As part of their £20 million venue refresh programme, Novus Leisure has closed and renovated its Late Night London venue Abacus in the City of London, which will reopen as Forge bar and restaurant in July.
Hotel brand St Giles has revealed plans for a £300m development in Blackfriars, along with expansion of its Heathrow hotel and the potential opening of a small hotel in Richmond.
Boutique hospitality management company the Blue Rainbow Group has announced the launch of two new hospitality brands, Cityspace and Citycube Hotels, as part of its planned expansion drive.
Fuller’s, the London-based brewer and pub operator, has acquired a 51 per cent stake in The Stable, a six-strong craft cider and pizza restaurant business, for £7.3m.
Gaucho’s more accessible little brother CAU has carefully refined its premium casual offering and is now beefing-up its presence in the south of England with northern expansion planned for next year
Spain’s La Sala restaurant is coming to the UK for the first time and has announced Chigwell as its location of choice, with plans to open by the end of September.
Wahaca, the Mexican street food restaurant concept led by Thomasina Miers and Mark Selby, is to launch a new fast-casual format called DF/Mexico next month in London’s Spitalfields.
Italian restaurant group San Carlo has announced plans to open two more restaurants before the end of the year, Cicchetti in Covent Garden and a Fumo site in Manchester, their largest yet.
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. has today announced new UK expansion plans and has signed a dual-hotel development in East London’s Tobacco Dock with the Fawzia Mubarak Al-Hassawi Group. The two new hotels will open under Starwood’s Aloft...
The Morgans Hotel Group’s Mondrian London hotel at Sea Containers, due to launch this summer, has revealed plans for its bar and restaurant, which will be headed up by Ryan Chetiyawardana and New York chef Seamus Mullen.
Chef Dominic Chapman, who earned a Michelin star during his time as head chef at The Royal Oak, has signed a lease to take over The Beehive, an Enterprise Inns pub in White Waltham, Berkshire.
Glasgow is seeing fresh life breathed into its dining scene this year, with the recent renovation to its Central station bringing new eateries, including the Glendola Leisure Group’s Alston Bar & Beef which opened last week. On the outskirts of the...
Modern British fish and chip shop Kerbisher & Malt is opening its fourth London site in Clapham at the beginning of June, with plans to expand further before the year is out.
A portfolio of 21 of the 61 hotels in the LRG Acquisition Limited (LRG) Holiday Inn portfolio, operating under the InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) brand, has been put up for sale through property adviser Christie + Co.
