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The National Living Wage has not had as much of an impact on recruitment as predicted according to our survey

NLW has minimal impact on hospitality's recruitment plans

By Emma Eversham

The introduction of the National Living Wage is having less of an impact on the recruitment plans of the majority of small businesses in the hospitality industry with 29 per cent actually increasing salaries to help retain staff.   

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What you need to know about playing music in your hospitality business

By Sarah Mitchell

Music has the ability to create an atmosphere that can contribute to a fun and enjoyable experience in your restaurant, hotel or pub, but before you hit the play button, follow this checklist from Sarah Mitchell at PPL to ensure you're going about...

National Business Lunch Week launched to help boost business dining

National Business Lunch Week launched to help boost business dining

By Hannah Thompson

Online restaurant reservation platform Bookatable has launched National Business Lunch Week this June to help address what it calls the “death” of lunchtime business dining. The new week will also aim to show restaurants that quick, efficient lunchtime...

Chef Shaun Rankin reveals more details on Ormer Mayfair

Chef Shaun Rankin reveals more details on Ormer Mayfair

By Hannah Thompson

More details have been revealed about Michelin-starred chef Shaun Rankin’s new restaurant at five-star, 129-bedroom boutique hotel Flemings Mayfair, as part of the hotel’s £14m refurbishment.

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Chefs revealed for BBC’s Great British Menu 2016

By Hannah Thompson

Chefs Matt Worswick, Russell Bateman, Adam Handling and Mini Patel are among those in the line-up for this year’s BBC Great British Menu, ‘The Great Britons’ Banquet’.

Steven Ellis on his new pub Oxford Blue

Steven Ellis on his new pub Oxford Blue

By Hannah Thompson

Fresh from seven years with Clare Smyth at Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, and two years with Andrew Pern at the Star Inn, Steven Ellis is raring to go with Oxford Blue, opening in Windsor in late summer within two 19th century cottages that used to belong...

Philip Turner of The Packhorse Inn's owner The Chestnut Group is planning to open more sites over the next four years

The Chestnut Group targets another six sites

By Emma Eversham

East-Anglian based hospitality business The Chestnut Group is planning to add another six sites to the business over the next four years as it looks set to complete its ‘largest capital raise’ so far. 

HSBC area corporate director Tony Leech, Mincoffs corporate partner John Nicholson and Cairn Group finance director Richard Warren

Cairn Group refinances to aid growth

By Emma Eversham

North East-based hotel and bar operator Cairn Group has refinanced £101m with HSBC to enable it to develop and grow its portfolio across the UK.

National Chef of the Year 2017: Semi finalists revealed

National Chef of the Year 2017: Semi finalists revealed

By Emma Eversham

Chefs from restaurants, hotels and pubs across the country, including Kenny Atkinson's House of Tides, Cliveden House and Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, are among the 40 semi-finalists in this year's National Chef of the Year (NCOTY) competition. 

China entered the UK's top 10 most valuable inbound markets for the first time last year

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China moves into UK's 10 most valuable inbound markets

By Emma Eversham

China has moved into the UK's top 10 most valuable inbound markets as new figures for 2015 show visits from the market rose 46 per cent to 270,000 and spend rose 18 per cent to £586m. 

Women are more likely to choose to drink beer in pubs, restaurants and hotels if there are beer lists and tasting notes

Beer lists and tasting notes attract female beer drinkers

By Emma Eversham

Pubs, restaurants and hotels offering beer lists with tasting notes would be more likely to sell beer to women than those trying different techniques, the results of a survey into the relationship between women and beer have revealed. 

Harry Ramsden's at The Wingerworth is a pub first and foremost says Gavin Mansfield

Pub’s trade doubles with arrival of Harry Ramsden’s

By Emma Eversham

Trade at the first Punch Taverns pub to partner with Harry Ramsden’s has doubled since the iconic fish and chips brand took over its operations according to its head of pub operations Gavin Mansfield.

Dish Deconstructed: Terre à Terre's Bangkok Broken Balls

Dish Deconstructed: Terre à Terre's Bangkok Broken Balls

By Hannah Thompson

National Vegetarian Week takes place this week (from 16 to 22 May), and how better to celebrate it that to check in with Terre à Terre in Brighton, one of the UK’s most well-known vegetarian sites?

Vegetarians say they want to see more innovation on menus when eating out. Pictured: Buckwheat and Maple roasted salad

What vegetarians want when they eat out

By Emma Eversham

Veggie burgers, meat-free sausages and vegetable lasagnas no longer cut the mustard with vegetarian diners, a survey has found with many requesting chefs create innovative dishes using plant-based products instead of meat substitutes.

It's not all about the meat. There are many ways chefs can rejuvenate and differentiate their menus with innovative vegetarian dishes.

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How chefs can better serve vegetarians and vegans

By Tony Naylor

For National Vegetarian Week (16-22 May) , Restaurant magazine columnist Tony Naylor suggests 10 ways chefs can improve their offering for vegetarians and vegans. 

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