Disposable packaging manufacturer Huhtamaki has launched a new range of food-to-go containers for caterers to take advantage of the growing lunchtime market.
Chef Kenny Atkinson is looking to develop the skills of young people in the industry by recruiting five apprentices for his new restaurant House of Tides.
New Moon Pub Company, founded by North West chef David Mooney and former Living Ventures director Paul Newman, is opening its fifth venue in three years.
Members of the hospitality industry are being urged to register their interest in stem cell donation to help save the life of a 16 month old girl with a rare form of Leukaemia.
Leonid Shutov, the man behind Soho’s Bob Bob Ricard, is planning to open ‘London’s largest luxury restaurant’ next year, having acquired the former Just St James site in Mayfair.
NatWest and RBS have launched a £250m interest free loan fund to help out hospitality businesses who have been affected by the recent floods and strong winds.
Hoteliers in Scotland experienced a 6.3 per cent increase in total revenues per available room (TrevPAR) in November, with a 6.5 per cent rise in gross operating profit per available room (GOPPAR) representing 14 consecutive months of year-on-year increases,...
Increasing consumer confidence will drive growth in the UK restaurant sector through 2014, according to industry experts, but will be tempered by the continued squeeze on operators’ profit margins.
Branded coffee shop sales rose by 9.3 per cent last year with 5,531 outlets turning over a total of £2.6bn according to latest figures from Allegra Strategies.
The festive period appeared to be one of the strongest on record for many restaurant and pub groups across the UK, despite the recent challenges to footfall caused by the extreme weather.
Adam Bennett, head chef at The Cross at Kenilworth, is to represent the UK in the Bocuse d'Or for a second time after winning a cook-off in Birmingham yesterday.
It is now compulsory in Wales and there are calls for the rest of the UK to follow suit. But opponents of the current system say it is inconsistent and open to misconception. Should all restaurants and takeaways be required by law to display their food...
The toastie, barbecue restaurants and Greek wine are all tipped to make it big in 2014 according to predictions by the team at Restaurant magazine, whose first edition of the year is out on Wednesday 8 January.
Hotels should expect to see an increase in the number of bookings from corporate guests this year after a survey showed that 76 per cent of business travel buyers will have more money to spend in this area in 2014.
Giaconda Dining Room, the family-run café in central London, has begun the New Year under a new guise with the launch of La Giaconda Restaurant, Café and Bar on the site.
The managing director of the Deer Park hotel in Honiton, Devon, said he will continue to invest in the property through 2014 to help reach the business's aim of becoming 'one of the leading hotel and wedding venues in the South West'.
Hotel amenity products supplier Eves has launched a new antibacterial spray which allows hospitality business operators to clean table tops while ensuring their furniture is undamaged.
The heavy rain and high winds which have swept the UK over the last month have had a devastating impact on Christmas trade for a number of hotels with one badly flooded hotel forced into voluntary liquidation.
The Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) has today launched a campaign to help the pub industry tackle the post-festive ‘hangover by promoting the benefits of pubs to the British economy and encouraging more people to use their local in January.
Marcus Wareing is to shut his two Michelin-starred restaurant Marcus Wareing at The Berkeley for more than two months to allow for renovation work which will enable him to re-launch it with a new focus and new name in March.
With the start of the new year Steve Clarke of the Brilliant Laundry Group gives his advice on how best hoteliers, restaurateurs and publicans can manage their laundry service.
Some of the brightest business minds from the café bar industry will descend on London's Olympia this May as the Caffè Culture Show returns for its ninth year.
Seafood supplier Young’s has partnered with renowned fish & chip shop operators Mark and Pete Petrou to launch its first restaurant in Cambridge at the end of the month.
What does 2014 hold for the hospitality industry? We’ve looked into our crystal ball (and spoken to a few industry experts) to predict some of the big trends and developments in the world of restaurants, hotels and pubs over the next 12 months.
David Moore, the man behind Michelin-starred London restaurants L’Autre Pied and Pied à Terre, is teaming up with Sean Martin – who revived the Northumberland Arms in Fitzrovia and the Barley Mow in Marylebone - to open a new US smokehouse-style concept,...
Managed pub and bar operator TCG has reported a sales boost for the ‘movable feast’ that was Christmas 2013, with an average 7 per cent uplift in turnover across its estate thanks to ‘a definite upturn in consumer confidence’.
Restaurateurs have figured highly in the Queen's New Year Honours list with Rex Restaurants' Chris Corbin and Jeremy King both awarded an OBE and Sweet Mandarin owners Lisa and Helen Tse given MBEs.
P&G Professional has launched three downloadable 'handy hints' guides to help hoteliers, restaurateurs and care home managers to create a memorable guest experience.
The owner of the Assembly Rooms in Newcastle is planning to turn the building into a multi-purpose entertainment venue which will 'get people socialising'.
Whitworth Hall Hotel in Spennymoor, County Durham, has been rescued from administration by the owner of a local engineering firm, safeguarding the future of the hotel and its 40 employees.
The hotel sector has been boosted by an 'improving economic backdrop' in 2013, with properties in London recovering well after a sluggish start to the year, and those in the Provinces seeing a remarkable recovery with continuously strong demand.
Planned overnight trips this Christmas and New year are likely to generate some £1.9bn spend for the UK economy - around £1.6bn of which will be spent in England - according to VisitEngland’s latest Trip Tracker survey.
Bill’s and Byron have both been confirmed as tenants for the 10 Hammersmith Grove development in west London, which is owned by Development Securities Plc and Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Property Trust.
It was the year that the horsemeat scandal rocked the food chain, Noma was knocked off of top spot and the beer duty escalator was finally scrapped. But what did you make of it all? Here’s a look back at some of the biggest issues of 2013.
She’s the Samoan-born Le Gavroche sous chef that has become known as the tough-talking MasterChef: The Professionals judge. But how much do we really know about Michel Roux Jr’s right-hand woman, Monica Galetti?
Red’s True BBQ, the highly-rated fledgling Leeds-based operator, plans to open three sites in total next year, as part of its five-year plan to grow to at least 15 restaurants across the UK.
The debate over a Statutory Code of Conduct for pubs, which proponents argue would improve the pubco-tenant relationship, has taken another turn this week, with a number of individuals, companies and industry bodies speaking out about the issue.
A third of British holidaymakers say they are less energy conscious when staying in hotels with more than half believing it is the responsibility of the hotel to ensure the business is energy efficient.
Less than a month after a VisitBritain report revealed that tourism has become a ‘bedrock’ of the UK economy, the national tourism agency is now confidently forecasting another record-breaking year after receiving another major funding boost from the...
