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What you should know about accepting payments from customers from abroad

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What you should know about accepting payments from customers from abroad

By Gino Ravaioli

Gino Ravaioli, chairman of the DCC Forum, a group of 5 international companies which works in the Dynamic Currency Conversion (DCC) and financial services sector, talks through the options hospitality businesses now have when taking payments from overseas...

Chef Jane Tran on the rise of the online restaurant

Chef Jane Tran on the rise of the online restaurant

By Sophie Witts

Canadian chef Jane Tran has gone from working at Bar Boulud to a role as executive chef at tech start-up EatFirst – which home-delivers restaurant-quality meals within minutes. 

20 chefs will take part in the annual Who's Cooking Dinner charity event

Who’s Cooking Dinner: Charity event returns for 2016

By Liam Garrahan

Who’s Cooking Dinner, a charity event that raises money for research into the causes of Leukemia and blood cancer, is returning for 2016 with a line-up of 20 world class chefs who hold 16 Michelin stars between them.

Competition for sites is expected to heat up this year

Competition for restaurant sites to heat up in 2016

By Emma Eversham

The disparity between the supply of and demand for restaurant sites will remain in 2016 and will stretch to more parts of the UK as the market continues to swell says property agency Christie & Co. 

Christine Harris with operations director Charles Harris

CD Pub Co acquires fourth pub

By Emma Eversham

Warwickshire-based gastropub operator CD Pub Co has acquired its fourth pub - the Old Chequers Inn in Crowle.

The last two weeks of the festive period were the most profitable for chain restaurants and pubs

Last minute festive boost for restaurant and pub chains

By Emma Eversham

Sales at some of the UK’s largest restaurant and pub chains benefited from a last minute flurry of visits in the last two weeks of the festive season according to the latest Coffer Peach Business Tracker.

NHS to slap sugar tax on hospital cafes

NHS to slap sugar tax on hospital cafes

By Sophie Witts

The NHS is to become the first public body to impose a sugar tax on food sold in cafes and vending machines, the service’s head has revealed.

Michelin chef backs sugary drinks tax

Michelin chef backs sugary drinks tax

By Sophie Witts

Andrew Fairlie – chef at the eponymous two Michelin-starred restaurant at Gleneagles - has backed calls for a tax on sugary drinks in Scotland.

Peter Sanchez-Iglesias on the new-look Casamia

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Peter Sanchez-Iglesias on the new-look Casamia

By Joe Lutrario

The chef behind Casamia lost older brother and business partner Jonray to cancer late last year but their plan to move the Michelin-starred restaurant from Westbury-on-Trym to central Bristol is going ahead. 

EasyHotel plans Ipswich hotel

EasyHotel plans Ipswich hotel

By Emma Eversham

'Super budget' hotel operator EasyHotel is planning to open a hotel in Ipswich after conditionally acquiring a former nightclub. 

Green Hotelier Awards open for entries

Green Hotelier Awards open for entries

By Liam Garrahan

The Green Hoteliers Awards 2016 are now open for entries, with the aim of finding the world’s most environmentally friendly hotels.

BHA boss slams 'dangerous' Airbnb

BHA boss slams 'dangerous' Airbnb

By Sophie Witts

Ufi Ibrahim, chief executive of the British Hospitality Association (BHA), has slammed Airbnb for allowing its users to run potentially dangerous ‘pseudo hotels’ exempt from fire, food and health regulations.

Joe Allen owners Lawrence Hartley and Tim Healy

Joe Allen owners plan 'collection' of Mustard restaurants

By Mark Wingett

Lawrence Hartley and Tim Healy, the owners of Joe Allen in Covent Garden, are planning a 'collection' of restaurants under new 'British brasserie' concept Mustard after securing a first site for the new venture in Brook Green, west...

First Look: Inamo Covent Garden

First Look: Inamo Covent Garden

By Sophie Witts and Liam Garrahan

Tech-driven restaurant Inamo re-located its St James's site to Covent Garden last week and BigHospitality was one of the first to see it.

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