The British Street Food Awards are returning for a fifth time this year with an invitation to vendors from Europe to enter as well as the launch of a new street food app.
Little Chef has been sold for a reported £15m to a subsidiary of Kuwaiti-owned Kout Food Group which has pledged to keep the roadside restaurant brand alive.
Adam Byatt, chef-owner of the Trinity and Bistro Union restaurants in Clapham, has revealed he is in the closing stages of negotiations to secure a site in London for the second venue under the Bistro Union concept.
Hot on the heels of opening Merchant’s Tavern in Shoreditch this September, Angela Hartnett has announced she will be opening another venue a month later – this time an informal Italian restaurant and standalone bar on the old site of Pétrus in central...
So, you’ve been turned away from the bank, run out of deep-pocketed friends and family and aren’t keen on giving away an equity stake in your company. Is all hope of securing finance to develop or expand your business lost? No. There are still plenty...
Searcys, the up-market bar and restaurant operator and caterer, hopes to expand from 16 to 25 sites in the next two years, with a Champagne brasserie concept one vehicle for growth, chief executive Doug Tetley has told BigHospitality's sister publication...
Birmingham budget hotel Nitenite has been bought out of administration by Harj Mattu, a local property entrepreneur who is planning to expand the brand and invest more than £1m on a refurb of the property.
Liverpool's live circus performance venue Circo has re-branded its restaurant area as 1770 to give its food operation its own identity and attract a wider customer base.
Mars Ice Cream has extended its range of products which are available to foodservice buyers with new ice creams launched under the Mars, Snickers and Galaxy chocolate brands.
From Piper Private Equity’s backing of Be At One and more recently Loungers to Graphite Capital’s management buy-out of Hawksmoor, there are private equity (PE) deals to be done in the hospitality industry but are they right for your business?
Despite a grey and rainy past few days, more hot weather is reportedly on the horizon and the UK’s hospitality and tourism businesses are already cashing in: The ‘staycation’ trend is bigger than ever, with 41 million Brits choosing to holiday at home...
Staff from 16 restaurants, including Tuddenham Mill, The Fat Duck and Restaurant Sat Bains, have kick-started a major fundraising drive for Farm Africa by competing in a five-a-side football tournament.
Six London pubs, including The Mitre in Greenwich and The Lamb Brewery in Chiswick, have been placed on the market as owner Convivial London Pubs PLC looks to sell of its estate.
The amount of money needed to set up or grow a hospitality business will, of course, depend on what kind of business you are looking at starting or growing.
Square Pie is set to open a fifth outlet at Westfield Stratford shopping centre this week as the London-based handmade pie specialist looks to expand to 20 venues within the next four years.
The pub industry's leading trade bodies have called on Blackpool Borough Council to rethink its plans for an Early Morning Restriction Order (EMRO) and have said the town's licensed operators can instead work together to cut drink-related crime.
CG Restaurants & Bars is placing the Dirty Martini bar concept at the forefront of its growth strategy, with a third unit secured at Bishopsgate Exchange in the City kick-starting plans to expand to 12 sites within the next three years.
Graphite Capital, the private equity backer of Rex Restaurants, has backed the management buy-out of Hawksmoor, the operator of four high-end steak restaurants in London, in a deal which values the company at around £35m.
Martin Morales, former DJ and founder of popular Peruvian restaurant Ceviche, is to open a pop-up restaurant in partnership with Virgin Atlantic at Heathrow Airport.
Pubs across the UK are being warned against using unauthorised satellite systems to show live sport as a Liverpool licensee has been ordered to pay over £6,000 for showing Sky Sports illegally.
Chef Bobby Chinn, who has risen to fame in Vietnam with two eponymous restaurants and as the host of the World Café TV show, is coming to the UK to open The House of Ho restaurant in Soho, after eight years searching for the right opportunity.
The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has admitted the beer market remains 'very challenging' after its Beer Barometer found on-trade sales fell by 5.8 per cent in the last three months.
Former city worker Steve Bowen will open a restaurant in Bristol this autumn that will serve diners steak and other quality meat from within the setting of an art gallery.
Electrolux has named the three young chefs who have won placements in Michelin-starred kitchens through its Chef Academy following the competition's final earlier this week.
Nightclub giant Luminar is undergoing a major rebranding and refurbishment of its 10 Oceana venues across the UK, which will see them renamed Pryzm to reflect the multi-characteristics of the new format.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
