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With the latest figures from Experian's Insolvency Index showing that hotel and leisure businesses had the third highest rates of insolvencies of all sectors, up 30.65% on the same time last year, there's never been more pressure on businesses in the sector to review their cost management strategies in detail.
Posted: 31 January 2012 | 11:00
With less than six months to go until London 2012, hospitality businesses are being urged to ensure they're prepared to make the most of the games opportunities. People 1st, the Sector Skills Council for hospitality, travel and tourism, has adapted the WorldHost customer service training programme.
Posted: 31 January 2012 | 10:45
James Durrant, the former executive chef of the Michelin-starred Maze restaurant in London, is to launch his own venture in Hampshire. Durrant, who left Gordon Ramsay Holdings (GRH) in July 2010 after nine years with the company, has taken over the lease to the Plough Inn, an 18th-century pub, in the Test Valley village of Longparish.
Posted: 30 January 2012 | 15:11
The licensee at a pub famed for offering meals for £1 looks set to call time on the business. Tony Rabbitts is quitting the the Four Crosses on the A5 near Cannock in Staffordshire because he has been unable to make the business profitable...
Posted: 30 January 2012 | 12:38
John Lanchester visits Za Za Bazaar in Bristol, Britain's biggest restaurant at nearly 1,000 covers, and finds the all-you-can-eat buffet fares well against its casual dining competitors.
Posted: 30 January 2012 | 11:01
John Lanchester visits Za Za Bazaar in Bristol, Britain's biggest restaurant at nearly 1,000 covers, and finds the all-you-can-eat buffet fares well against the high street, while Jay Rayner says 20 St John's in Norwich is a place that hasn't worked out how to do the thing it wants to do
Posted: 30 January 2012 | 10:36
Health authorities on both sides of the border in Ireland are considering a minimum price for alcohol. The proposals were outlined at the first formal North/South conference on alcohol misuse, held in Armagh on Thursday, according to the BBC.
Posted: 27 January 2012 | 15:09
Marston's has become the latest in the line of big companies to report positive sales over Christmas, with like-for-like sales in its managed pubs for the 16 weeks to 21 January up 5% on the previous year. Like-for-like food sales climbed 5.5% but wet sales also rose by 4.8%.
Posted: 27 January 2012 | 11:05
London-based pub company and brewer Fuller, Smith & Turner has recorded a 5.1% rise in like-for-like sales among managed pubs and hotels in the nine weeks to 21 January. The performance means that for the 42 weeks up to 21 January, like-for-like sales growth stands at 4.1%.
Posted: 27 January 2012 | 11:01
With stocks up, prices down and an increasing number of disgruntled employees on the lookout for reasonably priced businesses to run, deal activity in the hospitality space is set to soar in 2012. Elly Earls finds out if now really is the right time to take the plunge and fork out on that dream property
Posted: 26 January 2012 | 16:59
With the Olympic year upon us, our operators are making firm plans for profiting from 2012. Having all had a successful December, they have now set their sights on addressing logistics, capacity and menu planning. James Stagg reports
Posted: 26 January 2012 | 15:28
There will be few people who are not already aware that hosting the Olympics in the UK this year presents a great chance for a much-needed increase in business. London 2012 offers plenty of opportunities for operators around the country to get involved. Emily Manson reports
Posted: 26 January 2012 | 14:52
Scottish & Newcastle Pub Company (S&NPC) has become the first leased pub group to commit all its business development managers (BDMs) to a BIIAB-approved BDM training programme. The S&NPC BDM programme is an enhanced version of the BIIAB BDM training programme.
Posted: 26 January 2012 | 11:54
Improved weather over Christmas has helped pub and casual dining giant Mitchells & Butlers record a 6.5% increase in like-for-like sales for the nine weeks to 21 January. In a trading update this morning, the company also indicated that like-for-like sales in the first 17 weeks of the financial year were up 4.4%.
Posted: 26 January 2012 | 10:09
Competition among pub chains has remained fierce following Christmas, with several operators offering or extending keenly-priced food deals. Barracuda pub group yesterday announced that it would extend its January sale into February...
Posted: 26 January 2012 | 10:06
The establishment of a cross-Cabinet committee to coordinate government policies affecting the hospitality industry is one of the key recommendations to be made by the Tourism Regulation Taskforce which has been submitted to the Tourism Minister, John Penrose.
Posted: 25 January 2012 | 12:00
The owners of the east London beer brand Truman's are calling on ale drinkers in the capital to help them find a site for its new brewery. James Morgan and Michael-George Hemus refounded the brand in 2010...
Posted: 25 January 2012 | 11:47
Hospitality Action is calling on its physically fit supporters to take part in a cycle ride from London to Paris this summer as the charity endeavours to raise £20,000 for those in need. Travelling between two of the world's most fascinating cities, participants will leave London on 29 June.
Posted: 23 January 2012 | 18:19
South-west-based restaurant/café/bar group Loungers enjoyed its busiest-ever month in December 2011, with net sales for the month up 49.4% on 12 months ago to almost £1.6m. Meanwhile, like-for-like sales at the group were up by more than 6%.
Posted: 23 January 2012 | 16:37
A scheme designed to grade bar and pub staff on their whisky knowledge is set to be introduced in Scotland. VisitScotland, the national tourism agency, is backing the project - the first of its kind to be accredited - to provide a boost for the tourism, whisky and hospitality industries.
Posted: 23 January 2012 | 15:44
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