Bar Sport, the American sports bar model founded by Scott Murray, is looking for more franchisees to help grow the business following a year of sporting success for Great Britain.
Apero, a modern Mediterranean restaurant inspired by the Italian tradition of the aperitivo drinks, has opened this week within the recently re-launched Ampersand Hotel in Harrington Road, South Kensington.
Hotels in London recorded an increase in room yield by almost 50 per cent last month as a result of year-on-year room rates rocketing up from £110.22 to £165.05 a night, with occupancy levels remaining above 80 per cent for the entire period of the London...
Twenty-two members of the industry are set to battle it out in the boxing ring later this week for Rumble in the Kitchen, a charity event designed to raise funds for the into work programme Galvin's Chance.
Simply Indian, a new 60-cover restaurant and bar serving traditional curry house favourites along with a strong fish and seafood offering, is opening in Wadhurst, East Sussex, today.
Hilton Worldwide has signed a franchise agreement with RB Hotels to open a 171-bedroom Hilton hotel at Southampton’s Ageas Bowl - England’s latest test match venue and home of Hampshire County Cricket Club.
The Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) has called the Government response to the Health Select Committee report on alcohol minimum pricing 'disappointing' with fears the policy will not significantly tackle the problems caused...
The leading lights of the hospitality industry came together this month to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Academy of Culinary Arts’ Annual Awards of Excellence, with winners revealed in the kitchen, pastry and service categories.
Fernando and Kristy Stovell, the former joint head chefs of London's Cuckoo Club, have transformed the Cloche Hat restaurant on the rural outskirts of Chobham into Stovell’s, a new contemporary European restaurant and bar taking inspiration from...
D&D London's chairman and chief executive Des Gunewardena today reported an 'encouraging' performance at his London restaurants after profit across the group rose 4 per cent to £4.2m despite a 'continuing backdrop of economic uncertainty'.
Industry charity Springboard has been revealed as one of the beneficiaries of the Channel 4 TV show which will see Gordon Ramsay, Mary Portas and other TV personalities manage a hotel staffed by unemployed people looking for a break in the industry.
Privately-owned gastropub group The Jam Tree has continued its expansion plans by opening its third venue in as many years last week with a new site in Clapham; it joins two existing sites in Chelsea and Kensington.
With the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games now over, hospitality businesses in the capital have had time to reflect on event's financial repercussions. BigHospitality has spoken to three of these businesses to find out how successful their...
Trading performance within the public house sector appears to be stabilising, with a survey of pub investors and owners revealing that future expectations for trading performance in the short and medium term are strongly positive.
The British Larder in Bromeswell, Suffolk has been named Best Food Pub in the Great British Pub Awards 2012 and co-founder Ross Pike has revealed the award has helped drive interest from potential investors in the business.
Pub operator J D Wetherspoon has become the latest hospitality business to warn of the possible sales growth 'hangover' following a summer of sport, the Olympics and headline events.
Galvin’s Chance, the into-work initiative which trains disadvantaged young people such as ex-offenders and those at risk of getting caught up in gang culture to work in hospitality, has seen the latest set of trainees complete its programme.
The majority of foodservice consultants believe that hospitality businesses are only 'paying lip service to sustainability', forecasting that the issue will have the greatest impact on the sector in the near future.
The new managing director for Llangoed Hall, the former Von Essen hotel which went into administration last year, has outlined plans to restore the 23-bedroom hotel to its former glory.
The final two hotels in the Von Essen portfolio, Ston Easton Park in Somerset and Sharrow Bay in Cumbria, have been acquired by former BBC ‘Dragon’ James Caan for a combined sum of £4.5m.
A group of 57 residents in the Devon village of Cadeleigh have become the latest community group to save their local by clubbing together to buy the Cadelieigh Arms pub and are now searching for a tenant to take on the business.
Hotel management service company Bespoke Hotels has launched a sales and marketing service aimed at independent hotels which allows them to take advantage of help in those areas without having to adopt different branding or make big changes to the way...
Global hotel operator Accor has opened the first hotel in the UK under its upscale Pullman brand by completing the conversion of the former Novotel in St. Pancras, London.
The Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) is today raising a glass to the 40th anniversary of its flagship publication the Good Beer Guide which reports that there are now just over 1,000 breweries operational across the UK - the highest number for over 70 years.
Following the successful joint sale of the Royal Bath hotel in Bournemouth and the Daresbury Park Hotel in Warrington, De Vere Group is ploughing on with the offload of its non-core hotel, with the University Arms hotel in Cambridge being placed on the...
