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Some 20% of consumers felt strongly that venue owners should be open and honest about rising costs to soften the blow and extend consumers’ understanding of the challenges the sector is facing, a survey has found.
Revolución de Cuba, a subset of Revolution Bars Group, has pledged to give away 1,800 free tacos as part of a national treasure hunt celebrating the launch of its new food menu.
Fuller, Smith & Turner has urged the Government to provide “clarity” regarding support packages for the hospitality sector as the London-based operator faces a £10m hike in energy costs.
Train strikes, planned to take place in early October, will “further damage” the hospitality sector, which is already suffering from soaring electricity bills, said trade bodies.
Hospitality businesses are “vital community assets” but face “real danger” of not surviving the winter without Government support amid soaring energy costs, according to one Wirral based operator.
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South-west-based brewer and pub operator St Austell has recently listed cask and kegged beers from Salcombe Brewery while brewer T&R Theakston has seen the distribution of its Summit variant rise threefold since the start of summer.
Train drivers are set to stage strikes in early October in a long-running fight for higher wages and improved working conditions.
Thousands of the Campaign for Real Ale’s (CAMRA) members have written to their MPs seeking support for the pub sector, after reported delays in Government help reaching businesses.
Drinks sales in Britain’s managed pubs, bars, and restaurants were 4% down during the seven days to Saturday 10 September compared with the same week in 2021, the latest CGA by NielsenIQ’s Drinks Recovery Tracker has revealed.
Insolvencies of pubs, bars and restaurants have increased by 59% from 1,354 to 2,156 over the past year, with spikes in energy bills forcing many to consider closure.
Representatives from across the sector have called for urgent clarity on the energy cap for businesses as well as a long-term plan to save UK pubs in a written letter to the Chancellor.
Almost half (47.7%) of night-time economy (NTE) businesses are barely breaking even as operators have been left “emotionally and mentally drained” by continued uncertainty regarding Government support, according to the Night-Time Industries Association...
This year, it has been predicted the pub and bar market will see the net closure of six pubs each week – an outlet decline rate of 0.7%.
Hospitality should be a “new national service” as the sector offers varied experiences across all skill levels, according to Barons Pub Company managing director Clive Price.
The British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) has launched a campaign to call on pubs and their customers to write to MPs, repeating calls for Government support for the sector amid warnings of a threat to businesses' survival if the Government does not...