Prezzo, Chimichanga, Dean’s Diner and Frankie & Benny’s are among the restaurant operators that have secured units alongside each other at a new shopping centre which opens in Fareham tomorrow (23 May).
Vincent McKevitt of Tossed has teamed up with pub, bar and nightclub owners Dipak Panchal and Cokey Sulkin to launch Hot Pink, a grill restaurant that gives diners the chance to create 72 different dishes from just 12 main items and six sides.
Ever So Sensible Restaurants has opened its 12th site with the re-launch of The Hume Arms in Torksey, Lincolnshire, after the company acquired the leasehold for the venue.
The Markets Group, which looks to create ‘farmers markets’ housed within the same space as new restaurants in London, has just opened its first site in Crystal Palace and is opening a second in Fulham later this year.
Pubs have been urged to take part in a new national consumer campaign by encouraging people who use their venues to share stories, photos and videos explaining why they think It's Better Down The Pub.
Hotel and leisure management services company Legacy Hotels & Resorts has signed a deal with Surya Hotels which will see it operate its existing and expanding hotel portfolio and will grow its own UK portfolio to 19.
The Swan Hotel in Suffolk, Gidleigh Park in Devon and The Feathered Nest pub in Oxfordshire have been named among the winners of the VisitEngland Excellence Awards 2013.
NatWest and RBS have worked closely with VistEngland on the details of a new £150m fund designed specifically for the leisure industry which was launched today.
A new ban on restaurants serving olive oil in refillable jugs and dipping bowls has today been lambasted by UK restaurants as an unnecessary interference by the EU which will strangle business at a time of economic crisis.
Tim Bacon's restaurant and bar group Living Ventures has confirmed it will open Artisan, a casual dining restaurant with two wood-fired ovens, in Manchester's Spinningfields development next month.
The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) has issued new guidance around mackerel, making it clearer to chefs and consumers about which fisheries the species can be sourced from safely.
The Wenlock Arms in Islington is to re-open in June after the pub, which was reportedly a favourite of David Beckham and his grandfather, was saved from demolition as a result of a local campaign.
A survey by budget hotel operator Travelodge has revealed that almost two thirds (65 per cent) of Brits will be spending their summer holiday on home turf this year with London replacing Cornwall as the top holiday destination for domestic tourists.
The hospitality industry will need to invest in its future workforce if it wants to realise its full potential in 2013 and beyond, the British Hospitality Association has warned as it prepares for its second British Hospitality and Tourism Summit.
Bar Titania, a gay-friendly bar and club, has launched on Charing Cross Road after an accountant brought in to help close the venue down decided to invest in it and open a new business.
Polpo owner Russell Norman has announced he is currently refurbishing The Marquis of Granby pub on Shaftesbury Avenue and will re-open the property as food-led venue The Ape & Bird Public House.
American chef Taylor Bonnyman is all set to launch The Five Fields restaurant in Chelsea next week, having assembled a team which includes former staff members of Marcus Wareing at The Berkeley, Tom Aikens Restaurant and Le Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons.
The TV industry's interest in the inner workings of the restaurant world shows no sign of slowing down after the BBC announced it had commissioned two new shows about the process of launching a restaurant which will star Russell Norman, Simon Rogan...
Pizza Hut has launched an apprenticeship scheme for front-of-house staff that will aim to turn them into 'experts in the art of customer service and hospitality'.
Hoax, a luxury hostel featuring a design-led restaurant and bar, will launch in Liverpool in August and the brand's backers are already planning to expand the concept to the capital and beyond.
The general manager of Chateau Impney Hotel & Exhibition Centre in Droitwich is hoping that a million pound refurbishment will help reposition the venue as a 'leading exhibition centre and hotel' in the UK.
The family team behind the Soar Mill Cove Hotel in Salcombe are in the final stages of a redevelopment programme to refurbish the Devon venue, a project they have said has already delivered a nine per cent boost in Easter income.
When the Little Chef at Gate Services in Kent closed last year, the restaurant’s manager Sheila Feaver took no time taking over the site, with her new restaurant – Shelia’s Kitchen – opening tomorrow (16 May).
The team behind VOC London have revealed they are transforming the Kings Cross venue to create a new 38-cover grill restaurant which will accompany the existing 17th century punch house-inspired bar.
They’re all on it. Big national chains, high-profile chefs and small emerging brands across the UK have realised the power of Twitter. But in the fast-moving world of social media, how can you use the networking site to convert followers to customers?
Northcote, Rockliffe Hall and The Drunken Duck Inn in Cumbria are among the finalists in the 2013 VisitEngland Excellence Awards, the national tourist board's annual awards designed to celebrate the best that the country has to offer.
Just Falafel, the falafel restaurant chain founded in Abu Dhabi in 2007, intends to embark on a period of rapid expansion to reach 200 UK restaurants within the next five years.
Construction work is set to begin on a £100m North Yorkshire development to create the Flaxby Country Resort which will feature a 303-bedroom hotel and spa.
London has been elevated to sixth place in the International Congress and Convention Association's list of the most popular cities for business tourism, an accolade the London Mayor has attributed in part to the capital's hotels.
After the phenomenal success of Holborn’s Kimchee restaurant, Wasabi owner Dong Hyun Kim is bringing Korean food to the masses with an A1 Kimchee To Go format.
Three former Arbutus Group employees have teamed up to launch Picture, modern European restaurant situated opposite the BBC’s Broadcasting House on Great Portland Street.
A restaurant championing British free-range chicken and eggs and overseen by former Restaurant Group and Ignite director Kevin Bacon is set to open in London this summer.
Jamie Oliver has launched Jamie Oliver's Diner, a new semi-permanent restaurant in partnership with chef Arthur Potts Dawson, in a venue on Shaftesbury Avenue.
Vapiano, the fast-casual Italian restaurant chain which allows diners to interact with the chefs, has secured a former nightclub in Soho for its third London restaurant.
As supermarkets begin to take a bigger bite of the foodservice sector, many restaurant operators are left struggling to compete. Could an extra emphasis on lunchtime offerings and more seating options provide that crucial point of difference?
Managed pubco TCG has revealed it is spending £400k to refurbish two of its venues which will focus more heavily on the daytime trade when they re-open later this month.
Andrew Pern, chef-proprietor of the 90-cover Star Inn in North Yorkshire, is set to open a second venue – the Star Inn The City – in York’s Museum Gardens this autumn.
Following news that the council in Hartlepool has halted plans for an Early Morning Restriction Order for its licensed premises, BigHospitality has produced this lowdown of EMROs and the likelihood of other councils adopting the power.
John Torode and Gregg Wallace of MasterChef fame have been drafted in by the head of food and beverage at Heathrow to help improve the dining experience for passengers passing through the airport.
JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin has asked rival pub company Greene King to ‘respect’ a decision by the Stirling Licensing Board to grant a licence for a new Wetherspoon pub in Stirling city centre, close to a number of Greene King pubs.
