James Baer, managing director of successful community pub operator Amber Taverns, has told BigHospitality he believes the company's wet-led pub model could work in areas in the south of the country.
Living Ventures has announced it is to open a new bar and kitchen in Manchester which will be connected to its modern Australian restaurant Australasia.
To celebrate the first ever National Waiters Day, BigHospitality decided to discover a little bit more about one of the most important front-of-house restaurant roles - the maître d’. For this exclusive video we spent a morning with Bar Boulud's...
American entrepreneur Ian Schrager, the man behind five star properties Sanderson and St Martins Lane, is returning to London for the first time in 15 years to launch The London Edition – a brand he conceived in partnership with Marriott International.
Shopping centre giant Intu has submitted an application to refurbish two of the areas within Intu Eldon Square shopping centre in Newcastle, with plans to create a ‘destination dining quarter’ as part of the £17m development.
Restaurateur Rebecca Mascarenhas and chef Theo Randall have announced a new business partnership to launch Bibo – a modern Italian tratorria based on the site of Mascarenhas’s Cantinetta restaurant in Putney later this year.
Multi-cuisine buffet restaurant chain Cosmo has revealed its latest site in Derby will become a flagship for the group and will be replicated in at least five further sites.
London Mayor Boris Johnson has pledged his support for the capital’s small food businesses by backing the pilot scheme of an innovative new programme which aims to create more jobs and reinvigorate the high streets.
Marco Pierre White is to rebrand his Frankie’s Bar & Grill restaurant in Hoylake as Marco’s New York Italian in a deal with hotel and restaurant development firm Sanguine Hospitality.
Nick Lawson, a former general manager at Hotel du Vin Harrogate, has created a new boutique hotel company called Bonne Nuit, a brand he is aiming to roll out across the UK after establishing it at The Balmoral hotel in Harrogate.
Hoteliers are being advised to make their services more female friendly after figures from Small Luxury Hotels of the World (SLH) found that the number of women staying alone at hotels has risen more than 53 per cent in the last year.
Maxwell's restaurant group is to open Joe's Southern Kitchen & Bar next month on the Covent Garden site which was formerly home to the group's Navajo Joe restaurant.
London is one of the world's fastest-growing destinations for consumers seeking out a stay in a luxury hotel, according to a report released at the first Luxury Hospitality summit held in Switzerland.
Chef and pop-up restaurant expert Carl Clarke is to open his first permanent restaurant when he launches Rock Lobsta at the Mahiki London nightclub next month.
The chef opened Simpsons in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, more than 20 years ago, relocating the Michelin-starred favourite to Birmingham in 2004. Recently, Antona was instrumental in his head chef Adam Bennett’s successful fourth-place performance at the...
The Oxford Thames Four Pillars Hotel has completed a £2m refurbishment which has created a new conservatory and added 22 double bedrooms to the Henley Road venue.
Jurys Inn, which is currently in the process of ploughing £1m into refurbishing its meeting rooms, has created a new dedicated Group Meetings & Events Manager position.
Shaun Gray and Steve Novak, the owners of Cattle Grid, the fast-casual steakhouse chain, have secured a first site for their chicken-led concept called Poulet Rouge in south London, BigHospitality's sister publication M&C Report has learnt.
De Vere Venues, the meetings and conference division of hotel company De Vere, has been given the contract to manage golf and conference centre East Sussex National.
The Government is not taking the hospitality industry seriously enough and should take greater notice of the UK’s fourth largest industry to help drive economic growth.
The Bridge of Orchy hotel in Argyll has re-opened after a £1.5m renovation, partly funded by the Bank of Scotland, which has tripled the size of the Scottish venue.
The Luminar Group has announced it is to spend £1m refurbishing its Oceana Bristol venue to create a nightclub which will become a 'blueprint' for the operator's entire estate.
After starting the UK burrito boom up north, Barburrito co-founder Morgan Davies is targeting London. He told Restaurant magazine's Stefan Chomka why he believes he’s in a strong position to take it by storm.
May delivered a 1.2 per cent increase in like-for-like sales for restaurant and pub groups but operators have been warned that the trading environment remains 'fragile' and will become more competitive with the arrival of several brands making...
Scottish brewer and pub operator BrewDog has topped the 2013 Zolfo Cooper Profit Tracker, a list of the 50 fastest-growing restaurant and bar companies.
Former lawyer and professional rugby player Guglielmo Arnulfo is following his lifelong passion for cooking with the launch of his first Italian restaurant, Acciuga, on Kensington High Street next week.
It has been revealed that the luxury Guoman Hotels brand will eventually be retired following news that Guoman Hotel Management has been rebranded as glh.
The Quarter Group, which owns and operates three cafés and restaurants in London, is set to launch the Royal Quarter Café near Buckingham Palace later this month.
Offering discounted entry is failing to push up visitor numbers to nightclubs according to a report by Mintel which forecasts the value of the sector to drop by a further £200m to £1.1bn by 2017.
The British Hospitality Association (BHA) will announce that the UK’s hospitality and tourism industries will create over 30,000 new job opportunities for young people by 2015 as the organisation hosts its annual Summit in London later today (11 June).
Celebrity chef James Martin, host of BBC TV show Saturday Kitchen, has scooped the Special Award at the Craft Guild of Chefs (CGC) Awards 2013 which also honoured Lima restaurant and The Ivy's April Partridge.
The Green House Hotel in Bournemouth has been named the 2013 Considerate Hotel of the Year at the Considerate Hoteliers’ annual awards which celebrate the environmental, sustainable and socially responsible performance of UK hoteliers.
David Muniz and David Lesniak, who launched the Outsider Tart bakery in Chiswick, have opened Blue Plate, a 'soul food joint', in the premises next door.
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has converted a second Holiday Inn hotel lobby in London to its new open lobby concept which has been inspired by new business traveller trends.
Will Holland, chef patron of Alan Murchison's former Michelin-starred restaurant La Bécasse, has told BigHospitality he has not made any plans for his next venture after he departs in September and is not currently ruling anything out when it comes...
Casual-dining chain The Noodle House will open its first UK restaurant under a set of new brand guidelines - 'The Noodle House 2020 Vision' - in London by the end of the year, BigHospitality's sister publication M&C Report has learnt....
Fuller's has revealed its pub acquisition and development programme has helped deliver a strong set of full-year financial results with rising revenue and a growth in pre-tax profits.
We've seen which regions are top of the wine list, now to find the food to go with them. Concluding this week's focus on wine, we ask sommeliers to suggest some top wine and food pairings.
American-born Joseph Kirtley started out as a bellboy at Miami Beach's Delano Hotel before climbing the ladder at Morgans Hotel Group to eventually become hotel manager. He opened Belgraves, A Thompson Hotel in London last year where he remains as...
Commune Hotels & Resorts, the owner of hotel brands Thompson Hotels and Joie de Vivre, has launched its 'value-conscious' hotel brand Tommie in the US which it plans to expand to London following its New York debut.
Jamie Oliver is to launch a smaller format brand extension to his Jamie's Italian restaurant concept - Jamie's Italian Trattoria will launch in Richmond next month.
Event contract caterer and restaurant operator Rhubarb has announced it will create two new restaurants and a canapé & champagne bar as part of the Sky Garden events space in the 20 Fenchurch Street skyscraper development.
Chef Bjorn van der Horst is to return to London to oversee all food and beverage operations at the Rosewood London hotel when it opens its doors later this year.
While including popular wines such as a Pinot Grigio from Italy or a Merlot from France on your wine list is a sensible idea, there are times when you might just want to head out of your viticultural comfort zone and add something a little different.
