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Omicron hit hospitality spend in December and London hotel occupancy

11 January 2022 by

Consumer card spending increased 12.2% in December compared to the same period in 2019, however the impact of restrictions and fears over the Omicron variant hit the hospitality sector.

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Adventure Bar Group to open new site in Cardiff

10 January 2022 by

Adventure Bar Group is set to open a new Tonight Josephine cocktail and wine bar in Cardiff’s St Mary Street in March 2022, with an unrestricted capacity of 294.

Pubs, bars and restaurants lost an average of £10,335 during Christmas week News

Pubs, bars and restaurants lost an average of £10,335 during Christmas week

29 December 2021 by
Hospitality free to host new year celebrations in England News

Hospitality free to host new year celebrations in England

28 December 2021 by
Inglenook Inns & Taverns acquires seven more pubs for Christmas News

Inglenook Inns & Taverns acquires seven more pubs for Christmas

24 December 2021 by
More than 400 pubs closed in England and Wales in 2021 News

More than 400 pubs closed in England and Wales in 2021

24 December 2021 by

LGBTQ+ bar Common Counter to open in London’s Brick Lane News

LGBTQ+ bar Common Counter to open in London’s Brick Lane

23 December 2021 by

Common Counter bar is set to launch in London’s Brick Lane in late January, described as[...]

New World Trading Company to open 'between five and eight' sites annually from 2022 News

New World Trading Company to open 'between five and eight' sites annually from 2022

23 December 2021 by

New World Trading Company (NWTC) plans to open between five and eight sites a year from[...]

Wetherspoon appoints four employee directors News

Wetherspoon appoints four employee directors

22 December 2021 by

Pub group JD Wetherspoon has appointed four employee directors – two with full director status and[...]

Fuller’s temporarily closes most of its City pubs as falling customer numbers make them ‘unviable’ News

Fuller’s temporarily closes most of its City pubs as falling customer numbers make them ‘unviable’

20 December 2021 by

Fuller’s has closed most of its pubs in the City of London as chief executive Simon[...]

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Hall & Woodhouse buys 10 pubs as part of estate expansion

Independent family brewer Hall & Woodhouse has purchased 10 pubs and revealed additional plans “to grow [its] existing estate”."

20 December 2021 by
Oakman plans to open 70 sites by June 2026 News

Oakman plans to open 70 sites by June 2026

13 December 2021
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Pub group Oakman has announced plans to have 70 sites open by June 2026.

Sacha Lord launches Axe the Red Wall Tax campaign to reverse VAT rise News

Sacha Lord launches Axe the Red Wall Tax campaign to reverse VAT rise

10 December 2021
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Sacha Lord has launched a campaign to reverse the hospitality VAT increase in light of the move to Plan B restrictions and the slew of cancellations suffered by pubs, restaurants and hotels.

Roof of Cambridgeshire pub collapses in major fire News

Roof of Cambridgeshire pub collapses in major fire

09 December 2021 by

A 17th century family-run pub in South Cambridgeshire was hit by a major fire last night[...]

Guinness ‘lights up the local’ for Christmas Pub & Bar

Guinness ‘lights up the local’ for Christmas

09 December 2021 by

Guinness has donated £30m towards keeping pubs, bars and restaurants supported and open during the 2021[...]

Carlsberg closes London Fields Brewery with plans to sell News

Carlsberg closes London Fields Brewery with plans to sell

08 December 2021 by

Carlsberg Marston’s Brewing Company has closed London Fields Brewery with the intention of selling the business[...]

Landlords still chasing hospitality tenants for unpaid pandemic rent News

Landlords still chasing hospitality tenants for unpaid pandemic rent

07 December 2021 by

Landlords are still pursuing County Court Judgments (CCJs) demanding rent from hospitality tenants for the periods[...]

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Harbour Brewing reopens St Tudy Inn

Harbour Brewing has officially reopened the St Tudy Inn in Bodwin, Cornwall, on 4 December, after acquiring the property over the summer."

07 December 2021 by
Marston’s losses widen but Christmas bookings ‘encouraging’ News

Marston’s losses widen but Christmas bookings ‘encouraging’

30 November 2021
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Pub group Marston’s pre-tax losses widened from £22m to £100m due to pandemic restrictions, but Christmas bookings were “encouraging and in line with 2019” following strong sales since reopening.

Wetherspoon accuses major investor of breaching Corporate Governance Code News

Wetherspoon accuses major investor of breaching Corporate Governance Code

26 November 2021
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Pub group JD Wetherspoon has accused one of its major investors of paying “lip service” to the 2018 Corporate Governance Code by using a "box-ticking" approach to its guidelines while breaking the code itself.

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