Ranjit Mathrani’s Masala World operates 10 restaurants in central London, but now looks set to take its authentic Indian food and high service standards nationwide.
The hospitality skills training group People 1st is considering a merger with its counterpart for the UK transport sector, GoSkills, in an effort to pool reduced resources and streamline customer service training efforts.
Loungers, the Bristol-based café, bar and restaurant group, saw turnover grow 55 per cent to almost £11m last year after adding an extra four sites to its estate.
Michelin is bringing forward the publication date of its 2012 Great Britain & Ireland Guide by more than three months, provoking a mixed response from the industry.
Amsterdam-based hotel group Qbic Hotels, has revealed plans to open 10 hotels in the UK and is actively searching for properties in London, Bristol, Birmingham and Glasgow.
Hospitality operator and brewer Young’s said it saw the strongest growth in the hotel sector of its business last year with revpar up 14.2 per cent to £44.11.
Travelodge is pressing forward with the expansion of its Metro brand by converting pubs, office buildings and even snooker halls into small 20-40 bedroom hotels.
Management change in the hospitality sector often comes along with a new approach to employee shifts and benefits. But what rights do employers and employees have in this situation? Caroline Essex, employment specialist at the law firm Davenport Lyons,...
Paul Kitching, chef proprietor of the Michelin-starred 21212 in Edinburgh has been named the best chef in Scotland in the Catering in Scotland (CIS) Excellence Awards.
Pub operators are facing new tax proposals for gaming machines, which could risk hiking up operation prices to prohibitive levels, warns an industry trade group.
While there are no real new trends emerging this summer in the wine category, there are several areas of growth that restaurant and pub operators need to be aware of.
Domestic and foreign tourists spent a total of £114bn in the UK in 2008, with more money forked out on food than on hotels, according to a new set of experimental data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
London’s South Bank will undergo a £4m makeover to make it more easily accessible to visitors in time for the Olympics, with the works due to benefit the area’s restaurants, cafes and bars.
Abokado, the chain of healthy food bars led Mark Lilley, is to increase its presence in London, with up to five new sites targeted for opening in the capital by the end of March next year.
The BBPA has called for a new dialogue with the Scottish government, following concerns that the pub sector is at risk from certain aspects of the alcohol policy, including tax on beer.
US tourists are the highest spenders out of all holidaymakers to the UK, but their numbers continue to decline, according to new data released today by VisitBritain.
Assia Riccio from Le Manoir Aux Quat’ Saisons has received the Savoy Gastronomes’ Olive Barnett Award 2011, which recognises hospitality employees below the age of 30.
Wagamama has announced plans to ramp up its expansion within the UK to 300 sites at a rate of 20 per year, focusing mainly on London and the South East.
Battlesteads hotel and restaurant in Northumberland has been named the Considerate Hotel of the Year 2010/11 for its sustainability initiatives, which include a wood-chip boiler and a vegetable garden with a ‘field to plate’ time of four hours.
Restaurant group Canteen has announced plans to grow to 15 sites within the next five years, but intends to concentrate more on smaller, fast-service and takeaway venues.
Ash from an Icelandic volcano looks set to hit UK airspace tomorrow, threatening to close airports and disrupt thousands of travellers almost exactly a year since a similar event last April.
The British tourism industry is set to receive a £7.2bn boost this summer from cash-strapped Britons opting to take their holiday break in the UK, reveals a new travel study conducted by the budget hotel group Travelodge.
Hotels across the UK will be installing electric car charging stations on their premises, with the aim of attracting motorists to use their facilities while cars are charging.
Healthy eating chain Tossed will be opening its eighth London site in September this year, while further expansion remains held back by a lack of suitable sites, says the chain’s owner, Vincent McKevitt.
Hotel management group BDL management has taken over the contracts for nine Ramada hotels across the UK, following the termination of their lease by Ramada Jarvis.
Cyrus Todiwala OBE, chef proprietor of Café Spice Namaste in London, has been given the Special Achievement Award at the annual Footprint Awards for championing environmentally-friendly and sustainable operating practices.
Food sales have overtaken drink sales for the first time at pub operator Mitchells & Butlers (M&B), which is now focusing on growing its food-led business.
Restaurants, Pubs and Hotels including Tom Aikens and Barts tell us what promotions they’re running to attract customers during the Chelsea Flower Show (24-28 May).
BII, the trade group for the pub industry, has launched a management training programme for business development managers in the leased and tenanted sector of licensed hospitality.
The UK’s latest inflation hike is likely to cause further damage to the hospitality sector, both in terms of sales and staffing, say sector trade groups.
Publicans, restaurateurs and hoteliers have just a few weeks left to voice their concerns with regulations that they feel are stifling the industry as the deadline approaches for the government’s call for comments.
The Royal Wedding, Easter Holidays and record sunshine all contributed to higher sales in pubs and restaurants this year, but market analysts warn that they also created new challenges for the hospitality sector, which did not trade as well as it could...
Michele Caggianese, restaurant and bar manager at Jumeirah Carlton Tower has been named the 2011 Restaurant Manager of the Year after just two attempts at the title.
The British Hospitality Association (BHA) is urging the industry to increase its focus on health as part of a wider government push to reduce obesity levels in the UK.
The 31st London International Wine Fair (LIWF) is kicking off this week at ExCel London, offering restaurateurs, publicans, sommeliers and wine buyers the chance to meet suppliers and improve their wine list.
Managed pub operator Barracuda has reduced the number of its student-led Varsity bars by 12 to 27 sites across the UK as it focuses on upgrading the estate.
With most banks seeing hospitality as a high risk sector, a business plan is a critical document that potential lenders will interrogate in depth. Shirley Smith, a partner at hospitality business advisers Reeves, highlights key points that will improve...
Despite excelling in academics, Hannah Bass, the operations director for burgeoning gastropub group ETM, always knew somehow that she’d end up working in hospitality. The group is now on the verge of launching two venues and a food and beverage offer...
