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Red's co-founders Scott Munro and James Douglas plan to open 20 sites in five years

Red's True Barbecue set for Liverpool

By M&C Allerga Foodservice

Red’s True Barbecue, the fast­growing smokehouse concept, is to make its debut in Liverpool this November after securing a site in the city’s Hanover Street, BigHospitality's sister publication M&C Allegra Foodservice has learnt.

The Plough to invest £750k in expansion plans

The Plough to invest £750k in expansion plans

By Liam Garrahan

The Plough in Harborne, Birmingham, has announced plans to invest £750k into the business to help it build a second floor with two private rooms and extend the ground floor by 40-covers. 

Spending on restaurants saw double digit growth in July

Spending on hospitality continues to rise

By Sophie Witts

Restaurants, pubs and hotels all saw a rise in sales in July, but it was a month of two halves due to the changing weather, according to analysis by Barclaycard.

China's HK CTS acquires Kew Green Hotels

China's HK CTS acquires Kew Green Hotels

By Emma Eversham

Chinese hotel group HK CTS Metropark Hotels has acquired Kew Green Hotels with plans to grow the company in the UK and Europe as well as give the UK business access to the 'rapidly growing Chinese tourist market'. 

In Operation with...Café Rouge

In Operation with...Café Rouge

By Emma Eversham

Café Rouge owner Casual Dining Group is almost a quarter of the way through the refurbishment of its 93 sites as part of plans to revive the 26-year-old French restaurant brand.

Dash delivers toothbrushes, snacks and other amenities to hotel guests

IHG trials robot server at Crowne Plaza

By Liam Garrahan

InterContinental Hotel Group (IHG) is trialling the use of a delivery robot at its Crowne Plaza hotel in California’s Silicon Valley. 

Michael Hazlewood was appointed head chef at Antidote at the start of August

Antidote struggling with shortage of London chefs

By Sophie Witts

Antidote, the Carnaby Street restaurant and wine bar overseen by Hedone chef patron Mikael Jonsson, is the latest venue to be hit by recruitment challenges caused by a shortage of skilled chefs in London.

Loosened Thai: The group's casual interiors aren't overtly ethnic

Business Profile: Giggling Squid

By Joe Lutrario

A marketer by trade, Andrew Laurillard thinks he’s on to a winner with his Giggling Squid restaurant format, which, in common with a number of his competitors in the branded Thai space, he co-runs with a Thai spouse. He’s probably right.

Tom Harris and Jon Rotheram at The Marksman, Hackney

Why more chefs are heading to the pub

By Joe Lutrario

A new wave of chefs are moving into the pub sector as restaurant sites – particularly those in central London – become both prohibitively expensive and difficult to get hold of, writes Joe Lutrario in the August issue of Restaurant magazine.

How to deal with fake online reviews

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How to deal with fake online reviews

By Emma Eversham

Nigel Tait, managing partner at law firm Carter-Ruck, discusses the steps pub, restaurant and hotel owners can take when faced with fake or libellous online reviews.

Great British Menu 2015: Chefs to cook for the Women's Institute

Great British Menu 2015: Chefs to cook for the Women's Institute

By Sophie Witts

Sat Bains, Tom Kerridge and Marcus Wareing are among chefs appearing on the tenth series of Great British Menu starting on 3 August, which will see competitors battling for the chance to cook at a banquet celebrating 100 years of the Women’s Institute...

Jerome Tafani of Chipotle talks UK expansion

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Jerome Tafani of Chipotle talks UK expansion

By Sophie Witts

US chain Chipotle opens 2-3 restaurants a week in America, though so far its UK expansion has been more guarded. Jerome Tafani, executive director for European business development at Chipotle, spoke to BigHospitality about the future of the brand in...

Ramside's Cathedral Course overlooks the city of Durham

Bookings rise 200% at North East Hotel

By Sophie Witts

A North East hotel has seen bookings triple after undergoing a £16m redevelopment and investing in a second 18-hole golf course.

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