The Government should make it a requirement for restaurant and pub chains with more than 20 outlets to spell out calorie counts as part of its upcoming child obesity strategy, the Local Government Association has claimed (LGA).
On a gloomy January in 2012 the net curtains of Pitt Cue in Soho twitched for the first time as Tom Adams and Jamie Berger’s barbecue efforts finally became a permanent fixture of the London restaurant scene.
Restaurants signed up to Jamie Oliver’s voluntary sugar tax have raised over £50,000 towards the opening of free public water fountains in some of the most deprived areas of the UK.
Liverpool is to get its first five-star luxury hotel at the Martins Bank building with a £50m investment from hotel and conference operator Principal Hayley.
Mark Anderson, deputy general manager of Kensington’s Royal Garden Hotel, discusses the challenges and benefits of being both five-star and family friendly.
Edmund Inkin is joint owner of Eatdrinksleep, the company behind the Felin Fach Griffin near Brecon and The Gurnard's Head and The Old Coastguard in Cornwall where technology takes a back-seat. He explains why.
Base & Barley, the sourdough pizza and craft beer concept created by Artigiano founder Joe Hill and Steve Keough, has secured its second site in Cardiff.
Galvin Restaurants is to open a restaurant and oversee all food and beverage operations at the Athenaeum Hotel and Residences in London following a four month 'refresh' of the five-star hotel.
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has announced plans to open a 433-bedroom Holiday Inn and 190-bedroom Staybridge Suites at Heathrow Airport after signing a new partnership deal with Bathroad Corp Sarl.
Heathrow has unveiled striking images of UK landmarks in Cumbria, Lancashire, Scotland and Yorkshire across its terminals in a bid to boost tourism in areas hit by recent floods.
Not being able to find enough skilled staff has been cited as the biggest threat to the restaurant sector for the year ahead, according to a poll of restaurant owners.
UNESCO has begun an investigation in to Edinburgh’s world heritage site which could see the city lose its status over a series of divisive hotel developments.
Welsh-born Michelin-starred chef, Richard Davies, is opening Epicure at Celtic Manor Resort, Newport, Wales, and is hoping to take inspiration from his acclaimed mentors to help him along the way.
Trade union Unite staged a protest against STK London at its ME London Hotel on Friday, amidst claims that its 15 per cent service charge is being used to increase the salaries of four senior managers by as much as £50k a year each.
Theo Randall at the InterContinental Hotel re-opens later this month with a shiny new dining room. Its chef talks about the perils of removing dishes from his menu, collaborating with Azzurri Group and showing Jamie Oliver the ropes.
Businesses in the hospitality sector are being advised to make their recruitment process more ‘youth friendly’ to help safeguard the industry’s future workforce after a survey of 18-24-year-olds found they faced barriers when applying for jobs.
For the past four years Sticks'n'Sushi has been gradually expanding its London empire, but now the Danish-Japanese restaurant group is set to take its 'affordable luxury' offering across the UK.
The owners of Fish! Borough Market, which re-opened yesterday (3 February) following a month-long refurbishment, hope the new-look restaurant and menu will help it reach a wider demographic and increase dwell time.
All-day dining restaurant The Alchemist is to open in Newcastle’s Intu Eldon Square’s catering development, Grey’s Quarter, marking the chain’s first opening in the North East.
