With the Scottish Budget fast approaching, Stuart McCallum, head of consumer markets in Scotland at RSM UK, outlines what’s needed to support the retail, hospitality and tourism sectors: “Various layers of regulation, ranging from employment rights to sustainability requirements, are adding to the mounting costs faced by Scottish operators. Many of whom are already on tight margins […]
Mild weather and the October half-term saw demand in London hotels buck the seasonal trend, with an increase in occupancy, according to the RSM Hotels Tracker. The data, which is compiled and produced by Hotstats and analysed by RSM UK, shows occupancy of London hotels rose from 83.7% in September to 84.2% in October, but […]
Record breaking rainfall and a drop in consumer confidence led to lacklustre demand in the hotel industry in September, 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 was up slightly from 81.9% to 82.7% in September year-on-year, and […]
Twenty independent restaurants in both London and Manchester have been awarded an equal share of £220,000 as part of the American Express Backing International Small Restaurants grant programme. Now in its third year, the programme is run by the International Downtown Association (IDA) Foundation in partnership with the Association of Town & City Management (ATCM) and backed […]
For the second consecutive year, senior hospitality figures and investors have ranked London as the most attractive European city for hotel investment in the year ahead, according to the 2024 European Hotel Industry and Investment Survey by Deloitte., Deloitte asked nearly 100 senior hospitality leaders, owners, lenders, developers, and investors about the key trends that […]
Consumers are ‘trading up’ in their choice of hotel as the cost-of-living pressure eases, causing demand for budget hotels to dwindle, and luxury and mid market seeing a boost, according to the RSM Hotels Tracker: Focus on Asset Classes. The data, which is compiled and produced by Hotstats and analysed by RSM UK, shows occupancy […]
UK hotel investment transactions reached an estimated £626m in Q3 2024, according to Savills, 54% up on Q3 2023 figures. To put these numbers into context, the current year to date total stands at £3.82bn, surpassing the total 2023 volume by £1.6bn. Forecasts predict year-end volumes to reach £5bn, bringing activity back in line with […]
The UK hotel industry enjoyed a good end to the summer with occupancy and average daily room rates up when compared to August last year, 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 increase from 78.9% to 81.3% […]
A hospitality business adviser is warning owners of pubs and restaurants not to fall foul of new rules governing workers’ tips. Lynne Blakey, a director in the Bristol advisory consulting team at Evelyn Partners, the wealth management and professional services group, said new legislation coming into force on 1 October requires employers to distribute tips […]
The latest analysis by specialist lending experts, Rangewell, suggests that funding for the hotel sector has bounced back dramatically since the dark days of the pandemic and that the hotel sector is poised for a sustained boom period with demand for domestic hotel accommodation continuing to climb. It’s been a tricky few years for the UK […]
