The UK hotel sector benefitted from a bumper July, boosted by the Oasis reunion, with occupancy, room rates and profits all exceeding the previous year for the first time in eight months, according to the RSM Hotels Tracker. The data, which is compiled and produced by Hotstats and analysed by RSM UK, shows occupancy of […]
Heston Blumenthal OBE and owner of the Michelin-one starred gastropub The Hinds Head is calling on government and licensees to take urgent action to halt the closure of thousands of UK pubs. The Great British pub, a cornerstone of community life for centuries, is under threat from rising costs and shifting social habits; pressures that […]
The UK’s hospitality and retail sector need fiscal support from the government in the Autumn Budget, say leading audit, tax and business advisory firm, Blick Rothenberg. Darsh Shah, a partner at the firm, said: “The UK’s hospitality and retail sector is struggling with higher running costs due to government policy. To help them survive, the […]
The latest analysis by Rangewell, a specialist hospitality financing intermediary with expertise in regional hotel sector funding, has revealed that while the UK hotel sector faces another revenue dip in 2025, regional independent operators with deep local market knowledge are bucking the trend and significantly outperforming the broader market statistics. Despite the overall UK hotel […]
New figures today have revealed that eight pubs a week ceased trading across the UK during the first half of the year, as the industry grapples with escalating tax and labour costs. This decline has seen the total number of pubs in England and Wales including those vacant or available to let, fall to 38,780! The closures come […]
Demand for hotels increased in June with people still wanting to travel this summer, but this was not enough to offset increasing staff costs as profits fall, according to the RSM Hotels Tracker. The data, which is compiled and produced by Hotstats and analysed by RSM UK, shows occupancy of UK hotels rose from 82.7% […]
Today’s ONS labour market figures show payrolled employees in the accommodation and food services industry continued its downward trend, falling from 2,111,898 in April 2025 to 2,100,827 in May 2025, and down 4.6% from 2,201,193 in May 2024. Vacancies in the sector also continued declining, down from 82,000 in the three months to April 2025 to 79,000 […]
Research from international real estate advisor Savills indicates that the UK hotel investment market had a slower start to 2025, with transaction volumes reaching approximately £1.59bn in the first half. These muted levels were expected following an exceptionally high volume of portfolio transactions in early 2024, however market activity remains encouraging, with signs pointing to […]
Hoteliers were hit with a double whammy in April, as they faced a rise in employment costs, along with price pressures on room rates, leading to a decline in profits, according to the RSM Hotels Tracker. The data, which is compiled and produced by Hotstats and analysed by RSM UK, shows UK hotel payroll (as […]
UK hotels strive to make up lost ground in March, as the gap in occupancy and room rates year-on-year narrows, according to the RSM Hotels Tracker. The data, which is compiled and produced by Hotstats and analysed by RSM UK, shows occupancy of UK hotels remained relatively flat in March year-on-year (73.8% compared to 73.5%), […]
