Steven Hesketh

Last weekend pretty much summed up what this industry is all about. Two awards. One night. Two completely different cities. Liverpool and London, both massive in their own right, both hugely important when it comes to hospitality. And somehow, we were in both. Part of the team headed down to Springboard Awards for Excellence in London, which, if I’m honest, felt like a bit of a moment for us. It’s the first time The Hospitality Hero has ever been up for an award at that level, national level,...

Big week ahead politically, and if we’re honest, most people in business don’t fully realise just how much politics actually touches what we do day to day. It’s easy to switch off from it. It feels distant. Complicated. Not really our lane. But the reality is, a lot of what we’re all dealing with right now in hospitality isn’t just “how the industry is”, it’s the result of decisions that have been building for years. You could go back decades and pick apart where it’s all gone wrong....

Propel daily newsletter this week literately stopped me in my tracks with the collective number of negative news coming through in and around this governments’ decisions affecting our industry, as I was at the same time, looking at ways to navigate our businesses through these endless bills coming through… Seeing it all in black and white, it just hit so hard this week. More than 300 licensed venues have shut in the first three months of 2026. That’s over three closures a day, and this is...