Tom Kerridge's pub the Hand & Flowers scored a hattrick at yesterday’s Budweiser Budvar Top 50 Gastropub Awards, taking the top title for the third year in a row.
In the first of this special feature series, BigHospitality speaks to operators and suppliers to find out how best to equip your restaurant, pub or hotel kitchen, depending on the size you have to work with.
David Muñoz, the chef behind Madrid's three Michelin-starred restaurant DiverXo, has announced plans to open a branch of his street food-inspired restaurant StreetXo in London's Mayfair this summer.
Leon, the healthy fast food chain led by Henry Dimbleby and John Vincent, has embarked on its expansion drive outside London, with an opening of a site at the Eurotunnel terminal in Folkestone and restated that it could grow to over 100 units across the...
The co-founder of a new booking website that allows hotels to bid for guests believes the current Online Travel Agency (OTA) model is an ‘unsustainable, tangled web that only serves the intermediates’.
Last week’s revelations of unemployment dropping to a five-year low has been met by positive recruitment ambitions for the hospitality and leisure industries, with almost half of businesses pledging to take on new talent this year.
Spitalfields institution Poppies Fish & Chips has been voted the UK’s Best Independent Fish and Chip Restaurant at the 2014 National Fish & Chip Awards.
One month after revealing plans to build a ‘£1bn hotel business’, the Topland Group has appointed a new director of hotels to lead the international property and investment firm through its next stage of growth.
A hotel in South West Scotland that ‘had fallen into disrepair’ has re-opened under new ownership as The Buccleuch & Queensbury Arms Hotel and Restaurant.
Hilton Worldwide has announced plans to improve the prospects of a million young people by 2019 by putting them through its own training and employment programmes and those with members of its supply chain.
Hotels must focus on offering a personalised service to guests if they want to secure loyal customers in the future, according to a new report from the InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG).
The Career Colleges Trust has received an 'overwhelming' level of support from the hospitality industry and educators within the field, according to its chief executive, who says they see the new educational centres as a way towards solving...
A petition calling for the introduction of a ‘Pubs Watchdog’ has almost reached its target of 35,000 signatures following yesterday’s debate on pubco reform.
The number of UK hospitality businesses experiencing ‘significant’ financial distress has increased over the past year, according to the latest Begbies Traynor Red Flag Alert.
UK hotels ‘continued their upward trajectory’ last month, ending 2013 on a high. But those in Glasgow once again stole the show, recording their strongest December of all time.
The continued use of Online Travel Agencies (OTAs) is contributing to the increased commoditisation of certain areas of the hotel industry, with hoteliers now having to work harder to add a point of difference and focus on ‘value’ rather than price.
Holiday park operator Center Parcs says it sees the corporate market as a key area for growth over the next year as it gears up for the opening of its fifth 'Village' - Woburn Forest in Bedfordshire.
As the new year gets rolling, now is the perfect time for hotels, restaurants and pubs to determine the key developments that will impact their business in 2014. This short audio podcast, taken from Christie & Co's annual Business Outlook, should...
Hilton Worldwide is to open its first hotel in Scotland under its Hampton by Hilton brand after securing a franchise agreement with property company SCOT Sheridan and Curo West Campbell.
Labour's attempt to force the government to introduce legislation establishing a statutory code for pubs in the Queen’s Speech was rejected by Parliament during yesterday’s opposition day debate.
Restaurant and bar groups Living Ventures and D&D London experienced very merry Christmasses last year with 'record sales' up 43 per cent and 5 per cent respectively.
Competition in the dining-out market grows stronger every year, so how can you ensure your restaurant is visited and continues to be visited by customers? While food, drink, service and price are key, the design you choose for your restaurant can also...
With a record number of tourists continuing to flock to London, chef, TV personality and restaurateur Gordon Ramsay is fronting a new video campaign to promote the capital’s food and drink businesses to the rest of the world.
Renowned Indian restaurant Madhu’s is doubling up for the first time in over 30 years with a second venue opening in the Sheraton Skyline Hotel at London’s Heathrow Airport.
De Vere Venues, the meetings and conference division of hotel company De Vere, was the big winner of Laterooms.com’s annual ‘Simply the Guest’ awards, earning top spot in the Best Large UK Hotel category and second place for Best Business Hotel.
The chef-patron of L’Anima in the City of London discusses his southern Italian roots, working with business partner Peter Marano, and his plans to enter the accessible all-day dining sector.
The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has hit back at a study which claims pubs and nightclubs are routinely breaking a law which prevents them serving alcohol to drunk people.
Malaysian chef Norman Musa is looking to bring his Manchester-based Ning Restaurants business to London with an upcoming food stall in Soho being used as a forerunner for a potential permanent site in Islington.
Confidence is returning to the UK hotel industry, with over half of firms reporting improved sales and profits in recent years, according to market analysts Plimsoll.
Brits decided to celebrate last Christmas and New Year by eating out in pubs and restaurants according to the latest Coffer Peach Business Tracker which found that like-for-like sales were up 3.3 per cent on the same period in 2012.
Ekachai, the South East Asian restaurant group, is beginning a culinary and interior makeover of its original site in Liverpool Street before embarking on expansion plans to double its estate over the next five years.
New hotdog venture Dirty Bones will tonight open its ‘secret’ downstairs restaurant, offering American-inspired dishes, with cocktails and regular live music.
