The ONE Group, the New York-based hospitality group led by Englishman Jonathan Segal, has secured the first site in the UK for its casual dining concept STK Rebel in Edinburgh.
With their hot sauces in retail, a cookbook under their belts and a sixth site about to launch, Red’s True Barbecue’s James Douglas and Scott Munro are fired up for further growth.
The Intercontinental London – The O2 has unveiled five destination restaurants and bars opening at the luxury hotel when it launches at Greenwich Peninsula this winter.
The UK’s eating and drinking-out market saw a net 1,770 new restaurants open in the past 12 months, up 6.9 per cent on the previous year, according to the new Market Growth Monitor from AlixPartners and CGA Peach.
Clare Smyth is leaving her role as chef patron at Restaurant Gordon Ramsay to open her own standalone London restaurant with the backing of the celebrity chef.
Iain Griffiths is business manager at Mr Lyan, Ryan Chetiyawardana’s bar and drinks company, and bartender at Dandelyan. He is also part of the London team competing in Bacardi Brown Forman’s 24 Hour Bar Build competition as part of London Cocktail Week...
An overhaul of the Chinese visa system could boost the boost the number of Chinese tourists to the UK by 265k each year and earn the British economy £337m, according to The UK China Visa Alliance (UKCVA).
Hospitality businesses have been warned they could face fines of up to £20,000 per employee for failing to pay staff the new national minimum wage rate - which comes in to force today (1 October).
Alain Ducasse Education Research & Consulting, the consultancy firm set up by the first chef to own restaurants carrying three Michelin Stars in three cities, is to advise the Casual Dining Group (CDG) on the development and operation of a new food...
FOLD a new Vietnamese restaurant and bar which will specialise in serving foldable food and rice paper dishes is set to open on London's Brick Lane later this month.
The UK’s hospitality and tourism sectors should expect to see an increase in the number of visits from Chinese tourists over the next month as they enter their holiday season, says VisitBritain.
Best Western Great Britain has revealed it is in talks with five star hotels in the UK with a view to adding luxury properties to its BW Premier Collection portfolio for the first time.
D&D London's Thameside restaurant Le Pont de La Tour re-opened its doors this week after a two month refurbishment and BigHospitality was one of the first to see it.
Westbury Street Holdings (WSH), the owner of Searcys, BaxterStorey and Beungo, has set up a dedicated restaurants division to support high-profile chefs in launching new ventures.
The husband and wife team behind fast growing London fried chicken restaurant BIRD have said they would ‘love’ to continue expanding the brand in 2016.
"Classics never die,” National Chef of the Year and Le Pont de la Tour’s new head chef, Frederick Forster, tells BigHospitality as he demonstrates how to make his Lobster Thermidor recipe.
Budget hotel chain Travelodge is looking to grow its presence in Greater Manchester after exchanging contracts on two new hotels in the region and announcing plans to look for a further seven
Compass Group UK & Ireland's sports, leisure and hospitality arm Levy Restaurants UK has won a catering contract worth £7.3m to design and manage food and beverage spaces at three Imperial War Museum (IWM) sites.
The chef shortage problem could be eased temporarily by relaxing Britain's immigration laws to allow a 'freer movement of chef talent' around the globe, the director of hospitality recruitment company The Change Group has claimed.
Sat Bains, Michel Roux Jr and Raymond Blanc are some of the big named chefs who will be sharing some of their trade secrets at The Restaurant Show next week (5-7 October).
Paul Davey, managing director of Davey Co, talks through how restaurant and pub owners can assign the lease on their properties if they want to move on.
Crowdfunding - the practice of funding a project or venture by raising many small amounts of money from a large number of people – is arguably no longer the ‘alternative’ finance method for hospitality businesses.
Starbucks UK has announced plans to raise its average UK wage to just under £8 an hour from November and launched a new scheme to offer interest-free loans to help its staff pay deposits on their housing, BigHospitality's sister title M&C Allegra...
Michelin-starred chef James Close from The Raby Hunt in Darlington is scrapping his weekday lunch service in a bid to improve staff hours and encourage chef creativity.
Richard Bainbridge, chef-owner at Benedict's in Norwich, is returning to Great British Menu next week. He spoke to BigHospitality about launching his first solo restaurant and why this year’s competition will be his last.
Chefs Chris and Jeff Galvin, Richard Corrigan, José Pizarro and Hameed Farook have helped raise £45k for Action Against Hunger by cooking at and hosting the charity's annual Global Gastronomy dinner.
Burger & Lobster managing director Simon King talks through the systems which make Burger & Lobster a success in our latest In Operation with... video.
UK-based mobile payments app Velocity has taken its 'first major step' in its plan for international roll-out by acquiring US mobile payments app company Cover Inc.