Strong hotel business in most parts of the country over the past few months will help brace the industry for a tough road ahead as the effects of the Government’s spending review start to be felt
With consumer spend expected to drop this Christmas, the last thing you’d want is for your business expenses to eat away at your potential profits, but there are several small, low cost initiatives you can implement now to tackle your growing outflow.
The head sommelier at Le Gavroche in London has received one of the top accolades in this year’s Awards for Excellence from The Academy of Food and Wine Service (AFWS)
Although the hospitality sector is recovering well after the recession, and despite consumers’ traditional increase in spend during December, the Government’s £80bn spending cuts may mean that restaurants, pubs and hotels will need to work just as hard...
Restaurants hotels and pubs, including the Bonham Hotel in Edinburgh and Podium Restaurant at Hilton Park Lane, tell us about the extra activities their planning to attract customers this Halloween
BaxterStorey has announced that its Foundation will provide sponsorship to Simon Hulstone as he competes in the World final of the Bocuse d’Or in January
Jamie Oliver has confirmed to BigHospitality that his Jamie’s Italian restaurant chain will soon be introducing calorie information on menus across its 15 sites
Women working in the hospitality sector could be recognised for their achievements in a new initiative by People 1st, which will next month start a search for the 100 most influential women in the industry
Hotels are set to more than double their prices during the 2012 Olympic Games, but doing so could cause long-term damage to corporate business an expert has claimed
Mark Stinchcombe, the inaugural Young National Chef of the Year, has now also been named as the winner of this year’s Young Chef Young Waiter competition alongside Ben Dantzic from Restaurant Andrew Fairlie at Gleneagles
Hotels are likely to be hard hit by the Government’s £80bn spending cuts announced yesterday, according to a hospitality expert at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), who predicts that tightened economies will have a knock-on effect on business travel
Following the £80bn worth of spending cuts announced by the Government today, national tourism agency VisitBritain will need to review its operations if its Olympic tourism strategy is to remain on track
Dishoom, Juniper Dining, L’Anima and Bistro Bruno Loubet offered the Best Festival Menus during the London Restaurant Festival (LRF), which has drawn to a close this week
The heads of pub, hotel and restaurant operators Whitbread and Fuller’s have joined leaders of some of the UK’s largest companies in a strong show of support for the government’s proposed spending cuts
Hotels across the UK delivered double-digit revPAR growth in the third quarter of the year, although experts warn the positive performance will not last into 2011
Restaurants and food businesses across the UK may soon be faced with compulsory food hygiene rating, following recommendations from a government report that the Food Standards Agency’s (FSA) scheme becomes mandatory
Laith Khalaf, pensions analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown, advises one reader on how to get the most of his pension plan as a self-employed, single operator
A new study has found that the level of background noise affects our perception of the flavour and texture of food, a theory that some chefs – like Heston Blumenthal – have already taken to their diners
The Saturday Kitchen stalwart and head chef at Pearl Restaurant in London is near to finishing a month-long Street Kitchen tour with Mark Jankel, as part of the London Restaurant Festival
Restaurants hotels and pubs, including The Waterside Inn and Fifth Floor Harvey Nichols tell us about the extra activities they're planning to attract customers
Inspirational and driven, entrepreneur Jillian MacLean is rapidly expanding her young company, Drake & Morgan, to be the envy of the bar-restaurant sector
More than half of small businesses now use social media, although most of them doubt the value of networking sites such as Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn
The Millbrook Inn in Devon has been awarded the top prize in the Gastropub Challenge, while Brighton’s Chilli Pickle won best overall restaurant in the Indian Restaurant Challenge at The Restaurant Show today
Putting thought and sensibility into food, and taking customers on a "dining journey" is where the future of fine dining lies, according to top chefs speaking at The Restaurant Show today
The Bangladesh Caterers Association (BCA) has announced the winners of its Caterer of the Year Award 2010, as it urges the government to help preserve the industry.
Day two of The Restaurant Show has been even bigger than the first, with the culmination of the World Chocolate Masters UK final, the Compass Junior and Senior Chef of the Year competitions and even more chef demonstrations
So far The Restaurant Show 2010 has drawn record crowds, with many restaurateurs and chefs descending upon Earls Court 2 to source new suppliers, see chef demonstrations, and watch their peers take part in industry competitions
John Costello, innovation chef from Park Cakes in Bury, Manchester - which supplies Marks & Spencers - has been named the UK Chocolate Master 2010-11 after an “extremely close” competition held at the Restaurant Show yesterday and today
A modest approach to ethical sourcing is good for customers and good for business, helping restaurants make and not break the bottom line, say industry experts
The Ledbury has tonight been named National Restaurant of the Year, beating The Fat Duck and Bistro Bruno Loubet to the top spot in the National Restaurant Awards 2010
Thousands of visitors have attended the first day of The Restaurant Show 2010, meeting hundreds of suppliers and experiencing numerous competitions and chef demonstrations
Mark Stinchcombe from the Lucknam Park Hotel, is the first up-and-coming chef to be crowned Young National Chef of the Year after winning the live cook-off in the new competition, held at the Restaurant Show today
Britain's most high profile chefs have rallied round to support Simon Hulstone in his bid to win the Bocuse d'Or culinary contest, dubbed the "culinary equivalent of the Oscars", for the United Kingdom
French chef Albert Roux has claimed that French cuisine is no longer the ‘king’, claiming that some American, British and even Japanese chefs do it better
The head chef at The Forge in Covent Garden has been in the industry for over 30 years, working along the way with some of the best chefs in the last few decades
Small hospitality businesses are being warned to prepare now for an onslaught of snow and ice later this year, as forecasters predict yet another freezing winter ahead
Chefs including Albert Roux, Jason Atherton, Ashley Palmer-Watts, Massimo Bottura and Chris and Jeff Galvin will head the line up at this year’s Restaurant Show, which runs next week from 11-13 October at London’s Earls Court 2
VisitBritian and British Airways today launch a new campaign designed to attract more tourists to the country, which includes special discount deals with hotels.
Hoteliers are being warned to check fire safety equipment and procedures at their premises after The Belfry Hotel in Cheshire was fined £75k for breaching fire safety codes
