Sales across the Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) estate went up 2.1 per cent last year, a period during which the pub and restaurant operator initiated 'significant cultural change' by focusing on streamlining the business and investing heavily...
Hilton Worldwide has today opened a Hampton by Hilton property in Luton taking its number of UK openings under the company's value brand to five this year with up to another 10 properties in the pipeline.
The Belfry has appointed former City Inn operations director Lynn Hood its managing director to help oversee a £30m refurbishment of the famous golf resort, hotel and conferencing facility.
Nina Basset, managing director of the 10 in 8 business founded by Michelin-star chef Alan Murchison, has revealed details of the two forthcoming restaurant projects for the group which she says is not solely focused on gaining Michelin stars.
Tony Dangerfield, the chief executive of De Vere Venues, has said he expects a positive change next year in the economy to lead to growth of the corporate events and meetings markets for hotels and venues.
London-based brewer and pub operator Fuller’s has delivered what it calls ‘a strong set of half-year results’ with both revenue and EBITDA up 8 per cent to £137.9m and £26.9m respectively.
Andrew Stembridge, managing director of Chewton Glen and Cliveden House hotels and chairman of the Master Innholders, is urging fellow hoteliers to continue to retain and invest in their staff, claiming ‘the power of people’ is enough to keep a business...
GO Food, the custom-made pizza concept created by Tim Entwistle and James Hoole, will focus on expanding further across London next year after experiencing a positive response to its Spitalfields site.
Hotels across the country posted a solid set of results last month, with room yield in London growing by 3.8 per cent to £128.24, and by 2.4 per cent to £45.66 in the regions.
The Cumberland hotel’s W1 restaurant, previously overseen by Gary Rhodes, has re-launched under Michelin-starred head chef Paul Welburn with new menus and a new interior layout.
First Restaurant Group, owner of restaurants and pubs in London, including The Worlds End and Running Horse, has become the first hospitality company to sign up to Think Eat Drink's (TED) membership scheme in a bid to operate more sustainably.
Gary Davis, chief executive of Malmaison and Hotel Du Vin, has committed to opening 12 new hotels in the next three years as he denied reports the businesses are up for sale following the administration of MWB Group Holdings.
The restaurant industry is paying tribute to two senior chefs from Heston Blumenthal's three Michelin-starred restaurant The Fat Duck who were killed on Monday in a Hong Kong car crash.
The Campaign for Real Ale is calling on the Government to introduce changes to planning laws in order to prevent pubs from being sold to supermarket chains and property developers; a problem the organisation says is leading to one pub a week becoming...
Enterprise Inns has reported a fall in profits during the last year but said it was seeing improved performance trends across its estate as the operator looks to develop new pub concepts focusing on food, sport and the family.
Union Square Hospitality Group (USHG), the US restaurant group owned by restaurateur Danny Meyer, has confirmed plans to open an outpost of its burger restaurant brand Shake Shack in London next year.
Michelin-starred chef Robert Thompson is on a mission to transform the Isle of Wight into a top tourist destination with plans to open a new hotel and two restaurants at the seaside resort of Ventnor while becoming the island’s first ambassador under...
What is it like working in a two Michelin star, multi award-winning restaurant? In recognition of its unprecedented National Restaurant Awards hat-trick, Restaurant magazine spends a day in Brett Graham's cramped basement kitchen and attempts to...
Leading North West chef and restaurateur Aiden Byrne is hoping to open Manchester House, his fine dining restaurant with Michelin-star ambitions, in June next year and revealed 'culinary theatre' would be at the heart of the concept.
Ian Neill, former chief executive and chairman at Wagamama, has joined venture capitalist Chrysalis VCT in investing £1m in modern Japanese restaurant K10 with a view to helping the business expand further.
Thai restaurant group Chaophraya has increased its presence in Scotland with the opening of a restaurant in Edinburgh, just four months after opening in Glasgow.
