The Phoenixes Are Rising

These Are Tough Times For Leisure Sector But Innovative Responses Prove the Future is Bright.

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Eye of the storm

We ar ein the eye of the storm and unlike other crises, where hospitality is last to fall and first to recover, this time is polar opposite. 

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A kick in the baubles

By Ted Schama, Nick Weir, Duncan Lillie and Victoria Oates

Despair and anger. Those words summarise what the majority of the hospitality sector is feeling right now. And it is...

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The Hospitality Industry Cannot Wait for the Vaccine Panacea

Recent News on a Covid-19 Vaccine is Uplifting but Waiting for it to Arrive Before Tackling Hospitality's Debt Burden is not an Option.

The news of effective Covid vaccines is about...

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How d’ya like them apples?

When rateable values were last updated in 2017, the apple was the UK’s favourite fruit. It now barely features in the top 10 – a sign that a lot has changed in three years.

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To CVA or not to CVA?

Even before the devasting effects on businesses of the coronavirus, it is fair to say the restaurant and leisure sector had already experienced more than its share of problems over the past few...

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Next stage of rising to the challenge

I am currently writing this piece in Bratislava, Slovakia, as I am lucky enough to share the birth of my second baby, Zara Schama.

I am also sharing this detail as the government of...

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