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5 key facts on online reviews

An infographic showing 5 Key stats on the importance of online reviews and recommendations

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5 key facts on staff impact

An infographic showing 5 Key stats on on how staff can impact customer decisions on what to eat

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5 key facts on deciding what to order

An infographic showing 5 Key stats on how customers decide what to order from a menu

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Tripleseat | Preparing for the festive season

Tripleseat Podcast | How are consumers feeling about the festive season, how (and how big) they are celebrating.

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Socialising Differently – panel at Imbibe Live

A panel looking at how Brits are Socialising Differently with Katy Moses (KAM), Daniel Rowntree (High & Dry), Selina Smith (Heineken) and Matt Grech-Smith (Swingers.)

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Socialising Differently – presented at Imbibe Live

Katy Moses, MD at KAM, presents key trends pointing towards Brits ‘socialising differently’ including an evolving relationship with alcohol.

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The Ultimate Events Management Guide

In partnership with Tripleseat, we’ve spoken to corporate event planners and hospitality operators to understand what venues can do to attract BIG seasonal bookings and created an informative guide for hospitality operators.

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Plan to Plate 2024 – Q3

In partnership with Paytronix, this quarterly report tracks UK consumer behaviour with regards to hospitality venues.

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Low+No presentation – learnings from beyond Hospitality

Lou Pollitt at Lucky Saint, shares insightful learnings about low & no from international markets and the off-trade.

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Future of Socialising: What’s next for the dry economy?

UK adults’ evolving relationship with cannabis (THC and CBD), alcohol and other mood-altering substances and it’s impact on hospitality.

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Low+No panel – where does ‘Low’ & ‘Light’ fit in? 

Laura Willoughby MBE (Club Soda) discusses the growing demand for ‘lower’ ABV drinks with Daniel Crowther (Hedonist Drinks), Kelly Moss (WSTA) & Denise Hamilton-Mace (Lo No Drinker.)

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Low+No panel – the operator perspective

Listen to Cyril Francoise (Soho House), Andrew Carpenter (Greene King) and Freddie Cobb (Vagabond) share their low & no journey.

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Reports & Whitepapers

View and download our industry-leading reports and whitepapers.

Leased & Tenanted Spotlight

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Originally presented at our L&T Spotlight, this presentations shows the wants and needs of both pub licensees and their customers.

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Influencing customers in-venue

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Originally presented at RMI 2024, this presentation shows how hospitality brands can most effectively influence the customer in venue.

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Generation Z: All Grown Up

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When we look at what influences venue choice, the key elements- quality, range, value for money are still at the top for Gen Z, so there’s no need to reinvent the wheel. What what we DO need to do is look at the significant differences in the thoughts and feelings towards technology, alcohol, and diets, that will allow venues to make themselves attractive to this age group.

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Attracting and Retaining Hospitality Employees

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Check out our presentation from the BII People Conference focused on our recent research on recruiting and retaining talent in hospitality.

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Pub Roadmap

The Pub Roadmap

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In partnership with the BII and supported by Brakes and Brixton Brewery, this research report forms part of an essential toolkit, based on real data from our sector to allow operators to assess their businesses against the opportunities available to them.

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The Ultimate Guide to Christmas

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Christmas is about sharing, supporting and bringing people together. So here’s a little gift from KAM Research and Insights and HGEM, bringing together all of our combined Christmas research into one report – the ultimate Xmas guide for hospitality venues.

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Wine Decisions

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To truly understand what drives and influences consumer behaviour during these challenging times, some in-depth analysis is needed. Whilst there is a wealth of data and insight around wine consumer behaviour within the On Trade and the wider Off Trade (with much of the data for the latter coming from the UK’s Supermarkets), there remains a distinct lack of research into consumers’ wine buying habits from Independent Specialist Wine Retailers.

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Hospitality Tech 2024

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KAM has partnered with Vita Mojo to explore the tech challenges facing restaurant operators – and see how forward thinking brand are over coming them and unlock growth opportunities for 2024.

