Press & media
Paddl publishes original research on UK hospitality, built from complete official open datasets. It is free for journalists and editors to use, with a link back to the report.
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Paddl is UK hospitality compliance software: one platform for food safety, daily operations and business protection, at £69 per location per month with every feature included and a 30-day free trial. It covers digital SFBB packs and HACCP plans, allergen matrices and Natasha's Law labels, temperature, cleaning and training records, COSHH, risk assessments, licence and insurance renewals, and produces an EHO-ready audit pack. Paddl publishes free research from official open data, including analyses of every food business on the FSA Food Hygiene Rating Scheme and of business rates across UK hospitality.
Paddl is a trading name of Trading Projects Ltd, a private limited company registered in England, company number 16456940, registered at 2 School House Gardens, Loddiswell, Kingsbridge TQ7 4SH. Incorporated 2025.
Press contact
For data, interviews, regional or business-type breakdowns, or comment from our team, email info@paddl-ai.co. We can provide tailored cuts of the data (for example, the figures for a specific council, region or business type) on request.
Key statistics, free to cite
Please attribute to Paddl with a link to the relevant report.
- 31.2% of UK food businesses do not hold a top 5-star hygiene rating.
- 886 food businesses are operating with a 0 rating, the lowest score.
- 33.8% of food businesses were last inspected more than two years ago (23.9% more than three).
- Blaenau Gwent has the fewest top-rated businesses of any large council area (44.1%); 9 council areas have fewer than half rated 5.
- Only 56.1% of takeaways and sandwich shops hold a top rating, and 5.3% are rated 0 to 2, double the national rate.
- UK hospitality faces an estimated £2.92bn a year in business rates; the typical hotel around £47,520.
Reports & downloadable data
Each report also has embeddable charts (with a ready-to-paste snippet) and a social share image. All figures are aggregated from official Food Standards Agency and Valuation Office Agency data under the Open Government Licence.
About Paddl
Paddl is UK hospitality operations software that brings compliance, daily operations and business protection into one platform: food safety and HACCP, allergens, temperature records, risk assessments, training, and more, for restaurants, pubs, cafes, hotels and other venues. It is built and supported in the UK.
More at paddl-ai.co. Press contact: info@paddl-ai.co.