The multi-award winning Tring-based pub operator Oakman Inns and Restaurants has announced a stellar trading performance over the Christmas period. The headline numbers for the four weeks ending Sunday 3 January 2016 are: Like-For-Like Sales up 11.8% Comparables up 10.5% Total sales £2.1m up 55% on the previous year Founder and CEO Peter Borg-Neal commented: “We got … [Read more...]
It’s the maths, stupid
Tim Martin, Chairman of Wetherspoon, has forwarded the Opinion piece that follows, clearly and forcefully articulating the tax inequalities between pubs and supermarkets, and the need for a ‘sensible rebalancing’ of the tax system if pubs are to continue to play a valuable role in the economic and social life of the nation. Tim Martin: Opinion How well do individual … [Read more...]
LEON introduces New Year menu
LEON recognizes that a ‘new year’ doesn’t warrant a ‘new you’, and that we are all a lot happier and energized when we think about the bits of ourselves we actually quite like, and remember the reasonably good things we have done. When we keep things positive, and kind. LEON food in January therefore focuses on and celebrates the good things we want to eat rather than think … [Read more...]
Annual Awards for Excellence – open for entries
The Royal Academy of Culinary Arts is now accepting entries for the Annual Awards of Excellence 2016. Applicants must currently be working full-time in the UK as a Chef, Pastry Chef or Waiter and should be aged between 20 and 26 on 31st December 2015. The AAE is the most prestigious award available to young professionals in the hospitality industry today, recognising and … [Read more...]
Contactless spending in Britain’s pubs, bars and restaurants 92% up
Spending in pubs and bars made by ‘touch and go’ payments has almost doubled (up by 92 per cent) since the contactless limit rose from £20 to £30 in September, according to Barclaycard data Contactless spending in fast food outlets and in restaurants has also jumped by 62 per cent and 51 per cent respectively over the same period More than 8 in 10 consumers use less cash … [Read more...]