About a quarter of British adults admit to having pilfered something from a pub or restaurant. Is it an Insta-fuelled craze, or just old-fashioned greed?Knives, candles, a toilet roll holder complete with screws and Rawlplugs –...
Read MoreSentiment in hospitality and brewing sectors more positive since business rates action, trade bodies’ survey findsBusiness live – latest updatesPubs, bars and hotels have reported a “Burnham bounce” in optimism as a result of...
Read MoreCost of living has hit campaign group while multinationals are threatening to squeeze out independent breweriesFor centuries, the wooden real ale pump has been the hallmark of a good British boozer. But now problems are brewing...
Read MoreReview will look at improving system for English and Welsh hospitality venues before next revaluation date in 2029 The government has promised that business rate valuations will be “made fairer” for pubs and hotels in England...
Read MoreHousing secretary says developers will have to prove there’s no way to save pub, as she prepares planning shakeupAll pubs will get protection from being turned into housing or offices under a shakeup of planning laws in England...
Read MoreExclusive: Sadiq Khan urges Westminster council to adopt ‘positive vision of economic growth’ of nightlifeSadiq Khan has ordered Westminster council to scrap a policy that would ban new pubs and restaurants from opening in Soho...
Read MoreThe time-honoured tradition of standing up with a drink, gossiping and putting the world to rights is under threat. If councillors ban it, we’ll all lose outIt is unbelievable: unconscionable. Westminster Council is moving...
Read MoreAndy Burnham faces calls to be more ambitious with hospitality businesses calling for VAT cuts and help for hotels and restaurantsPubs, clubs and live music venues in England will receive a 20% discount on their business rates...
Read MoreAndy Burnham faces calls to be more ambitious with hospitality businesses calling for VAT cuts and help for hotels and restaurantsPubs, clubs and live music venues in England will receive a 20% discount on their business rates...
Read MoreWhile most hospitality venues are struggling, there has been an enormous rise in ‘competitive socialising’. But why? And could I find the answer while dressed in a prison jumpsuit and drinking a daiquiri?British hospitality is...
Read MoreHospitality trade bodies’ data published as celebrity chefs and restaurateurs launch campaign for VAT cutNearly a quarter of UK pubs, bars and restaurants are losing money, according to new survey data that came as a group of...
Read MoreManchester, Birmingham and Leeds are experiencing after-hours boom as a result of more lenient rulesLondon has the earliest council-mandated bedtime of any other city in the UK as a result of policies in nightlife districts that...
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