UKHospitality has described a new major package of reforms to support businesses to deliver more apprenticeship places as being âvery positiveâ.

Shared kitchen concept The Co-Kitchens is launching a incubator programme to support up coming restaurateurs in the food delivery and quick-service restaurant sector.

Harts Group will open a bar at Battersea Power Station alongside its El Pastor Mexican restaurant brand.

Prezzo has returned to profitability following a restructure of its business that saw it close nearly a third of its estate last year.

Restaurants are still struggling to hire staff with the right skills after an “exodus” of people from the hospitality industry during the pandemic.

Crussh, the London-based food to go chain, is returning to the expansion trail with new openings in Kensington and Fulham.

Prezzo returned to profitability in 2023 after undergoing a major restructure of the business, accounts show.

UKHospitality has welcomed the government’s apprenticeship reform package, stating the changes will “benefit both businesses and employees”.

Soho House has reduced its losses and seen membership revenues increase, according to its latest financial results.

Nearly 800 pubs entered insolvency in 2023 – the highest number in over a decade.

High-profile chef Josà Pizarro has been awarded the Cross of the order of Isabella the Catholic, the Spanish equivalent of a Knighthood.

Nightcap boss Sarah Willingham has said she believes hospitality has “gone through the worst” of the current economic downturn and is facing a more positive future.