The latest Barclaycard Consumer Spending Report - an in-depth look at the country’s spending patterns and confidence levels - reveals spend growth hit a three-year high of 4.5 per cent in the second quarter of the year. Wage growth, higher employment and low inflation combined to boost consumer confidence and drive spending on leisure and non-essential items. Travel spend … [Read more...]
Meantime partner with SALSA to pioneer craft quality assurance scheme
Meantime Brewing Company have been handpicked by SALSA, the UK’s leading food safety certification scheme, as the first craft brewer in the UK to pilot the newly launched SALSA Beer Module. The new module, which launched on 30 June, known as SALSA plus Beer, has been devised in conjunction with Cask Marque experts and has been incorporated into the existing SALSA standard. … [Read more...]
Famous London music venue The Troubadour on the market
Christie + Co has been instructed to market and invites offers for The Troubadour, the established music venue and restaurant in South West London, at a guide price of £225,000. The three leasehold properties making up the venue include a ground floor restaurant, with 114 covers, with basement club with capacity for 132, wine shop with basement wine bar seating 20, owners … [Read more...]
The #HandCSocial Roundtable – Call for Delegates
The #HandCSocial RoundTable meeting held earlier this year in February at citizenM Bankside in London and brought together attendees from all areas of hospitality. The agenda set from the H&C News’ Social Media Benchmarking Report (email us for a copy) saw delegates discuss the report findings, and share their own experiences. The feedback on and since the night of … [Read more...]
Imbibe Live smashes targets with 20% visitor increase
Last week, the UK drinks industry ventured out into the scorching London sunshine to make its annual pilgrimage to Olympia for the sixth consecutive year of Imbibe Live. With a total unique attendance of 11,568 (ABC audit pending), and a 20% increase in visitors, the on-trade focused drinks show once again raised the bar for the industry with a show combining quality buyers, … [Read more...]