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Last published 24 Oct 2026 — the TableSpark team, London
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September 2026

2026-09 7 entries
FIG. 26 Running the site
Running the site 2026-09-09

The retail, hospitality and leisure multiplier: how to tell whether your restaurant qualifies

A restaurant that had the 40% relief last year can be excluded from the new statutory definition this year, and the bill states the multiplier without the reasoning behind it.

FIG. 27 Running the site
Running the site 2026-09-05

A delivery platform suspended the account. The UK deleted Articles 15 to 18, not the duty.

The listing is blocked, the notice names no order and no rule, and three services pass before anyone answers. The duty behind that silence buys damages, not the listing back.

FIG. 28 Running the site
Running the site 2026-09-05

The Christmas Party Invoice That Paid In Ninety Days Was Earning 11.75% All Along

Statutory interest on a late invoice is 11.75% today, plus a fixed sum of up to £100 — and the clause said to cancel it is void unless what replaces it is a substantial remedy.

FIG. 29 Running the site
Running the site 2026-09-04

The Booking Widget You Cancelled Can Still Answer On Your Own Domain

A DNS record left pointing at a cancelled supplier is, on how shared platforms generally work, claimable by a stranger — and the security risk stays with the restaurant.

FIG. 30 Running the site
Running the site 2026-09-02

A 'spend and win' giveaway can be an unlicensed lottery, and posting it is the offence

A spend-linked giveaway can be an unlicensed lottery with no ticket sold, and the one exemption for restaurants cannot be advertised online — a criminal risk, not a paperwork one.

FIG. 31 Running the site
Running the site 2026-09-02

The photo you've used for three years might not be yours to keep

Paying the invoice does not move copyright, a guest's face carries a removal right, and a stale dish photo carries real legal risk.

FIG. 32 Running the site
Running the site 2026-09-02

Three music permissions a restaurant needs, and the subscription that covers none of them

A consumer streaming subscription licenses none of it, and being found unlicensed before contact is priced worse than registering — a real cost, not a warning.

August 2026

2026-08 5 entries
FIG. 33 Running the site
Running the site 2026-08-30

The code on the table was printed once. The address behind it was not.

A printed table code will never be edited again, yet the address behind it can lapse, move or drift out of date, and the failure lands on a guest mid-service.

FIG. 34 Running the site
Running the site 2026-08-30

A security fix was published on Tuesday. Nobody at the restaurant knows whether it has reached the site.

A published security fix reaches a restaurant's live site only when somebody applies it, and by default that is nobody's job. The exposure lands on the restaurant either way.

FIG. 35 Running the site
Running the site 2026-08-29

The wording a restaurant booking confirmation email may keep

A discount code at the foot of a table confirmation makes the whole message direct marketing. The exposure behind that mistake is far higher than older guidance suggests.

FIG. 36 Running the site
Running the site 2026-08-28

Registrant details can suspend a paid-up .uk domain

Nominet suspends .uk domains whose registrant name or address it cannot validate. A paid-up domain stops resolving, and the trade behind it is lost until it is fixed.

FIG. 37 Running the site
Running the site 2026-08-28

What Gmail, Yahoo and Outlook now require of a restaurant's email

Gmail can now reject a booking confirmation outright, with no bounce and nothing red on the screen. Six spam complaints in two thousand is the whole margin.

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