor to hold vat at 12.5% to protect jobs » | Edit This Favorite
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| 07.01.2022 | Covid financial support: Grants, funds and rebates for businesses affected by coronavirus | As they embrace 2022 and look to the year ahead, leaders of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) know they need every bit of financial support they can get to navigate the continuing financial challenges brought about by coronavirus.
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| 09.11.2021 | How Tech Can Power The Hospitality Industry Post-COVID | 0 shares
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| 16.06.2021 | UKH Cymru urges new Minister to adopt fresh funding to save and grow Welsh jobs and businesses » | Edit This Favorite
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| 18.01.2021 | Some are not lending, but there remains strong opportunities | Some are not lending, but there remains strong opportunities
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Deepesh Thakrar, senior debt finance director at OakNorth Bank, highlights the opportunities in lending to hotels.
He writes:
So many lenders have, at least temporarily... |
| 15.12.2020 | MARSTON'S PLC
Marston : supports #PubsMatter | We're proud to support #PubsMatter.
15th Dec 2020
Throughout the pandemic, whether open or closed, pubs have played a vital role in villages, towns and cities throughout the UK providing much-needed support and raising community spirit. Our... |
| 15.12.2020 | Marston : supports #PubsMatter | We're proud to support #PubsMatter.
15th Dec 2020
Throughout the pandemic, whether open or closed, pubs have played a vital role in villages, towns and cities throughout the UK providing much-needed support and raising community spirit. Our... |
| - | What is a brand charge and could it be on your restaurant bill soon? | As of today, restaurant workers will now keep 100% of all earned tips, following new tipping laws in the UK.
The Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act 2023 requires employers to pass all tips, gratuities and service charges to employees witho... |
| - | Britons to pay the price as SMEs absorb tax rise | Businesses are bracing for a hike in the Government’s employer National Insurance contributions (NICs) but who will pay for it?
A survey of business owners from iwoca — one of Europe’s largest SME lenders – suggests that it will be employee... |
| - | Pay crisis closes 3,000 London bars and restaurants | London’s reputation as a party capital is under threat. Research from the Night Time Industries Association (NTIA) finds over 3,000 bars, restaurants, and pubs in the city have called last orders post-pandemic, as firms struggled to pay emp... |
| - | King Charles’ scaled-back coronation set to cost the UK up to $125 million | The eyes of the world will be on the U.K. this weekend as King Charles III is crowned at Westminster Abbey in a quintessentially British display of pomp and pageantry.
Buckingham Palace does not provide an official figure for the cost of th... |
| - | Budget leaves hospitality and retail reeling | Ten days on from the Autumn Budget, the UK government is facing a barrage of pushback from shop, bar, and restaurant owners that have banded together to decry the impact on businesses.
Over the weekend, supermarket bosses lambasted the rise... |
| - | Skilled visa shake-up could deepen hospitality hiring crisis | Yesterday, the Labour government released its latest immigration whitepaper, announcing new requirements for the UK’s Skilled Worker visa.
The new rules aim to impose tougher requirements for immigrants looking to work in the country under ... |
| - | Training scheme launches to build skilled hospitality workforce | Local hospitality firms in 26 regions are encouraged to sign up to a government-backed training scheme that aims to build a skilled workforce for the sector amid an industry-wide struggle to recruit job-ready talent.
The Sector-based Work A... |
| - | Pubs launch SOS campaign ahead of April tax rise | The British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) launched its ‘Our Pub’ campaign yesterday, in a bid to drum up support for the UK’s teetering local pubs.
Soaring energy costs and inflation hitting both food and drinks has put many hospitality bus... |
