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The Camberwell Arms co-owner James Dye and former JKS Restaurants director of strategic projects Benjy Leibowitz are teaming up to revive The Knave of Clubs pub in Shoreditch.
The group behind tasting menu restaurant Six by Nico has reported record financial results for 2024 with turnover up 42% following a significant period of expansion.
US-based investment firm Fortress has put forward an ‘increased and final cash offer’ for Loungers of 325p per share, a premium of approximately 4.8% on its previous proposal of 310p.
Pizza Hut’s biggest UK franchisee is closing in on a rescue deal that could come as early as Wednesday (15 January).
Chaker Hanna is to make a surprise return to Comptoir Group having been ousted from the company back in 2022.
Australian chef Tobias Fiegel is teaming up with restaurateur Nico Simeone to open a pan-Asian restaurant in Glasgow’s Finnieston later this month.
London’s pizza sector has a bright and lively new entrant.
London-based restaurant group JKS has said it is considering the introduction of an employee share scheme to ‘further encourage the involvement of its team members in its financial performance’.
Hero Brands is back in the black and plotting further expansion with a focus on growing its German Doner Kebab (GDK) and Sides brands ‘significantly’ in the next five years.
Britain’s leading restaurant groups achieved like-for-like growth in delivery and takeaway sales for the 18th month in a row in November, CGA by NIQ’s latest Hospitality at Home Tracker reveals.
The Breakfast Club has closed its Canary Wharf site after a decade or trading.
Vegan focused fast food brand Clean Kitchen Club appears to have ceased trading having been forced to close its restaurant within London’s Battersea Power Station late last year.
Gaucho and M operator Rare Restaurants has said it is ‘continuing to outperform market measures’ with turnover rising above £75m in its latest financial results.
Burger & Lobster will open a restaurant in Brighton’s The Lanes next month, its first new UK site in eight years.
The restaurateur behind Covent Garden Asian restaurant Gura Gura will launch an Indian restaurant on Shaftesbury Avenue next month.
The owner and founder of ‘organic, radical and ethical’ Totnes pub The Bull Inn on growing up in a Midlands commune, greenwashing, and why her guests should think twice before turning the heat up.
Cult sandwich sellers Jack Macrae and Viggo Blegvad have finally gone permanent with a site on Camberwell’s Peckham Road.
Food-led operators reported a ‘relatively strong performance’ in the run-up to Christmas with like-for-like growth of 3.4% in the on-the-go sector and 2.1% in restaurants.
Staffordshire-based restaurant and pub operator Parogon Group will bring its Mediterranean-inspired brand Willow to Sutton Coldfield next month marking its first site in the Birmingham area.
Casual dining operator Tasty has agreed an insurance claim relating to losses in 2020.
Persian restaurant brand Berenjak is to open a third London site later this year in Mayfair.
Pizza Hut’s biggest UK franchisee is ‘in advanced talks with potential buyers’ as it looks to secure a sale for the business this month.
Two of the founders of kebab restaurant group Le Bab will launch a ‘brand new old fashioned boozer’ on the former site of Camden Market pub The Farrier early next year.
Samyukta Nair’s latest Mayfair restaurant is her most casual yet offering simple Italian food at surprisingly approachable prices.
High-profile Leeds restaurant Swine that Dines will move from the city centre to a larger site in the suburb of Headingley next month.
Hampshire’s Hambledon Wine Estate will launch a new restaurant and tasting room early next year.
D&D London operator CGL Restaurant Holdings has said it is continuing to assess ‘the performance and viability’ of its estate after losses rose in its latest financial results.
St Pancras Bar & Brasserie will launch a Kitchen Bar that will offer a separate menu that is focused on raw food early next year.
Pizza Express will make its US debut in 2025 with a restaurant in Florida as it looks to ‘fill a gap in the premium pizza market’.
Kevin Styles is to step down as CEO of the Jamie Oliver Group after nearly two and a half years with the business.
Azzurri Group has delivered an 18% increase in revenue to £303.1m for the year ended 30 June 2024.
Britain’s leading hospitality groups recorded year-on-year sales growth of 2.7% in November 2024, the latest edition of the CGA RSM Hospitality Business Tracker reveals.
Chotto Matte has closed its Marylebone restaurant to focus on its Soho flagship and its upcoming Manchester site.
Nando’s is plotting further expansion in the UK following a ‘strong sales performance’ in its latest financial results, which saw sales rise and losses reduce.
Alex Peffly and Z He’s latest London restaurant is an ode to ‘the hedonistic era of 1980’s Hong Kong’
Ibérica has shuttered three of its five sites as part of an administration process with the group’s other two restaurants acquired by rival London-based Spanish operator Camino.
Rosa’s Thai has reported a significant increase in sales and adjusted EBITDA For the 53 weeks to 31 March 2024, but has swung to a loss after tax.
Having set up a new limited company to save the business, the Erst founders are doubling down with a series of investments planned for the Ancoats site.
The team behind Angelina Dalston will launch a pasta and grill restaurant in East London’s Norton Folgate development early next year.
Pachamama Group’s flagship Pachamama Bar + Kitchen restaurant in Marylebone will close at the end of the year to make way for a new as-yet unnamed Italian concept.
Fast-growing Africa-inspired casual dining group Afrikana will open a restaurant within Wembley’s London Designer Outlet next year.
Hotel brand GuestHouse has brought its steak and seafood-focused in-house restaurant brand to the South Coast.
D&D London will close its Angelica and Crafthouse restaurant at the top of the Trinity Leeds shopping centre this month, bringing an end to the group’s presence in the city.
Fast casual vegan brand PLANT SHACK, which operates six sites across Spain, has signed a franchise agreement to open its first UK outpost in London.
US restaurant group Chuck E. Cheese is looking to expand into the UK market, targeting locations in cities including Glasgow, Manchester and Bristol.
The team behind Sheffield-based bar, kitchen and bottle shop Two Thirds Beer Co. is to open a Euro-inspired beer hall and restaurant in the South Yorkshire city next year.
History suggests that casual dining side hustles are doomed to fail but that hasn’t stopped operators looking to replicate the success of their original concepts.
Anthony ‘Murf’ Murphy, co-founder of burger quartet The Beefy Boys, on almost claiming the title of World’s Best Burger, the rise of the Oklahoma-style patty, and his group’s future plans.
Pizza Express has renewed its partnership with tastecard and Gourmet Society owner Ello Group following a five-year hiatus.
Whitbread has appointed former Boparan CEO Joe Texeira as managing director for its restaurants division.