Jessen & Co, the owner of Chelsea's Italian restaurant Ilia, has sold the site to the restaurant chain Obikà Mozzarella Bar blaming rising rent and rates in a small venue for the closure of the high-end establishment.
As we have seen in previous parts of this feature, food and drink can be a marriage made in heaven for restaurants and pubs. But cocktails, apéritifs and spirits are not products that tend to be associated with food and they are rarely even advertised...
The average salary of a food and beverage (F&B) director at a London hotel has risen 25 per cent to £58,350 in the last year as the capital's hotels strive to become more competitive in their restaurant offerings.
Traditional pub food may not be the lifeline for publicans looking to tackle falling drink sales and pubs need to emulate the high street restaurant market in order to survive.
The UK team led by Adam Bennett, head chef at Simpsons in Edgbaston, Birmingham, has taken sixth place in the European final of the Bocuse d'Or and also collected the best meat prize and will now progress to the grand final in Lyon next year.
Peckforton Castle hotel's owner Chris Naylor, has said his business can finally move on after hearing the news that Max Kay, the bridegroom who deliberately set fire to the hotel following an argument over payment, has been jailed for six years for...
Members of the restaurant industry have expressed their disappointment at the Chancellor's lack of help for the sector in today's Budget, saying his claim that he will 'unashamedly back business' means nothing if he doesn't cut...
While one or two measures announced in today’s budget have been welcomed by the UK hotel industry, Chancellor George Osborne has left many businesses in the dark and avoided a number of major issues hampering the sector.
The Chancellor George Osborne's decision to refuse to budge on the controversial beer duty escalator in the Budget has been widely criticised by the pub and bar sector as a missed opportunity to reverse a policy that continues to lead to job losses...
The Chancellor George Osborne has refused to budge on the alcohol duty escalator or reduce VAT for the hospitality industry, but did outline other plans to help business as a whole in this year's Budget.
With up to 30,000 people departing from Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 3 every day, established food concepts and emerging brands are increasingly recognising the potential of such high-footfall transport hubs.
Dharmendra Patel, managing director of PlayNetwork talks about the benefits of playing music in a pub, restaurant or hotel and advises on how to ensure it is being played legally.
Vintellect has launched Vinoglass Elite, a plug and play wine preservation system it says cuts down on installation requirements and costs while maintaining the benefits of a system that ensures the best measure, temperature and quality of wine served.
Britannia Hotels has bought two hotels in Scarborough – the Royal Hotel and the Clifton Hotel – out of administration, bringing its portfolio up to 39.
A £20bn government scheme to boost bank lending to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) has been welcomed by the British Hospitality Association (BHA).
Whole-animal butchery, nose-to-tail cookery and more thoughtful meat use are all crucial in ensuring sustainability in food production and to help the environment, according to Sustain, the alliance for better food and farming.
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), the Jumeirah Carlton Tower hotel and The Dorchester are among the UK hospitality businesses nominated for the European section of the 2012 World Travel Awards (WTA).
Channel 4’s hit reality TV show The Hotel is back in business this year and the production company is looking for an independently owned hotel to be the star of series three.
Scottish microbrewer and craft beer bar operator BrewDog plans to increase the size of its portfolio by 11 this year and with a venue in Nottingham now open and two more sites already planned is asking for input on specific locations and advice on where...
Charbrew, a range of teas aimed at the younger tea drinker launched last year, has unveiled its first individually-wrapped range designed for the food service trade.
The hospitality industry has echoed calls from the Forum of Private Business for Government to give more support on utilities and fuel costs to small businesses in the Budget this week.
The Crown Estate has launched plans for a £400m redevelopment of three sites in St. James's which will create 45,000sq.ft of restaurant, retail and leisure space in the area between Regent Street and Haymarket in central London.
The Government has announced the National Minimum Wage (NMW) will rise for adults and apprentices but will be frozen for 16-20 year-olds in a move that the hospitality careers charity Springboard described as disappointing.
