Searcys celebrates record-breaking year

Searcys wrapped up a successful 2022 by exceeding its £175,000 charity pledge target in its 175th year, announcing new business wins, scooping a plethora of awards and reporting a strong financial performance, with sales up in excess of 9% in the past eight months compared to its pre-Covid 2019 benchmark. The company attributes its success to the pent-up demand for events, brand visibility from its celebration campaigns and the sheer hard work of its team.

Since restrictions lifted in early 2022, Searcys hosted over 15,600 events, welcomed over 50,000 event attendees, served 100,000 cups of tea and poured 175,000 glasses of champagne. This in turn has seen the company grow to over 1,100 employees, along with the appointments of a new commercial director, head of recruitment, head of champagne and an additional operations director.  

As well as growing its team, the company also expanded its portfolio. Three new venue partnerships were struck with Stationers’ Hall, Church House Westminster and the social enterprise restaurant Brigade.

Paul Jackson, managing director of Searcys, said: “After the past few years of uncertainty, our restaurants, champagne bars and events venues are back in full swing. Despite starting the year with the industry under lockdown restrictions, we have collectively achieved so much over the past 12 months.

“This 175th milestone year has been one of growth and celebration of our heritage, a testament to the legacy of our founder John Searcy. I would like to thank every member of the team for their hard work and commitment to delivering the highest quality event and dining experiences – I am enormously proud of every one of them.”

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