The co-owner of a restaurant and bar in Notting Hill says the recent flurry of single and dual-dish restaurants is changing the skill set of up-and-coming chefs and making it harder for more varied and traditional concepts to attract new talent.
Colin Sadler, managing director of Pitcher & Piano, has revealed he is on the lookout for new sites for the Marston's-owned brand as he prepares to launch the 20th bar under the concept, the first new opening in five years.
Fifteen hotels in the UK, including The Knight Residence in Edinburgh and The Chancery Court Hotel in London, have made this year's Expedia's Insider Select list, the online travel agency's annual ranking of the 650 best hotels across the...
The Cavendish in London is cutting its room rates by 15 per cent this summer to simulate the effect reducing VAT to 5 per cent throughout the hospitality and tourism sectors would have on the UK economy.
Independent pub operator Peach Pub Company has admitted that 2012 was a ‘difficult’ period for the business as pre-tax profits dropped by 39.7 per cent to £375,128.
The Cambridge Belfry hotel re-opens this week following a £150k refurb funded by the property's owner QHotels in order to improve the venue's conference offer.
The new managing director of the Tragus Group’s Café Rouge and Belgo brands has revealed he will be overseeing the expansion of both brands and placing a ‘huge focus’ on the project to refurbish the entire Café Rouge estate within the next three years.
Chef Andrew Fairlie and hotelier Beppo Buchanan Smith are to take part in a debate that will study the impact Scottish independence could have on the nation's food, drink and hospitality sectors.
Hospitality Assured, the quality standard created by the Institute of Hospitality (IOH), has released a free app which gives business owners and operators the chance to analyse their levels of customer service.
Thistle Hotels is rolling out an Express check-in service at six of its 31 hotels as part of plans to strengthen its appeal to the corporate market and provide all guests with an 'innovation-led' experience.
Last month was a resounding success for hotels across the UK: In London, hoteliers saw total revenue per available room (TrevPar) grow by 10.9 per cent, while profits in the Provinces rose by 9.4 per cent.
Restaurants, hotels and pubs promoting a quality coffee offering have been urged to ensure staff receive regular training after a survey found that 54 per cent of baristas couldn’t make an espresso correctly.
Family-friendly restaurant group Giraffe has revealed it plans to open ten restaurants within Tesco stores in the next 12 months following news earlier this year that the supermarket giant had acquired the chain.
Travelodge chief executive Grant Hearn has today announced he will be moving on from the role after 10 years of service with the budget hotel operator.
As part of its Restaurant R200 focus, Restaurant magazine looks at the brands, trend and deals that could alter the restaurant landscape over the next 12 months.
Chefs and staff members from 16 of the UK’s best restaurants are donning their kitchen whites for football kits to take part in a five-a-side football tournament in aid of leading charity, Farm Africa.
The Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) Committee has today published a report welcoming the Government’s recent consultation on a Statutory Code of Conduct, but it warns that any more delays in bringing forward the legislation would be ‘unacceptable’.
Building work has begun on a 19-storey, 452-bedroom, five-star hotel - The InterContinental London The O2 - which is to be built in Greenwich as part of a £121m development scheme.
TV chef Gino D'Acampo has hinted that Gloucester could be the next location for his restaurant concept My Pasta Bar, which is due to open in London’s Fleet Street this week.
Food and drink packaging and disposables firm Tri-Star Packaging has become the exclusive UK distributor of PacknWood's eco-friendly packaging and disposable tableware.
Husband-and-wife Jahdre and Amanda Hayward have realised their long-held dream by opening their first restaurant within the grounds of a pub owned by the family in Epping, Essex.
The spirits market is now worth £8.7bn, up 6 per cent, with consumers happy to pay more for drinks in on-trade venues which use new products or innovative serving techniques, according to the 2013 First Drinks Annual Report.
Several hospitality businesses from across the UK have reported increased bookings and sales as a result of the recent spell of hot weather but with soaring temperatures set to continue restaurants, hotels and pubs have also been warned to make sure their...
