London hotels are increasingly coming up with more elaborate and creative afternoon tea offerings as standards improve and competition increases, say experts at the start of Afternoon Tea Week (8-14 August).
Stay aware of colleagues’ behaviour, use a staff ‘buddy system’, and limit the personal information given to guests – that’s the main workplace safety advice for hospitality businesses, according to The Suzy Lamplugh Trust.
Healthy fast food chain Leon is set to open 50 new sites over the next four years after securing a new funding deal worth £19m from bank OakNorth, according to BigHospitality's sister site MCA.
Online food ordering and delivery service Deliveroo has confirmed it has received a $275m (£210m) investment to help it expand in new and existing markets, and into other similar projects.
Award-winning London gastropub The Truscott Arms has closed with immediate effect after losing a legal battle which saw its rent increase from £75,000 to £250,000.
Merlin Labron-Johnson and Stuart Andrew, the chefs at Michelin-starred Portland in Fitzrovia, on launching their second, more casual restaurant in Marylebone, and taking inspiration from New York and Ghent.
Chefs Ben Spalding and Ernst Van Zyl, previously of John Salt in Islington and current chef-owner of The Lord Clyde in Cheshire respectively, are to collaborate on two supper club events, as part of the #AllGunsBlazing series.
The Slider Decider 2016, the annual professional chef burger challenge from the ETM Group, is inviting chefs to enter, ahead of its move to London’s Broadgate Circle.
The National Fish & Chip Awards 2017 by Seafish have announced the 62 best UK fish and chip shops, who will now go on to compete for the overall title.
Chef Tom Kerridge has ruled out the possibility of presenting BBC Saturday Kitchen permanently, but confirmed he will appear in a new BBC show on fast food next year.
‘Dude food’ such as burgers and burritos are competing with healthy food dishes in the eating out sector, as salads surge in popularity and meat suffering a slight decline.
Melia Hotels International says it has seen a double-digit decrease in RevPAR at its UK properties in the first half of 2016, in contrast to strong growth worldwide.
Byron burger group has pleaded for protesters to respect the safety of its customers and staff in the wake of renewed protests against its recent moves on illegal workers.
Hotels offering guests good value and a good night's sleep are most likely to secure bookings from both leisure and business travellers, a survey has revealed.
The new chief executive of the Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA) has challenged its members to make the UK hospitality sector the most eco-friendly in the world.
Alastair Burgess, founder of bars Happiness Forgets and Original Sin, talks about his move into restaurants as he opens Petit Pois bistro in Hoxton Square.
Manchester’s Palace Hotel has announced a new trio of chefs, who between them have trained with names including Ferran Adrià, René Redzepi, Pierre Gagnaire, Massimo Bottura, Raymond Blanc, and Marco Pierre White.
Overall British beer sales rose by 1.5 per cent in the last quarter, reversing a long period of decline in the sector, according to figures released today.
Chef Albert Adrià is to collaborate with executive chef of the Lima Group, Virgilio Martinez, in a one-off dinner at Lima Floral in London’s Covent Garden on 7 August.
Former footballers Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs have unveiled plans to build a multi-million-pound hotel, restaurant and housing development in central Manchester.
Casual dining groups Thaikhun, Comptoir Libanais, and Absurd Bird are to open their first sites in Bath, as part of the SouthGate development ‘restaurant quarter’ near Bath Spa railway station.
The former Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) building in Edinburgh is being converted into a hospitality hub, housing serviced apartments, a coffee house, bar and restaurant.