Combined like-for-like sales for pub and restaurant groups inside the M25 increased by 5 per cent in August, but businesses outside of London saw a much more modest uplift of just 1 per cent compared with the same month last year.
A Government-funded scheme set up to train UK nationals to work as chefs in Asian and Oriental restaurants is struggling to find enough people to take up the apprenticeships it offers, despite the fact that almost a third of young people say they would...
The majority of UK adults believe that obesity has become a ‘major problem’ in Britain and that restaurant and pub chains should be doing more to promote healthy eating.
With Hugh Robertson promoted to the role of Minister for Sport and Tourism in last week’s Cabinet reshuffle, the British Hospitality Association’s chief executive Ufi Ibrahim insists there are still ‘critical barriers to growth’ which must be removed...
French restaurant chain Le Bistrot Pierre is set to open its first in the south when it opens a venue in Plymouth next year and has revealed a list of target cities with three openings planned next year.
The Academy of Food and Wine Service (AFWS) has revealed the names of those who have made it through to the final of this year's Restaurant Manager of the Year competition.
A number of restaurant, bar and hotel operators are warning of difficult trading conditions ahead as the focus moves away from Britain and the packed 2012 events calendar.
Pubs and clubs were among the firms listed as those who could be exempt from health and safety inspections in the future as part of plans by the Government to ease the burden of red tape on small businesses.
Service standards in London’s restaurants have been labelled as a ‘weak link’ by Tim Zagat, with his eponymous restaurant guide revealing that 73 per cent of all customer complaints relate to the front-of-house.
Recycling specialist PEL has launched an under-counter glass crusher for pubs, bars, restaurants and hotels that claims to cut glass waste by 80 per cent.
With forthcoming international openings Hakkasan is poised to become one of the biggest high-end restaurant groups in the world. Yet it’s London where the real excitement is going to be, as chief executive Niall Howard explains.
The Wolseley all-day café-restaurant in London’s Piccadilly has been named the capital's most popular restaurant for the second year running by eating-out guide Zagat.
As The Clink Charity prepares to open its second prison restaurant, this time on the grounds of HMP Cardiff, chief executive Chris Moore has revealed the charity has plans to open two restaurants every year until 2016 with Greater London next on the horizon.
Michelin-starred Birmingham chef and Great British Menu regular Glynn Purnell has teamed up with the South and City College in the Midlands city to recruit two restaurant apprentices to fill roles in both his restaurant and bistro.
Mitchells & Butlers has announced it has completed its long-running search for a chief executive by appointing Marston's chief operating officer Alistair Darby to the role.
Despite an on-going tough economic backdrop, an increasing number of hospitality businesses across the UK are partnering with charities to raise money through menu donations and fundraising events.
Quality ‘food-on-the-go’ has become the key area of growth for the UK’s eating out market, with concepts consistently emerging in transport hubs, shopping centres and busy high street locations as consumers are looking to eat where they want, when they...
Simon Rogan has revealed he is to take over the running of his local pub - The Pig & Whistle in Cartmel - which is located within walking distance of his flagship restaurant L'Enclume and sister venue Rogan & Company.
Following the completion of the first phase of development, Clarenco now plans to open 52 new bedroom suites in Stanbrook Abbey by autumn of next year as part of ambitious plans for the former monastery and the entire portfolio of hotels and exclusive...
The injection of one million pounds of Scottish Government money into food and drink firms has been welcomed by hospitality industry bodies and businesses as the nation gears up for a series of showcase events in 2014.
Gideon Joffe, the 32-year-old son of Giraffe founders Russel and Juliette Joffe opened his first restaurant – MonkeyNuts – in Crouch End, North London nine years ago. The restaurateur went on to open Chez Bob in Belsize Park seven years later and he will...
Hugh Robertson has been promoted to the role of Minister for Sport and Tourism within the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and will now be the main contact in Government for the hospitality and tourism industries following the departure...
Independent, luxury and boutique hoteliers will be able to attend the first UK trade event dedicated to the top-end hotel market next month with the launch of the Independent Hotel Show.
Small business owners in the hospitality industry refused lending by the banks are being urged to make use of the appeals process after it was revealed that almost half of all small businesses have had loan applications rejected in the last two years.
Prime Minister David Cameron is set to announce a deregulation of planning laws which will allow businesses to extend their premises without the need for planning permission.
