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Aug 2021
29m 26s

Lunch, dinner, drinks, dancing

BBC News
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After 18 months of disruption, how is the UK's hospitality industry holding up?

Chef and restaurateur, Yotam Ottolenghi, along with Peter Marks, the chief executive of nightclub business, REKOM UK, join Adam to discuss the state of the sector.

And with bakery chain Greggs announcing 500 new jobs and 100 new stores, market analyst Susannah Streeter looks at the ingredients driving the their success.

Today’s Newscast was made by Emma Close, with Caitlin Hanrahan, Natalie Ktena, Georgia Coan and Ben Cooper. The studio director was Emma Crowe.

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