JD Wetherspoon has announced a trading update on Wednesday with like-for-like sales rose by 5.1% in the 25 weeks to 19 January 2025. Like-for-like sales in the second quarter were…

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Britain’s leading restaurant, pub and bar groups achieved solid year-on-year sales growth of 3.2% in December 2024, the latest CGA RSM Hospitality Business Tracker reveals. The like-for-like figure is the Tracker’s…

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Marston’s the pub group has cheered a bumper Christmas as they had a “solid” quarter as demand remained strong. In the sixteen weeks to 18 January the total retail sales…

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Whether large or small UK takeaway chains hygiene management is at an all-time low putting customers at risk of illness. UK takeaways are failing hygiene inspections at an alarming rate,…

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It takes courage to decide to halt the expansion of your brand after getting off to a flying start. However, Sanj Sanghera and Laura Bruce, founders of Doner Shack, had…

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Britain’s leading restaurant groups achieved like-for-like growth in delivery and takeaway sales for the 18th month in a row in November, CGA by NIQ’s latest Hospitality at Home Tracker reveals.…

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Sunshine Saturday’ is the first Saturday of the New Year and traditionally kicks off the peak holiday booking season, with Britons snapping up early deals to escape the winter blues.…

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A special weekly edition of the Hospitality Business Tracker – produced by CGA by NIQ, in partnership with RSM UK – shows Britain’s leading hospitality groups recorded year-on-year sales growth…

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After high demand and a shortage of Guinness, independent pubs face Dry January and call on pub patrons to visit at least once a week. In 2024 alone, England and…

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Commercial real estate specialists at Altus Group have released new figures which shows hundreds of pubs have closed their doors for the last time. For the first time the number…

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