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A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: pub landlord jailed for defying smoking ban; Grosvenor House hotel tipped to become residential scheme for ultra-rich; Yo! Sushi looks to expand in Scotland; Rocco Forte Collection posts £35.8m annual loss...
Posted: 01 March 2010 | 10:23
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: MWB seeks £21m for two Scottish hotels; Carl Leaver tipped as successor to Whitbread chief executive; company managing insolvent hotels triples profits; MPs intervene in M&B boardroom brawl and more…
Posted: 18 January 2010 | 10:20
Chefs are the unhealthiest workers in Britain, according to new research. The study of 3,000 workers by healthcare cash plan provider Medicash found that despite working in a kitchen, the average chef has 12 snacks of crisps, chocolate bars or biscuits each week...
Posted: 09 December 2009 | 12:09
Troubled pub operator Pubs 'n' Bars has gone into administration David Thurgood, Trevor O'Sullivan and Nick Wood of Grant Thornton have been appointed as administrators of the firm, which runs 87 "community pubs" in the South East. The move comes days after the AIM-listed firm requested...
Posted: 09 December 2009 | 10:33
Cigarette vending machines are one step closer to being banned from pubs and bars today, after MPs voted to make the machines illegal last night. The proposal was part of an amendment to the Health Bill put forward by Labour MP Ian McCartney and will now be voted on in the House of Lords.
Posted: 14 October 2009 | 08:00
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: Michelin reviewers move into social networking in USA; Christian hoteliers charged for offending Muslim guests; IHG officially launches $1b Holiday Inn makeover; and more...
Posted: 21 September 2009 | 10:30
Two years on from the smoking ban, licensees have used ingenuity and creativity to create welcoming shelters for customers that want to light up. Emma White takes a look.
Posted: 11 September 2009 | 14:29
An unprecedented combination of factors has resulted in record numbers of community pubs closing - but what of the individual publicans who are struggling to keep their businesses afloat? Through the experiences of two such operators we can begin to understand the human side of a market in decline. Emma White reports.
Posted: 28 August 2009 | 17:08
Pub managers are being forced to risk their health by working longer hours than any other group of employees in the UK, trade union Unite has warned.
In its Manifesto for the Pub Industry, Unite has called for a maximum working week for pub managers of 48-hours, a minimum of 25 days holiday a year ...
Posted: 11 August 2009 | 12:33
The smoking ban has proved largely popular with the British public, as the unrest predicted by many has failed to materialise in the two years since its implementation. But with discussions within the industry already reigniting over whether changes should be made to the current legislation in the review next year, Caterer, in association with Heinz Foodservice, gathered together Lee Cash of Peach pubs, Ranald McDonald of the Boisdale restaurant and representatives of major lobby groups and the Government to discuss whether limits on smoking should be kept in their current form. Tom Vaughan reports.
Posted: 31 July 2009 | 12:19
Neil Morgan, head of pubs at Christie + Co, has seen glimmers of hope that the pub market could be recovering from the double whammy of credit crunch and the smoking ban, as buyers see opportunities offered by lower prices and asking prices are realistic.
Posted: 30 July 2009 | 00:00
Industry bodies' support for the smoking ban has sparked a backlash from operators ahead of next year's Government review. Last week's criticism by the British Hospitality Association and British Beer & Pub Association of Antony Worrall Thompson's Save Our Pubs and Clubs campaign ...
Posted: 16 July 2009 | 08:30
The prestigious Catey Awards took place earlier this week and culinary legend Raymond Blanc took the big trophy of the night, the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Posted: 10 July 2009 | 18:10
Industry bodies have slammed Antony Worrall Thompson's Save Our Pubs and Clubs campaign to overturn the 2007 smoking ban, claiming it is "too late to turn back the clock". The campaign, launched ahead of next year's Government review, calls for pubs to be able to choose ...
Posted: 09 July 2009 | 07:30
The Scottish Beer and Pub Association (SBPA) has said a proposed ban on cigarette vending machines in pubs will hurt publicans, while having negligible impact on reducing underage smoking.
Posted: 27 February 2009 | 14:15
It is hard to imagine that pubs could suffer a tougher year than they did in 2008, what with consumer spend plummeting as fast as alcohol duty rocketed and the terrible summer weather exacerbating the continued fallout from the smoking ban.
Posted: 30 December 2008 | 07:00
To say 2008 was an eventful year for hospitality would be an understatement. Operators faced the meltdown of the economy, plummeting consumer spending and rising food prices, a high-profile row over tips broke out, while the "Aldi effect" was born.
Posted: 18 December 2008 | 07:00
Pub happy hours should be banned and supermarkets stopped from selling alcohol as a loss leader, according to an influential group of MPs.
Posted: 10 November 2008 | 11:35
Punch Taverns, the UK’s largest pub operator, has spent £14m over the past year supporting licensees hit by the consumer slowdown and the continued fallout from the smoking ban.
Posted: 04 November 2008 | 13:00
Nearly half of UK pub landlords say they have had to lay off staff because of the smoking ban and three-quarters say the ban has been bad for business, according to a survey.
Posted: 08 September 2008 | 16:46
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