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Hospitality News Roundup – W/c 24/4/17

Monday 24/4/17 Propelinfo.com – Starbucks’ first global franchisee expands with drive-thru site: 23.5 Degrees, Starbucks’ first franchisee globally, has expanded by opening a drive-thru store near Huntingdon. A total of 25 jobs have been created at the store at the newly extended Brampton Hut services on the A1/A14 Interchange, which will be the first drive- […]

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Hospitality Industry News Roundup – W/c 10/4/17

Monday 10/4/17 Morningadvertiser.co.uk – Old chicken and a bloody, greasy fridge land pub with £7,000 bill By Nikkie Sutton, 10-Apr-2017 A Hertfordshire licensee has been ordered to pay more than £7,000 after it was found serving chicken breasts two days out-of-date to customers.

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Hospitality News Roundup – W/c 27/3/17

Monday 27/3/17 Bighospitality.co.uk – Trawling for seafood leaders: Restaurants should lead on fish sustainability By Tony Naylor, 27-Mar-2017 Consumer education could take a generation. It is high time that restaurants led with real vigour on seafood sustainability, writes Tony Naylor Read More

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Hospitality News Roundup – W/c 20/3/17

Monday 20/3/17 Propelinfo.com – Fever Bars relaunches Lincoln nightclub at former Lola Lo site: Fever Bars, led by managing director Mark Shorting, has relaunched a Lincoln nightclub at a former Lola Lo site it acquired from Eclectic Bars in November. Following a £250,000 refurbishment, the twin-themed basement club in High Street offers two separate areas […]

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Hospitality News Roundup – W/c 6/3/17

Monday 6/3/17 Morningadvertiser.co.uk – Stocking rights clarification for MRO tenants By Liam Coleman, 06-Mar-2017 The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has confirmed that stocking rights can be imposed on tenants by pubcos, even if the tenant has taken on the market-rent-only (MRO) option. Read More

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Hospitality News Roundup – W/c 27/2/17

Monday 27/2/17 Propelinfo.com – UK pubs urged to put further focus on non-alcoholic drinks offering as fifth of under-25s revealed as teetotal: UK pubs are being urged to retain focus on providing a good selection of non-alcoholic drinks as Office for National Statistics figures reveal a fifth of under-25s in the country are teetotal, with […]

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Hospitality News Roundup – W/c 20/2

Monday 20/2/17 Catererlicensee.com – 1,800 UK Hotel Companies At Risk Of Going Bust: Staff shortages and increased food and beverage costs amongst threats to the hotel sector. 1,800 UK hotel companies have at least a 30% chance of going insolvent within the next three years, says Moore Stephens, the Top Ten accountancy firm. Moore Stephens […]

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Hospitality News Roundup – W/c 13/2

Monday 13/2/17 Morningadvertiser.co.uk – 2017 drinks trends: what to stock By Nicholas Robinson+, 13-Feb-2017 Gin will give way to Tequila and more consumers will seek to buy only locally-made alcoholic drinks, including craft beer and spirits. Read More

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Hospitality News Roundup – W/c 6/2

Monday 6/2/17 UCC-coffee.co.uk – Almost half of consumers avoid pubs serving poor quality coffee: In the last seven years, increasing numbers of non-specialists have turned their attention to coffee1, but how are things looking for the on trade when it comes to coffee? Our new Pubs & Coffee report has revealed a significant opportunity for […]

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Hospitality News Roundup – W/c 30/1

Monday 30/1/17 Propelinfonews.com – Charles Wells to open third Pizza, Pots and Pints site, in Peterborough: Bedford-based brewer and retailer Charles Wells is to open its third Pizza, Pots and Pints site, this time in Peterborough. The company is opening the venue in Queen Street on the site of the former Clarkes fine-dining restaurant. Prior […]

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