Hospitality is reeling from staff shortage in lockdown

Industry leaders warn PM Boris Johnson’s end-of-lockdown betrayal has exacerbated chronic staff shortages faced by restaurants, bars and hotels By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 20 June 2021 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 20 June 2021 Boris Johnson’s end-of-lockdown betrayal has exacerbated the chronic staff shortage faced by restaurants, bars and hotels, … Read more

Hospitality chiefs hail easing of lockdown restrictions

Hospitality chiefs hail easing of lockdown restrictions as drinkers and diners flood back to pubs and restaurants By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 28 May 2021 | Updated: 22:19 BST, 28 May 2021 Hospitality chiefs hailed the easing of lockdown restrictions as drinkers and diners flooded back to pubs and restaurants. … Read more

Hospitality entrepreneur Luke Johnson set to sell cafe chain Gail’s

Hospitality entrepreneur Luke Johnson set to sell upmarket cafe chain Gail’s after defying the pandemic gloom By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:01 BST, 25 May 2021 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 25 May 2021 Hospitality entrepreneur Luke Johnson hopes upmarket cafe chain Gail’s will command a price of up to £250m One of … Read more

Two-thirds of hospitality firms optimistic about the next year as the country comes out of lockdown

Pubs and bars raise a glass to the future: Two-thirds of hospitality firms are optimistic about the next year as the country comes out of lockdown UKHospitality found 65 per cent of businesses are optimistic about next year Experts have reported 114 per cent increase in drinks sales compared to 2019 Only 16 per cent … Read more

Government loses bid to delay High Court challenge from hospitality sector

Government loses bid to delay High Court challenge from hospitality sector over letting non-essential shops open before pubs and restaurants can serve food and drink indoors A judge today threw out the appeal and sided with two prolific businessmen  Hugh Osmond and Sacha Lord say indoor hospitality should reopen sooner Mrs Justice Eady approved their request … Read more

Tricky emoji quiz challenges puzzlers to name 30 high-street hospitality brands

The emoji quiz returns with a food and drink edition – so can YOU guess the names of these 30 brands and high street restaurants? Tech company Airship, based in Sheffield, designed a hospitality-themed quiz  There’s a combination of food and drink brands and high street restaurant chains Most people can only name five of … Read more

As 30,000 pub closures loom, hospitality bosses plead with ministers to save sector from disaster 

30,000 pub closures loom: Bosses from across the hospitality industry plead with ministers to unlock early to save the sector from disaster Industry body UK Hospitality says 42 pubs shutting their doors every day in 2021 This rate is up from 30 pubs a day closing last year according to their latest data Figures led … Read more

Two hospitality bosses launch High Court legal challenge to bring forward reopening of pubs

Two hospitality chiefs have today announced they will launch a High Court challenge against the Government, claiming it has ‘failed’ to provide evidence for delaying the return of indoor drinking. Hugh Osmond, founder of Punch Taverns, and Sacha Lord, night-time economy adviser for Greater Manchester, believe pubs in England should be allowed to open fully … Read more

Tory MPs and hospitality leaders unite to urge PM to be bold and allow pubs to reopen by Easter 

Tory MPs lined up with business leaders last night to urge Boris Johnson to ‘be bold’ and accelerate the lifting of all lockdown restrictions. Pubs and restaurant owners said they needed to see light at the end of the tunnel after a devastating year for the hospitality industry. Former Conservative leader Lord Hague heaped further … Read more

‘Tone deaf’ Rishi Sunak faces fury from hospitality industry over cheesy Gordon Ramsay photo op

Rishi Sunak has been branded ‘tone deaf’ after posing with celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay in a cheesy photo-op where they discussed the ‘challenges’ facing the industry during the pandemic.  The Chancellor faced the fury of people working in pubs, bars and restaurants over his online chat with multi-millionaire F-Word star, who sacked around 500 staff … Read more