Celebrity chef and Saturday Kitchen host James Martin is to open a restaurant - James Martin Manchester - within the Manchester 235 casino and entertainment venue.
London mayor Boris Johnson has outlined a vision to turn used cooking oil from London's restaurants and foodservice businesses into fuel for the city's buses.
Steve Holmes, managing director of Gondola Holdings-owned ASK Italian, has said he has recently started to believe his transformation strategy for the business will produce the desired results.
Nightclub operator Luminar says its efforts to turn the business around seem to be working as it posts a return to profit for its first full year of trade.
The Japanese owners of the Yashin Sushi & Bar restaurant off Kensington High Street have acquired a second site for the concept in South Kensington which will open in late August.
Review website TripAdvisor is launching an online platform which will allow all independent hotels and B&Bs to access services only previously available to major online travel agencies, booking engines and hotel chains.
The Government has dropped plans to introduce a minimum unit price for alcohol, instead pledging to take 'tougher action' on pubs and clubs running 'irresponsible' drinks promotions in a bid to tackle anti-social drinking.
JJ Goodman and James Hopkins, 2009 winners of the BBC's The Restaurant with Raymond Blanc, are opening their third venue in as many years under the London Cocktail Club brand, having secured a ground floor unit in Westminster skyscraper Portland...
El Celler de Can Roca head chef Joan Roca, whose restaurant topped this year's The World's 50 Best Restaurants list, is to appear at this year's Restaurant Show.
Life for Britain’s restaurant and pub groups is on the up with a third successive increase in like-for-like sales coming in June and total sales ahead by 4.8 per cent compared with the same time last year.
With London’s burger boom showing no signs of abating, BigHospitality took a trip to a beef cattle farm in Scotland to find out how one of the newest burger joints to hit the capital is championing the quality and traceability of its patties to stand...
First Restaurant Group, the company owned by Harold and Mitch Tillman, is in talks with a couple of private equity groups regarding new investment to enable it to roll out its Harry Morgan Restaurant & Deli concept to up to 30 sites over the next...
Jamie's Italian, Wagamama and JD Wetherspoon have taken the top three places in a league table designed to show the best and worst restaurant and pub chains catering for children.
The majority of the UK’s chain restaurants and pubs are failing to provide adequate choices for children, a survey by The Soil Association and baby food company Organix has found.
Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons, Claridge's and The Ritz celebrated at the Royal Academy of Culinary Arts' Annual Awards of Excellence last night after members of their staff were declared winners of the three awards.
The team behind barbecue and music festival Grillstock have launched their first permanent restaurant in Bristol ahead of a planned rollout of the brand.
The Government is refusing to budge on its decision not to reduce VAT for the tourism and hospitality sectors despite numerous calls from across the industry and from some MPs to do so.
Dan Miller, one of the restaurateurs behind the Sambuca Restaurant group, has acquired popular Edinburgh Italian restaurant La Lanterna and has revealed he hopes to expand the brand and open 20 restaurants in Scotland in three years.
Scott Hunter and Maria Larsen, the young husband and wife behind three successful gastropubs in London, have teamed up with former Pitt Cue Co chef Neil Rankin for their fourth venture, Smokehouse, which opens in Islington next month.
The majority of hoteliers believe that investing in the latest technology, such as remote check-in and in-room ordering systems, will help boost their business, yet few say they have the budget to do so.
Starboard Atlantic Hotels, a joint venture between Starboard Hotels and real estate firm Union Hanover Securities, has purchased land on the site of the former London 2012 Olympic Park to build an 18-storey hotel complex.
The competition from TV broadcasters to supply live sport in pubs is heating up, with Sky freezing the price of its Sky Ultimate package and BT Sport providing a range of adverts and PoS material in support of its new commercial packages.
One year on from hosting the London 2012 Olympics, Britain’s tourism industry is booming. The latest figures from the ONS International Passenger Survey show we’ve had the best first-half of a year since 2008, with tourism spend at an all-time high.
