Hospitality Industry is Evolving.
Despite ongoing pressures on the hospitality sector, 2025 has delivered pockets of opportunity and renewal for restaurants and bars across the UK. While closures have remained headline news in some quarters, data from industry trackers shows that new openings and outlet churn continue to shape a dynamic landscape — with certain segments growing, and new venues emerging to meet evolving consumer tastes.
The hospitality market has seen nuanced movements over the last year:
These patterns suggest that innovative concepts, fresh hospitality experiences and flexible formats continue to attract investment and consumer interest — creating fertile ground for interior and fit-out specialists.
As restaurants, bars and hospitality brands scale up, refurbish or reimagine their spaces, CDC Engineering has been exceptionally busy delivering bespoke metalwork that directly enhances the quality, durability and aesthetic impact of these venues.
We draw on decades of fabrication expertise and deliver precision-engineered solutions across a wide range of interior components, including:
Custom Restaurant Bars and Worktops — precision formed, structurally optimised and finished to specification.
Gantries and Hanging Shelving — engineered for strength, usability and seamless integration with lighting and services.
Shelving and Storage Solutions — tailored to operational needs and hygiene standards.
Interior Cladding and Feature Panels — adding design coherence and material warmth.
Separators and Screens — crafted for both function and style.
Stair Rails and Balustrades — marrying structural safety with material expression.
Decorative Metal Items — bespoke features, signage and artistic metal elements.
Our capabilities extend well beyond standard fabrication:
In short, whether your project calls for minimalist industrial chic or richly patinated bespoke features, we engineer exactly what the space demands.
As consumer expectations continue to shift toward distinctive, experience-driven venues, the role of high-quality architectural metalwork has never been more important. Metal is no longer just a structural necessity — it plays a defining role in ambience, durability and brand perception.
Metal bars and worktops often become the natural focal points of social interaction, anchoring a space visually while withstanding the demands of constant use. Thoughtfully designed shelving and gantries support both function and presentation, allowing operators to maximise storage and display without sacrificing aesthetics.
Interior cladding and metal separators help shape spatial flow, subtly guiding customer movement while reinforcing the architectural rhythm of a venue. When combined with specialist finishes such as patination or acid-etched textures, metalwork adds visual depth and a sense of narrative continuity, tying materials, lighting and brand identity into a cohesive whole.
In hospitality fit-outs, metalwork isn’t background detail — it’s a defining element of how a space looks, feels and performs.
With a busy 2025 schedule rapidly filling and new hospitality developments on the rise, we encourage operators, designers and contractors to register their 2026 projects with CDC Engineering early.