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HeadlinesUK government provides support to pubs to help them survive tax hike
Premier Inn owner Whitbread warns on impact of UK property tax
Marston's shares surge as pub revamp lifts margins, draws customers
FinanceHoliday Inn owner IHG's profit rises, notes easing pressures after US slowdown
Premier Inn owner Whitbread's UK sales dip amid sluggish leisure demand
Date: June 19, 2025
(Reuters) -Premier inn owner Whitbread reported a 4% fall in first-quarter total sales on Thursday, pressured by persisting weakness in its core UK market amid a tumultuous economic and geopolitical...
Luxury Hotels Market Outlook : Projected to Exceed USD 156.80 Billion by 2032 with a 7.2% CAGR
Date: April 24, 2025
The global ...
Mitchells & Butlers pub group says costs start to ease
Date: May 17, 2023
(Reuters) -British pub and restaurant group Mitchells & Butlers PLC reported a fall in half-year profits on Wednesday and said supply chain costs were still a challenge but had begun to ease. Shares in the FTSE 250 company, which were down as much as 3.7% in early trade, reversed course to rise 0.5% at 0900...
UK consumer industries warn curbing energy support will hit demand
Date: October 17, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) – The mood among Britain’s beleaguered retail and hospitality industries darkened on Monday on fears new finance minister Jeremy Hunt’s move to rein in a vast energy subsidy plan and reverse planned tax cuts would further dent demand. A two-year energy support scheme for households and businesses, expected to cost more than 100...
UK pub operator Wetherspoon’s loss narrows despite higher costs
Date: October 7, 2022
(Reuters) -British pub operator J D Wetherspoon’s annual loss narrowed from a year ago, even as the company battled soaring energy and labour costs. Pub groups in Britain, still reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic, are now grappling with rising costs of everything from labour and ingredients to energy, and the threat of lower consumer spending...
Foreign business travel missing ingredient for Irish hotel recovery – Dalata
Date: August 31, 2022
By Padraic Halpin DUBLIN (Reuters) – Executives at Ireland’s large hub of multinational companies are still only going on a small fraction of the foreign business trips they made before the COVID-19 pandemic, the head of the country’s largest hotel operator said. Dalata Hotel Group, which has the Maldron and Clayton brands, said on Wednesday...