Jascot’s pivots towards e-commerce amid Covid-19 angst
Published: 27 April, 2020
On-trade wine supplier Jascots has launched a full ecommerce site selling direct to consumers across the UK.
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Joe Fattorini: Together we can change the world
Published: 27 April, 2020
“By May 1966, the plan to dam the Grand Canyon was all but enshrined in law. The bulldozers were already shattering the primordial peace, the scaffolding was up and the drilling had begun.” As one campaigner said: “The fight was lost. The dams had been approved. They were being supported by the Kennedy administration … and both houses of Congress.” His voice tinged with a despondency many of us have come to know in the past few weeks.
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Research highlights flaws in level of Covid-19 government hospitality support
Published: 27 April, 2020
Research by UK Hospitality has highlighted flaws in the level of support provided to businesses during the Covid-19 crisis.
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Extended social distancing could cost one million hospitality jobs
Published: 23 April, 2020
An extended period of social distancing could cost one million jobs unless measures to protect hospitality businesses are put in place, UK Hospitality (UKH) has warned.
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Furlough extension welcomed, but WSTA ups call for duty deferment
Published: 20 April, 2020
The Wine & Spirits Trade Association (WSTA) on Friday welcomed government’s extension of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (furloughing) to the end of June 2020, but pressed again for an acceleration of relief measures for businesses hit hard by the coronavirus crisis.
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On-trade sales drop 15% in week before ‘warning’
Published: 20 March, 2020
On-trade sales declined 15% in the week up to 15 March, before the Prime Minister’s warning that the public should avoid going to pubs, clubs and social venues because of the growing coronavirus (Covid-19) threat.
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Coronavirus: No plans to enforce on-trade closures
Published: 19 March, 2020
The Prime Minister has confirmed that there are no timelines or plans in place to enforce restaurants, bars or pubs to close as long as the advice given by the government is followed by the public.
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Virtual Happy Hour leads on-trade support initiatives
Published: 19 March, 2020
A new ‘at home tasting’ initiative is looking to support the hospitality industry by encouraging the public to drink at home as if they were at their favourite bars and pubs.
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Coronavirus: Supplier responses to the Chancellor’s support measures
Published: 18 March, 2020
As the extraordinary complexity of the current situation fully sinks in, Andrew Catchpole discovers how those supplying the on-trade have reacted to the Chancellor’s support measures for businesses.
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Chris Losh: averting an on-trade apocalypse
Published: 17 March, 2020
This was the week that the Coronavirus got real. Ten days ago in the UK Covid-19 was largely the source of ironic fist-bumps and the odd cancelled tasting. Dying and panicking was what other people did. With a complacency that now seems barely credible, the government’s message at the end of February was, broadly, ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’.
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Coronavirus: Don’t leave pubs and bars in “limbo”
Published: 17 March, 2020
The industry is galvanising its voices to urge the Prime Minister to take decisive action at this afternoon’s coronavirus briefing after pubs, bars and restaurants are left in “limbo” just as the outbreak looks set to take hold in the UK.
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Mid-week on-trade spend in major Northern cities booms
Published: 12 March, 2020
Northern cities have started to shed their ‘weekend party image’ with ‘seven day socialising’ taking hold, according to new research.
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Budget: Coronavirus relief for SMEs and employees
Published: 11 March, 2020
UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak delivered a bold response to the coronavirus crisis in his 11 March budget, with a raft of measures to support SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) and their employees.
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UK on-trade closures fall to lowest rate since 2018
Published: 09 March, 2020
Britain’s supply of restaurants, pubs, bars and other licensed premises fell by 1.8% in the 12 months to December 2019 - the lowest rate of year-on-year decline for nearly two years, according to the latest Growth Monitor from CGA and AlixPartners
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On-trade kickstarts 2020 on a positive note
Published: 12 February, 2020
The on-trade sector has started 2020 on a positive note with like-for-like sales up 1.9% in January compared to the same month last year, according to the latest figures from the Coffer Peach Business Tracker.
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Greek winery expands in London on-trade
Published: 08 January, 2020
Greek winery T-Oinos is celebrating new listings at a range of top restaurants in London.
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On-trade set for Halloween sales hike
Published: 31 October, 2019
Restaurants, bars and pubs are poised to see sales significantly boosted by Halloween as the fright-night continues to gain traction as a ‘big night out’ for adults.
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Modest growth for on-trade in July
Published: 12 August, 2019
Like-for-like sales for pubs and restaurants were up 1.2% year on year in July, according the the latest data from the Coffer Peach Business Tracker.
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Wet-led businesses helping high street to recover from “poisonous cocktail” of regulatory costs
Published: 19 July, 2019
Renewed investor interest is improving the health of a malnourished high street – driven mostly by wet-led venues, a group of suppliers and industry leaders were told this morning.
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Pubs and bars signal optimism as restaurant sector continues to suffer
Published: 15 July, 2019
The latest CGA Fourth Business Confidence Survey, canvassing opinion from hospitality industry leaders, has revealed concern over the frequency of consumer visits to pubs, bars and restaurants during the second half of 2019.
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