It is vital to always be prepared with a contingency plan when it comes to your business. How often have customers had to change their outdoor events or dinner reservations because of the weather? As the venue, the responsibility of giving customers an alternative option last minute can be a stressful one. But it doesn't need to be, we've done the hard bit for you. We have the … [Read more...]
Hammerson announce rent reductions of 30% and high street housing plans
Hammerson, the operator of some of the UK’s biggest shopping centres housing hundreds of casual dining outlets has announced it will cut rents for tenants by 30% to aid recovery from lockdowns. Hammerson runs icons of footfall including London's Brent Cross reported collecting circa 75% of rents owed by tenants and agreed to abatements with those who need it. The move was … [Read more...]
Deliveroo post impressive 2021 Q1 Trading Update but shares down
Deliveroo have today reported impressive year on year growth on three key metrics, orders up 114%, Gross transaction value up 130% to £1.65 billion, and their active customer base has grown by 91%. Deliveroo Founder & CEO, Will Shu commenting on the numbers said: "We are delighted with the Deliveroo Q1 results. Demand has been strong in both the UK&I and International … [Read more...]
Liverpool ONE to support hospitality operators by increasing outdoor seating 100%
Grosvenor Britain & Ireland has announced that Liverpool ONE will increase its outdoor seating capacity by 100% as part of its plans to support operators and safely accommodate visitors as they return to the destination from April 12. Supplementing the existing external covers, Liverpool ONE has worked closely with its occupiers to facilitate an additional 610 covers, all … [Read more...]
Deliveroo delivery riders begin strike action today over low pay
Last week’s flotation at Deliveroo amidst concerns from investors about the sustainability of how workers are treated was a disappointment for the business. Their business model based on paying low wages to ‘self-employed’ employees, was brought into widespread question by many institutional investors who abstained from investing. Today sees many of those employees set to … [Read more...]
Study shows mass exodus of migrant workers due to Covid and Brexit
The past year has seen migrants leaving the UK in record numbers, with as many as 1.3 million people born outside the UK leaving it. A study by the UK’s Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence published last week, described the results as an “unprecedented exodus”. The study underlined a number of UK economic sectors reliant on migrant workers including hospitality that … [Read more...]
Tokio Marine Kiln refuse to pay out on Supreme Court ruling on hospitality business interruption policy
The operator of the Marco Pierre White group of franchised restaurants across the UK, Black and White Hospitality, has launched a group action against its own insurers, Tokio Marine Kiln, in its continuing fight to get the firm to honour its obligations under business interruption policies. It follows the refusal by the company to cover costs incurred by the hospitality … [Read more...]
Adam Handling announces new Windsor pub, restaurant and rooms
Adam Handling will be opening his first ever venue outside of London - The Loch & The Tyne, a restaurant, pub, and rooms in the countryside of Old Windsor, on 17 May. Following the closure of two of his own restaurants amidst the pandemic, Handling is determined his group will bounce back from this long year of lockdowns all guns blazing, with the opening of his first-ever … [Read more...]
Gordon Ramsay’s latest opening celebrates his doorstep
Gordon Ramsay’s opening of his latest Street Pizza restaurant right on his doorstep in Wandsworth will be revealed at Battersea Power Station on 12th April. Ramsay said: “For many years I would travel home to South London, after a late service, crossing the river in the shadows of those huge derelict chimneys, never did I imagine one day I would open a restaurant on such a … [Read more...]
Restaurant al fresco dining extravaganza planned for Covent Garden’s re-opening
Covent Garden will unveil a new al fresco dining scheme across the estate this spring, featuring over 500 additional new seats across more than 25 restaurants, as restaurants reopen for outdoor dining from 12th April onwards. The new al fresco seating will span 7 streets as well as the historic Piazza, with the majority of covers providing weatherproof drinking and dining … [Read more...]
Wagamama announce reopening plans
Wagamama announce reopening plans Wagamama has announced it is to reopen 72 restaurants for outdoor dining on April 12 in line with the government’s roadmap timetable. Most of the openings are across England with four restaurants set to reopen in Scotland from April 26. Wagamama will look to reopen the remainder of its restaurants from 17 May when indoor dining … [Read more...]
Please eat well to help hospitality students in and around Brixton
On Monday 1st March, The Clink resumed training at the restaurant in HMP Brixton with a small number of students. Throughout the pandemic, all our training projects were closed, with no training undertaken for almost a year. This means that our students have not worked towards their qualifications in hospitality since March 2020, and ultimately, this will have a detrimental … [Read more...]
US ‘Restaurant Revitalization Fund’ providing grants equal to 100% of pandemic losses
The US government under President Joe Biden is fully compensating hospitality businesses for ‘all losses’ incurred as a consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic. Part of President Biden’s $1.9 trillion economic stimulus package is the $28.6 billion Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF). The RRF will offer tax exempt grants to hospitality businesses impacted through the Covid-19 … [Read more...]
Marcus Rashford joins institutional investors questioning Deliveroo floatation
Support for the Deliveroo floatation amongst institutional investors is diminishing, as the company's long term profitability potential is questioned. The doubts centre on a business model dependent on low pay for ‘workers’, with social champion Marcus Rashford now joining the probe. Yesterday Aberdeen Standard, Aviva Investors, BMO Global, and CCLA that collectively manage … [Read more...]
The Importance Of Getting Your Restaurant Kitchens Professionally Cleaned Regularly
Although most professionally run kitchens will be cleaned down following a service shift, this is not the same as the sort of deep clean you get when professional cleaning contractors are involved. After all, in-house catering staff will usually be tired after the end of a hot, busy shift and be more likely to think about when they can leave rather than whether or not every … [Read more...]
