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August 2026
2026-08 11 entries
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Rules and compliance
Online food business registration: the restaurant website launch gate
A restaurant can switch on online food sales before confirming the registration timetable, creating an avoidable go-live compliance risk.
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Rules and compliance
Deposit Return Scheme for UK restaurants: dine-in, takeaway and the October 2027 checklist
The same canned drink can carry a deposit when it leaves in a bag and none when it is drunk at the table, and the customer notice must match the route chosen.
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Rules and compliance
Martyn’s Law for UK restaurants: capacity, procedures and a pre-commencement checklist
A busy Saturday can put more than 200 people inside a restaurant that has never counted, leaving the owner exposed to a future duty or to spending nobody asked for.
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Rules and compliance
Food hygiene rating out of date on your website: the FSA register check and fix
A new inspection changes the official record while your website still quotes the old rating. Any guest can check that mismatch in seconds, on the phone in their hand.
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Rules and compliance
Restaurant cancellation terms on mobile: a CMA prominence check that prevents disputes
Your deposit and cancellation terms may exist and still never reach the guest booking on a phone. That gap turns a routine cancellation into an argument.
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Rules and compliance
Restaurant food recall customer notice UK: pull the dish, publish the notice
A recall alert can name a product already prepped into tonight’s dishes. Stopping sale is only half the job, and the customer notice has its own content and channel rules.
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Rules and compliance
Children's Menu VAT at 5%: The Summer 2026 UK Restaurant Guide
A short VAT window can leave children's meal prices and treatment out of step across menus, websites and tills. Check the scope before service.
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Rules and compliance
UK Restaurant Review Policy in 2026: CMA and Google Rules
Five-star incentives can distort restaurant reviews, trigger platform action and raise consumer-law risk when staff blur asking with manipulation.
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Rules and compliance
Restaurant Website Photo Copyright UK: A Rights-Safe Checklist
A borrowed food photo can trigger a rights dispute, takedown and urgent website rework when a restaurant cannot prove who authorised its use.
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Rules and compliance
UK Restaurant Tipping Rules: What the 29 July 2026 Update Means
A withdrawn draft and moving timetable can send a restaurant towards the wrong tipping policy. Here is what applies now and what still awaits consultation.
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Rules and compliance
Restaurant Booking and Delivery Fees: CMA Guidance and Enforcement in 2026
A mandatory booking or delivery fee shown too late can turn a routine restaurant checkout into a refund exercise and a live CMA enforcement risk.