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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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Feb- 2021 -16 February
Mitchells & Butlers seeks £350m cash injection
Mitchells and Butlers has announced its intention to raise £350m through an underwritten open offer. The proposed offer, which follows…
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15 February
Over 160 hospitality CEOs urge chancellor to back sector in 2021
Over 160 CEOs from the UK’s leading hospitality businesses, employing hundreds of thousands of people, have written to the chancellor…
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15 February
Brighton Pier Group receives £1.4m payout from insurers
The Brighton Pier Group has announced that to date, it has received interim payments from its insurers totalling £1.4m in…
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15 February
Deliveroo calls for rerun of EOTHO scheme
Deliveroo and 300 restaurant groups have urged the government to reimplement the Eat Out to Help Out scheme (EOTHO) when…
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15 February
Court files show Grant Thornton’s alleged Patisserie Valerie audit errors
FRP Advisory, the liquidator to Patisserie Valerie, has filed legal documents describing Grant Thornton’s alleged errors in its auditing of…
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12 February
Scottish hospitality has <1% infection rate among staff, says SHG
Members of the Scottish Hospitality Group, who employ over 6000 people, have revealed that there have been only 32 positive…
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12 February
UK suffers record 9.9% GDP slump
GDP declined by 9.9% in 2020, a figure which is more than double of what was recorded in 2009 after the…
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12 February
Mitchells and Butlers pub branch announces permanent closure
A Mitchells and Butlers (M&B) pub, in Didsbury Manchester has announced that it will be permanently closing, as ongoing restrictions…
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12 February
Wine Drinkers UK calls for excise duty cuts
Wine Drinkers UK (WDUK) has written an open letter to the chancellor calling for a reduction to the UK’s wine…
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11 February
Uber sees food-delivery revenues double in Q4
Uber has announced that its food delivery platform has experienced a 224% year-on-year revenue increase for Q4 2020. Despite the…
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