Salisbury-based Antony Batty & Company Ltd has urged hospitality business owners to be aware of potential warning signs arising from challenges arriving in April.
James Stares, a director at Antony Batty & Company, said: “Hospitality enters April 2026 in an already fragile position where insolvencies in pubs, restaurants, bars, and hotels remain well above pre-pandemic levels.
James Stares, director at Antony Batty & Company. (Image: Antony Batty & Company)
“An estimated 3,353 accommodation and food and drink businesses entered insolvency proceedings in the year to December 2025, and the pressure is not relenting, with the sector about to absorb another round of cost increases announced in the Autumn Budget 2025,…