Peter Marks, chief executive of nightclub operator Luminar, has claimed that late-night venues have become an ‘easy target’ for local authorities and the police when it comes to reducing crime rates, as an increase in phone thefts is shadowing a significant...
Tom Kitchin, chef proprietor of Michelin-starred Edinburgh restaurant The Kitchin, is to open a pub restaurant in the Scottish capital with fellow chef Dominic Jack.
The NEC Group’s event catering company Amadeus has revealed plans to rebrand 21 of its retail outlets across the UK as ‘The Oak Kitchen’ in a £1m, three-year rollout programme.
Peter McKenna and Ivan Stein, a pair of chefs who met while working for Michael Caines at his ABode Glasgow restaurant, are to launch their first business together - Gannet restaurant in Glasgow's West End.
The Kent-born chef-patron has held two Michelin stars at Midsummer House in Cambridge for the past eight years. He was also one of the winners of last year’s Great British Menu.
Young's has announced Rupert Clevely is to stand down as the managing director of Geronimo Inns and will take up a non-executive role with the brewer and pubco which plans to open three or four new Geronimo pubs this year.
Spanish casual-dining group La Tasca has de-branded an under-performing site, the first in a planned division of ‘independent’ restaurants that won’t be directly associated with the 42-strong group.
De Vere Venues has announced it has won the contract to manage Chicheley Hall, the Newport Pagnell conference centre and hotel which is the historic home to the Royal Society.
Indian restaurant group the Tamarind Collection has acquired its third site in the capital in the form of Zaika in Kensington High Street, which will close later this year for a complete refurbishment.
Hilton Hotels & Resorts, which operates 70 hotels in the UK, has been named as the best provider of meetings services by market research firm BDRC Continental.
A 56-cover fine-dining restaurant and a 30-metre barge housing a restaurant, bar and live music venue – both in Bristol - have today been put up for sale.
Koshari Street, a new ‘hole-in-the-wall’ Egyptian street food concept led by Lebanese-born cook and food writer Anissa Helou, is opening on St Martins Lane in March.
Venetian-inspired restaurant and bar TOZI is set to open its doors in London’s Victoria next month as the first of several destination-led restaurant and bars planned for for the PPHE Hotel Group, independent of its hotel brands.
The Manor Arms pub in Streatham has been voted the best of the capital's eateries for healthy kids meals but other operators in the capital have been urged to do more to improve their children's menus.
With the Government looking at the further tightening of restrictions around the employment of non-EU chefs at restaurants in the UK, the pressure is on Asian restaurants to sort out staffing for the future.
London-focused bar and restaurant group Kornicis has acquired the former La Tasca site on St Martins Lane for what will be the first West End outpost for its Jamies Wine Bar and Restaurant brand.
Kurt Zdesar, the founder of dim sum chain Ping Pong, has announced plans to open a restaurant in London's Soho this autumn that will focus on serving Nikkei cuisine, the fusion of Japanese cooking with Peruvian ingredients.
Marriott Hotels, Wahaca and Cafe-ODE in Devon are among the 14 businesses and individuals who have been rewarded by the Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA) in the second year of its awards.
HotelSwaps, an innovative staff retention and incentive programme, has been set up to help UK hoteliers tackle the problem of unused rooms by swapping them with others for employee rewards and training purposes.
The Rooftop Café, a recently opened 35-cover café situated at the base of The Shard in London Bridge, is evolving from a service canteen into a 70-cover restaurant open to the public following an increased customer demand.
Rebecca Mascarenhas is best known as a restaurateur who, behind the scenes, has been an instrumental partner in some of London's leading neighbourhood restaurants - Sonny's Kitchen, Kitchen W8 and Sam's Brasserie - but the entrepreneur...
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s River Cottage restaurant in Devon is soon to open a new professional cookery school, offering recognised qualifications for industry chefs and an apprenticeship scheme for young people.
Arie van der Spek, senior vice president of Laureate Hospitality Education, has told BigHospitality the courses at the London outpost of the Glion Institute of Higher Education are more expensive than others on offer in the UK but will deliver a good...
Signature Pub Group, which operates a number of hospitality businesses across Scotland, has just opened the doors of The Huxley – a new bar and restaurant housed within the Rutland Hotel in Edinburgh.
While publicans might not be faced with as baffling a list of acronyms as hoteliers or as driven by fashion as some restaurateurs, our handy A-Z glossary of key industry terms and trends is a must-read for those looking to make a few pounds from a few...
After a three-month closure, the Goat and Boots pub in London’s Fulham Road is set to re-launch this spring as GOAT - a new 140-cover restaurant, cocktail bar and all-day lounge.
France has been declared the winner of the 2013 Bocuse d'Or with Denmark and Japan taking the second and third places respectively, while in fourth, the UK enjoyed the country's best ever performance in the competition.
The hotel sector is awash with acronyms and exclusive terms that can sometimes be confusing. If you don't know your RevPAR from your GDS or you just want a brief overview of the market today, read this handy A-Z guide.
The restaurant sector is a busy place, full of operators large and small, formal and casual, corporate and independent, high-end and mainstream, which can make it hard to define. Here in our A-Z guide we summarise it in just 26 words, explaining some...
Travelodge has announced it will invest £243m in its hotels in the coming year with new openings and a refurbishment of the existing estate expected to take the lion's share of the funds.
Restaurant group Gordon Ramsay Holdings has reported that 2012 was its 'best year to date' having returned to profit after two challenging years for the business.
Hotels in London and the regions enjoyed increases in revenue per available room (RevPAR) during 2012 despite no noticeable recovery in consumer or business confidence.
Construction work begins today (25 Jan) on a £20m retail and leisure development in Manchester city centre, with Travelodge, Nando’s and Zizzi all securing sites ahead of the building’s completion at the end of the year.
The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has called on the Government to act on debilitating beer tax hikes after new figures revealed beer sales fell by 6.2 per cent in the last three months of 2012.
The UK hotel industry is expected to see significant growth in the relatively immature serviced apartment market as the number of so-called aparthotels continues to rise.
A Parliamentary Reception has called on major UK hotel chains to ‘clean up their act’ and take more responsibility when it comes to preventing the mistreatment and exploitation of agency workers.
Scotland-based operator Macdonald Hotels & Resorts has announced it is making its return to Wales after reaching a management agreement with the Dragon Hotel in Swansea city centre.
Antic Limited, which operates leaseholds on 14 pubs in London, has been placed into administration due to an unresolved tax bill; parent company Antic, which operates a further 24 sites, is thought to be unaffected.
In an exclusive video interview, Glynn Purnell, Michelin-starred chef and Great British Menu regular, has revealed he was forced to rebrand The Asquith last year after being let down by the staff in charge who had failed to deliver his vision for the...
Chefs and restaurateurs who serve line-caught mackerel from areas outside the north east Atlantic should keep the fish on their menus and be proud to do so.
Cambridgeshire and Chilterns-based pub company Snug Bars has unveiled plans to open two more sites this year following a record Christmas trading period.
Premium burger chain Byron and all-day brasserie concept Browns are set to open neighbouring restaurants within the Liverpool ONE shopping centre this spring.
Independently-owned steak and burger restaurant chain Black & Blue has announced it has acquired a site near London Waterloo and is to sell two of its other venues as part of a change in growth strategy for the firm.
