Asian buffet restaurant group Mimosa has signed up to rent 14,500sq.ft of restaurant space in the Cordwell Property Group’s Littleton Centre in Walsall.
After 24 years operating Tom’s Deli in Notting Hill, Tom Conran, the restaurateur and son of Sir Terrance Conran, is launching New Tom’s - a 12-month pop-up restaurant on the same site, serving ‘avant-garde modern cuisine.
The British Hospitality Association (BHA) and Women 1st have unanimously agreed with recent comments by McDonald’s chief people officer that the industry faces a future of stunted growth unless employers do more to attract young people.
The Algerian-born restaurateur behind London’s Sketch and Momo and a number of other restaurants and bars in Paris and the Middle East on pop-ups, seeking investment from friends, and why he objects to his restaurants being referred to as a mini empire.
The sale of the Marriott London Grosvenor Square hotel for £125.15m reflects the outstanding strength of the Mayfair hotel market, according to the expert that finalised the deal.
In response to increased demand from hospitality businesses for quality pastry chefs, sector skills council People 1st has recognised two new Centres of Excellence in Patisserie and Confectionary, endorsed by the Hospitality Guild.
High-profile chef James Tanner and his brother Chris are set to open a pub restaurant later this spring near Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, M&C Report understands.
New super yacht hotel Sunborn London will be soft launched from her berth at the Royal Victoria Docks on 7 April, although she will not be open to the paying public until May 9.
PizzaExpress is looking to grab an even bigger slice of the UK’s ever-growing lunch market with a major revamp of its menu to include cheaper ‘Express’ items available to take away.
Burleigh Court, Hell Bay Hotel and Brockencote Hall Hotel are among the finalists in VisitEngland’s Awards for Excellence 2014 which celebrates the finest in the tourism industry.
Tom Kerridge and Atul Kochhar have become the latest chefs to align themselves with major sporting events, with the pair set to host two new fine-dining restaurants during this year’s Royal Ascot.
GMB trade union claims school chefs in East Sussex employed by Chartwells, a branch of the contractor Compass Group plc, are facing a nine per cent loss in their pay.
Ex-Nobu chef Scott Hallsworth is going from pop-up to permanent with his Kurobuta restaurant in Chelsea and is set to double up on the concept with the long-awaited site in Marylebone opening later this month.
The list of pubs now being run by their local communities is gathering pace, but over a third of pub-goers visit their local less often than they did 12 months ago.
There have been further signs of recovery in the UK hotel market, with investment volumes for 2014 on track to exceed £3.5bn, according to a new report from property experts Savills.
Martin Williams, who stepped down as managing director of Gaucho earlier this month, plans to launch a new restaurant venture called M in London later this year.
Coffee shops and café brands are increasingly encroaching into restaurant and pub territory by offering extensive breakfast, lunch and even dinner menus, writes Stefan Chomka in the April issue of Restaurant magazine.
The Government has taken heed of the overwhelming pressure from the British pub industry to allow venues to stay open late during England's World Cup matches.
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The Lifestyle Hospitality Group has franchised its Moroccan fusion restaurant Casa Maroc with Devon-based business AIS Hospitality Ltd (AIS) and intends to franchise five or six more nationally by the end of the year.
Heston Blumenthal is temporarily relocating his legendary three-Michelin-starred restaurant The Fat Duck while carrying out a six-month refurbishment of the original site in Bray.
Marriot and Inter Ikea’s economy brand Moxy hotels is looking to open sites in Heathrow, Stratford, London Royal Docks, Ashbourne and Aberdeen in 2016.
Five talented young hospitality managers have made it through to the finals of this year’s Hot Talent awards, which are organised by Hotelympia and supported by BigHospitality and Restaurant Magazine.
New tapas restaurant Taste of the Med @ the Minnis is opening in Kent in May, fronted by chef patron Jason Freedman and situated above his current eatery Minnis Bar & Restaurant.
As BigHospitality's non-alcoholic drinks special feature draws to a close, new coffee capsules brand CaféPod has launched its Origins Inspired range into wholesale.
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Construction work has started on the new Premier Inn in Yeovil, Somerset, which will bring four restaurants to the area and the potential for more than 100 new hospitality jobs.
New piri piri chicken restaurant Fire and Feathers will be opening in May, situated on London’s Fulham Road and fronted by first time restaurateur Harry Deighton.
Simon Rogan’s new restaurant at Claridge’s will be called Fera, opening in May and offering a selection of multi-course menus featuring ‘the L’Enclume DNA’.
Liberation Foods, the UK’s only Fair Trade and farmer-owned nut company, is launching two of its best-selling snacking products into the foodservice sector.
Despite initially claiming it was ‘difficult to be too positive’ about pub trading conditions in 2013, Suffolk-based brewer, distiller and retailer Adnams reported a surge in pre-tax profits from £3.2m to £4.1m.
Michelin-starred chef Jason Atherton says he wants to ‘give something back’ and send out a strong philanthropic message to the next generation of chefs when he prepares a three-course dinner for Farm Africa tomorrow night (27 March).
