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Sep
2026
August 2026: Value Gets Rebuilt
August 2026 posed a blunt question: are we still in the “growth” business, or are we in the “survive the cost base” business with a growth hobby on the side? UHY Hacker Young’s snapshot of the UK’s 100 largest restaurant groups said profits fell 44% to £204m even as revenues rose to £13.3bn. That’s not a fun statistic, it’s a reminder that busy venues can still be broke venues.
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