News
The latest industry news from the business journalists at Catering Today. We bring you the latest on what’s happening in the restaurants, bars and catering industry, with exclusive stories, analysis, best practice and industry comment.
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Oct- 2023 -3 October
UK F&B M&A activity up 68.2% despite absence of higher market deals
UK Food and Beverage M&A activity has seen a 68.2% increase in the volume of deals (37 transactions) compared with…
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3 October
Foodservice price inflation falls for third consecutive month, says CGA
Inflation decreased for a third consecutive month in August but remains above 20% year-on-year, according to the CGA prestige foodservice…
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3 October
Lexington Catering MD joins Elior’s UK leadership team
Leading contract caterer Elior UK has announced the appointment of Matt Wood, the managing director of Lexington Catering, to its…
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2 October
Today’s news in brief – 02/10/23
BaxterStorey has secured a nine-year contract extension to provide campus catering services at Birmingham City University (BCU), serving over 30,000…
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2 October
Brakspear appoints news operations manager to Honeycomb Houses
Brakspear has appointed Marc Rawling as operations manager of its 10-strong managed pubs division, Honeycomb Houses. Rawling will be overseeing…
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2 October
BaxterStorey secures nine-year BCU contract extension
BaxterStorey has secured a nine-year contract extension to deliver campus catering at Birmingham City University (BCU). The company has been…
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2 October
UKH calls for no Christmas strikes amid ongoing rail dispute
Hospitality businesses such as Wasabi, Greene King and Fuller’s have signed an open letter alongside UKH to the Transport Secretary,…
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Sep- 2023 -29 September
Today’s news in brief – 29/09/23
Hostmore has postponed any new restaurant openings until 2025, saving about £15m in cash expenditures due to challenging trading conditions.…
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29 September
Hospitality vacancies fall by 33% after UKH Workforce Strategy success
Commitments made in UKHospitality’s Workforce Strategy, launched in May 2022, have helped bring down hospitality vacancies by 33% to 57,000…
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29 September
Hostmore to defer new openings to 2025 amid challenging trading
Hostmore has revealed it has decided to delay any new restaurant openings until at least 2025, saving approximately £15m of…
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