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Generation Z: Beyond Booze

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Originally presented at the Low+No 2023 event, these slides explore the changing relationship which Generation Z seem to have with alcohol compared to previous generations and what implications this may have for the future of socialising. Based on research carried out in partnership with Lucky Saint in May 2023.

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Webinars & Presentations

Socialising Differently – panel at Imbibe Live

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A panel looking at how Brits are Socialising Differently with Katy Moses (KAM), Daniel Rowntree (High & Dry), Selina Smith (Heineken) and Matt Grech-Smith (Swingers.)

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Socialising Differently – presented at Imbibe Live

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Katy Moses, MD at KAM, presents key trends pointing towards Brits ‘socialising differently’ including an evolving relationship with alcohol.

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Low+No presentation – learnings from beyond Hospitality

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Lou Pollitt at Lucky Saint, shares insightful learnings about low & no from international markets and the off-trade.

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Low+No panel – where does ‘Low’ & ‘Light’ fit in? 

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Laura Willoughby MBE (Club Soda) discusses the growing demand for ‘lower’ ABV drinks with Daniel Crowther (Hedonist Drinks), Kelly Moss (WSTA) & Denise Hamilton-Mace (Lo No Drinker.)

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Low+No panel – the operator perspective

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Listen to Cyril Francoise (Soho House), Andrew Carpenter (Greene King) and Freddie Cobb (Vagabond) share their low & no journey.

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Low+No panel – Activating low & no effectively

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Listen to Paddy Gardiner from Cote and Ed Fryer at Fullers discuss how to improve visibility of the Low & No category.

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Infographics

5 key facts on online reviews

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An infographic showing 5 Key stats on the importance of online reviews and recommendations

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5 key facts on staff impact

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An infographic showing 5 Key stats on on how staff can impact customer decisions on what to eat

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5 key facts on deciding what to order

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An infographic showing 5 Key stats on how customers decide what to order from a menu

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5 key facts on moderating alcohol consumption

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An infographic showing how Brits are moderating their alcohol consumption

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5 key facts on what drives venue choice

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An infographic showing what’s important when choosing a venue.

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5 key facts on food decisions

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An infographic showing how customers decide what to eat.

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Hospitality Insight from our Knowledge Hub Partners

Tripleseat | Preparing for the festive season

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Tripleseat Podcast | How are consumers feeling about the festive season, how (and how big) they are celebrating.

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Brixton Brewery | Focus on craft beer

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Brixton Brewery share data on the craft beer customer in the on-trade

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Flexible-working

Limber | Flexible Working in Hospitality

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Limber look at current flexible working trends in UK hospitality and what it means for the future Hospitality.

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Plan to Plate 2024 – Q3

In partnership with Paytronix, this quarterly report tracks UK consumer behaviour with regards to hospitality venues.

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Low+No 2024: Drinking Differently

A look at Brits evolving relationship with alcohol and the growth of the low & no category. Report in partnership with Lucky Saint.

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Competitive Socialising 2024

A look at the Competitive Socialising customer and the growing demand for activity-led venues.

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Pub Roadmap: the headlines & panel

Katy Moses, founder/MD at KAM, delves into latest pub customer research from the Pub Roadmap report with Steve Alton from the BII, Joby Mortimer from Brakes and Jez Galaun from Brixton Brewery.

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Pub Roadmap

The Pub Roadmap

In partnership with the BII and supported by Brakes and Brixton Brewery, this research report forms part of an essential toolkit, based on real data from our sector to allow operators to assess their businesses against the opportunities available to them.

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low & no 2023

Low and No 2023

KAM have carried out a deep-dive research study, in partnership with Lucky Saint, into the current attitudes and behaviour towards Low and No alcohol. The report shows that the movement has gone beyond January, it’s becoming ingrained in people’s lives throughout the year. With as many UK adults actively moderating during the summer as they do during ‘Dry January’, moderating has moved beyond a single month in the year, and beyond simplistic definitions of ‘drinkers’ and ‘non-drinkers’. For venues, the opportunity remains. With massive numbers still entering the category, we need to provide consumers with the best possible experience whatever the occasion.

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