This Wednesday (21 March) sees the opening of Meter Bar & Eatery – a new pizzeria and bar concept from acclaimed DJ James Priestley, aiming to offer 'a slice of Naples in urban Shoreditch'.
Hospitality licensees considering applying for future Temporary Event Notices (TENs) for events including those during the London 2012 Olympics and the Diamond Jubilee celebrations have been advised to apply now before the system becomes more restrictive...
Voucher website Groupon has been forced to change some of its trading practices and how it interacts with merchants and businesses after an investigation by the Office of Fair Trading found 'widespread' examples of breached consumer regulations.
Blummyz, a new fine dining Italian restaurant and bar on the border of Chelsea and South Kensington, opened its doors last month, but the owner has already had to fight off claims from the restaurant’s executive head chef that it is ‘too expensive’ and...
Hotel prices in the capital rose again this month with an average overnight stay in a London hotel costing £144 in March, up 5 per cent from a year ago, while hotels in Glasgow, Manchester and Brighton also defied the trend of falling prices in the provinces.
Byron and Union Jacks are the latest restaurants to recognise the business potential of high-footfall shopping centre locations, with the opening of two new sites at Bluewater in the coming months.
In this special edition of Ideas from you Peers, hotels, restaurants and bars including the Waldorf Hilton, Vinopolis, the RIBA and the Chophouse brasserie, tell BigHospitality what they're doing to attract more customers this weekend.
Spirit Pub Company has announced trading remains on track to meet the company expectations for the financial year with like-for-like sales across its managed estate up 4.6 per cent in the 12 weeks to 3 March 2012 with food sales becoming more important...
Pub companies Peach and Renaissance have pledged to become more environmentally friendly and continue to improve on areas such as dealing with food waste and sourcing food locally by signing up to the Sustainable Restaurant Association's (SRA) rating...
Women in hospitality are now more present at senior level but remain under-represented in the boardroom and more needs to be done to rectify this and encourage senior female managers to reach for directorships, according to global executive search company...
Of all the drinks categories, wine is the most traditional match to food. Wine lists are given out readily with food menus in the vast majority of restaurants and most diners will expect to see one at least integrated into the food menu if not given to...
Pub licensees should not be content to see their pubs turning a profit in six months but aim to make money sooner, according to Alastair Scott, pub consultant and founder of Malvern Inns and former operations director at Mitchells & Butlers (M&B).
Premier Inn’s expansion programme has continued with the announcement that the Whitbread-owned hotel operator has secured eight new sites across the UK in just one week adding almost 750 rooms to the pipeline.
Wine and beer importer the Morgenrot Group is to distribute the Heineken-owned Belgian abbey beer Affligem in the UK to help meet consumer demand for more premium beers.
Restaurants and other food outlets in London are being urged to sign up to a voluntary scheme which would see them accredited for actively making their menus healthier.
Inverlochy Castle Management International (ICMI), which manages a portfolio of small, luxury hotels across Scotland, is set to open its seventh site – a four-suite hotel in Edinburgh – in May.
A front-of-house manager is hoping to raise standards on hotel reception desks across the country and arm receptionists with the right skills by penning a new guide for them and other front-of-house staff.
Marston's, the pub operator and brewer, has reported a like-for-like sales increase in the 23 weeks to 10 March of 3.5 per cent and has declared its trading performance remains 'resilient' despite weaker conditions since the new year which...
Minimum alcohol pricing which stops retailers selling drinks for less than the tax paid comes into force this year but reports now suggest the Government is looking to go further and may support a minimum per unit price; but what would the impact be on...
Molson Coors has launched Carling Zest, a limited edition larger for the summer which will take advantage of the lower tax payable on beers at or lower than 2.8% ABV.
Going out for meals and drinks has been revealed by VisitEngland to be the second most popular reason for day trips in the UK with 250 million trips in 2011 helping to boost the worth of the day visit economy to £54bn.