The UK’s lunch market, already worth £14.9bn to the foodservice sector, looks set to occupy a growing share of overall sales in the next 12 months as consumers are looking for something quick, cheap and easy to eat.
Heineken has renamed its leased pub operator, the Scottish & Newcastle Pub Company, Star Pubs & Bars and extended its range of agreements, increased the flexibility of its existing leases and added new initiatives for lessees including a food...
MWB Group Holdings, owner of the Malmaison and Hotel du Vin boutique hotel chains, has announced its intention to appoint Deloitte as administrators of the company.
The team behind Luke Johnson-backed, expanding business Gail's Artisan Bakery are set to launch their first restaurant, Gail's Kitchen, in Bloomsbury next week with a menu focused on bread-inspired and bread oven-baked dishes.
Peter Avis’s job in charge of the Virgin-owned Babylon restaurant at popular celebrity haunt The Roof Gardens is a far cry from his humble Liverpool beginnings and comes after a fascinating career straddling both sides of the Atlantic.
The owners of Netherlands-based hotel group Marbella Club has purchased the historic Tophams Hotel in Belgravia through their newly launched UK acquisition vehicle, Imperial Hotels London.
Global hotel operator Accor and UK-based drinks firm Diageo have been named on the list of the 25 best multinational workplaces in the World by The Great Place to Work Institute.
Stonegate Pub Company has opened bar and restaurant Missoula and nightclub Luna following the major refurbishment of a High Street building in the West Midlands town of Solihull.
Nando's was named Best Overall Restaurant Chain at last night's R200 Awards where Geronimo Inns, Banana Tree and Byron were also rewarded for their work within the eating-out sector.
The Park Inn Heathrow hotel has become the Park Inn Hotel & Conference Centre in recognition of its new conference and meeting facilities which have been included as part of a multi-million pound investment across its estate.
Seafood Pub Company, the dining-led pub group set up by Jocelyn Neve and chef Antony Shirley last year, has acquired its third pub as it looks to expand its operation across the North West.
CAU, Charlie McLean’s Argentinian steak concept which opened its first restaurant in Guildford last year, is set to launch a second site in Cambridge in January followed by a third in Kingston later in 2013.
The Hospitality Guild has unveiled a shortlist of nominees for its first ever apprenticeship awards, designed to honour apprentices, employers and training providers.
Brighton's vegetarian restaurant Terre à Terre, which closed in October after a fire broke out in the kitchen, has been forced to remain shut over Christmas due to 'red tape delays' and a long wait for new equipment.
Brasserie Bar Co, the group behind the Raymond Blanc-founded casual dining chain Brasserie Blanc, maintains the view that its rare lamb's liver dish does not pose a health risk to customers, despite having been banned from serving it at all of its...
Peter Weeden, formerly the head chef at The Boundary and Paternoster Chop House, is set to go it alone for the first time with the launch of a Fitzrovia bar and restaurant - Newman Street Tavern.
No.12 Picardy Place in Edinburgh, former home to Mark Greenaway’s eponymous restaurant, is re-launching as a boutique hotel, bar and terrace under new branding and with new directors The Edinburgh New Town Company.
London-based burrito restaurant group Poncho 8 has revealed details of its third restaurant in the capital ahead of 'several' new sites next year as the chain looks to meet an ambitious expansion target.
Japan Centre Group, which owns the eponymous food shop on Regent Street, have opened the nearby Shoryu Ramen, specialising in authentic tonkotsu ramen noodles from the Hakata district of Fukuoka city.
Award-winning pub chef and former MasterChef: The Professionals contestant Justin Brown has revealed details of his latest project - heading up the kitchen at The Palmer Arms in Windsor as he helps position the venue as a gastropub ahead of possible group...
Back in 1991 Eren Ali bought a failed Italian restaurant on a Bristol back street. Two decades later, Las Iguanas is the biggest player in the South American space.
The owner of Pizza Hut's global business, YUM! Brands, has sold its UK Pizza Hut restaurants to specialist restructuring investor Rutland Partners which it says will help it complete a turnaround of the business.
