Whether you’re a budding entrepreneur with a bold idea for a new restaurant concept or a successful hotelier with plans to expand an already popular business, this section has all the latest news and trends in hospitality finance to help you on your way.
Whether you are taking your restaurant from ‘pop-up to permanent’, starting an innovative new hotel concept or planning to open a new chain of destination bars, law firm Pitmans has provided seven top tips for entrepreneurs looking to avoid any legal...
Improving the payment process within your hospitality business can have a direct impact on customer satisfaction, according to card processing company Global Payments.
NatWest and RBS have added an extra £150m to their hospitality-dedicated Leisure Fund after receiving what they said was 'incredible demand' from the industry.
With recent figures from the Bank of England showing that lending to hospitality businesses is falling, small business loan provider has seen a ‘dramatic rise’ in enquiries from restaurants and bars.
Hotels across the UK are missing out on millions of pounds in unclaimed capital allowances, but those wishing to unlock the tax relief need to act fast.
BrewDog has broken its own crowdfunding record, raising £3m in just two months by selling shares to members of the public through its ‘Equity for Punks’ scheme.
So, you’ve been turned away from the bank, run out of deep-pocketed friends and family and aren’t keen on giving away an equity stake in your company. Is all hope of securing finance to develop or expand your business lost? No. There are still plenty...
From Piper Private Equity’s backing of Be At One and more recently Loungers to Graphite Capital’s management buy-out of Hawksmoor, there are private equity (PE) deals to be done in the hospitality industry but are they right for your business?
Most hospitality business owners will agree that bank lending isn’t the same as it used to be. Pre-recession, a budding entrepreneur with a bold idea for a new concept would often be given a blank cheque from the bank manager to support their ambitions....
Scottish brewer and pub operator BrewDog has snubbed the ‘self-interested banks’ by today launching the third phase of an innovative crowdfunding programme which it hopes will raise £4m by selling off shares directly to beer drinkers.
In yesterday’s Budget announcement, George Osborne introduced a number of measures to ease the financial pressure on businesses, which will come as good news for the restaurant sector after a survey found that 79 per cent of F&B managers regularly...
Pubs across the UK can breathe a sigh of relief today as Chancellor George Osborne has cut a penny off the price of a pint of beer and scrapped the punitive Duty Escalator in his 2013 Budget announcement.
The Clove Club Restaurant & Bar, the business from chef Isaac McHale which has been partly funded by investors using a crowdfunding website, is set to open in Shoreditch Town Hall next month.
Hotel planning application data from 2012 indicates that there is a significant net investment growth in the sector, but the opening of 31 properties in London this year could in fact cause a decline in Revenue per Available Room (RevPAR) across the capital.
City Pub Company, the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS)-funded pub operator established by the team behind the Capital Pub Company, has unveiled plans to raise a further £10m to expand its estate of ‘individual’ pubs across the South of England.
