With the summer holiday season upon us, Lee Morris, director of Goldstar Recruitment, looks at what operators should consider when choosing whether to hire temporary or permanent staff for their business.
The government has launched an investigation in to the prevalence of ‘fake’ online reviews and paid-for endorsements after finding evidence of potentially unlawful practice.
Following its sale by Tragus Group to Sun Capital Partners in 2014 for £37m, the Strada restaurant group is looking to considerably up its game. John Metcalf, the brand’s new commercial director, spoke to BigHospitality about overhauling the menu and...
Former England cricketer Sir Ian Botham is to roll out a new steakhouse and seafood concept called BEEFY'S after the launch of the first site at the Hilton Ageous Bowl in Southampton last week.
London Union, the new parent company of street food market Street Feast, officially launches today with the pledge of changing 'the capital's food landscape forever'.
Imbibe Live, the annual exhibition for anyone who sources, buys or serves drinks in the licensed on-trade is back. Here's our round-up of what's on at this year's show.
Sharing a brand story and telling customers why a product is special using imagery to create an emotional connection will increase sales and encourage brand loyalty.
Sat Bains from two-Michelin starred Restaurant Sat Bains with Rooms in Nottingham was awarded the top accolade at The Craft Guild of Chefs Awards held at the Hilton Park Lane in London last night (15 June).
A boom in pub and restaurant operators opening new sites outside of London saw collective like-for-like sales across the sector grow 2.1 per cent in May against the same month last year.
Ethnic chefs are being offered the opportunity to learn from Michelin-starred names as part of a new skills-sharing initiative launching today (15 June).
Leon co-founders Henry Dimbleby and John Vincent, Red Hot World Buffet director Helen Dhaliwal and the co-owners of The Riverside Restaurant in Dorset were among those awarded in the Queen's Birthday Honours List 2015.
London-based independent coffee and cocktail group Grind & Co has today (15 June) launched a CrowdCube campaign to raise £1.5m towards national expansion and allow the company to take control of its own supply chain.
In the first of our In Operation with... video series BigHospitality talks to Graham Hall, the managing director of CAU about the business, its aims and what helps to make it a success on a daily basis.
Andrew Ball, head of hospitality at chartered accountants Haysmacintyre discusses what hospitality business owners should be considering when joining an aggregator.
Bulgarian-born Ivo Stoyanov is beverage manager and head sommelier at L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon in London where he has adopted an unconventional approach to the restaurant's wine selection. Here he talks about his choices and suggests how other...
Independent hotel group Heritage Estates is investing £1m over the next five years on an extensive refurbishment of Cockliffe Country House Hotel in Nottinghamshire.
Including plenty of photos and displaying room rates in the right currency are some of the ways hoteliers can guarantee that guests book direct through their own websites rather than with OTAs.
The Arora Group has partnered with Greenwich Council to launch a recruitment and apprenticeship campaign which is designed to encourage employment for its new hotel - InterContinental London - The O2 - from within the Royal Borough of Greenwich.
Australian TV chef and food writer Bill Granger has achieved considerable fame with his intelligent yet laid-back approach to cooking and peerless breakfast dishes. But with an expanding international restaurant group he wants to be known for more than...
Restaurants including Nando’s, Wagamama, Costa, Pret A Manger, Starbucks, KFC, and Subway will be supporting Apple Pay when it launches in the UK next month.