Hygiene Rating Alerts, for catering equipment
Find new entries on the food-hygiene register.
A food business appears on the register before it is rated, and that is the window in which it is fitting out.
A food business appears on the register before its first inspection, with the date it was recorded.
Equipment suppliers hear about a new site when a competitor's van is parked outside it. The register lists the business, its type and its address before the first inspection, and often before the kitchen is finished.
The alert gives you the new establishments in your territory as the register publishes them, and the falls where a kitchen has a reason to change things, so you decide who to approach.
Which changes matter to you
New business awaiting inspection
An establishment on the register that has not yet been rated. The register shows the name, the address and the business type, and nothing about the kitchen.
Rating fall
A fall is a dated public fact and sometimes the reason a kitchen replaces equipment.
Re-inspection requested
The register's own flag, public and dated.
Rating rise
Recorded so the history is complete.
A real example, read for catering equipment
From Hygiene Rating Alerts. Real, checked against Companies House, at least seven days old.
What changed. The published hygiene rating for Cody's Italian Shop Ltd, 530 Bearwood Road, Smethwick B66 4BX, fell from 4 to 2. Inspected 7 July 2026, published between Harrier's records of 7 and 12 August 2026. The previous rating comes from Harrier's own dated copies of the register.
Where. Smethwick B66, West Midlands
Why it may matter. A fall from 4 to 2 is sometimes the reason a kitchen replaces equipment.
Check. The company behind the premises, the business type on the register, restaurant here, and the publication window.
Three things to check first
What type of business is it
The register's business type, on every alert.
Can you lawfully approach it
Every premises in a briefing is matched to a registered company, and the alert names it.
How new is it
Awaiting inspection means not yet rated. The date it appeared on Harrier's copy of the register is shown.
Try it for 14 days, free
No card required. Your first briefing, then two weekly briefings. Choose whether to subscribe when your trial ends.
Common questions
Does it show the kitchen size or the equipment?
No. Nothing in the register does. It shows the business, its type, its address and its rating history.
Can I choose only new businesses?
Yes. The classes are a setting.
What area does it cover?
England and Wales through the Food Standards Agency's register. You choose the territory.
Can I use this for sales?
Alerts name businesses, never people, and use the premises address only. Where we cannot match a company the alert says so. Your own marketing rules still apply.
When does it start?
Today. Start the fourteen-day trial, verify your address, and the first briefing is prepared for your area. Nothing is charged.
Also read for
Wholesale and drinks
A food business new to the register is a dated reason to open an account.
For wholesale and drinks →EPOS and card payments
A new venue on the register is a dated reason to ask how it takes payments.
For epos and card payments →Pest control
A fall in the rating is a dated, public fact about the premises.
For pest control →