Chefs and restaurant managers, including Marcus Wareing, Will Holland, Fred Sirieix and Michele Caggianese are among those who will be entering the boxing ring later this month in a bid to raise money for industry charitable programme Galvin's Chance.
Nottingham’s retail and leisure complex The Cornerhouse is set to welcome the 13th and 14th businesses to its food and beverage portfolio with the openings of Turtle Bay and Red Hot World Buffet restaurants.
The Middle East is becoming one of the fastest growing markets for the London hotel sector, with research from Hilton Worldwide revealing that one in four guests at London Hilton Park Lane come from the region.
Masala World, one of the world's most respected Indian restaurant groups, has scrapped its UK expansion plans and shifted its focus to overseas because current immigration legislation prevents it from employing skilled Indian chefs.
London hoteliers have questioned the assertion from the Government and tourism agencies that the hospitality industry will see a boost in trade from the Olympics in the next two years as hotels begin to assess the impact of the Games.
Andrew Marler, the businessman behind the refurb and launch of the Shepherd's Bush Empire and several pub businesses, has opened Baroque Café Bar & Grill; the second venue in his Hertfordshire-based Heritage Inns company.
Pub groups Greene King and Spirit Pub Company have admitted that the London 2012 Olympics disrupted summer trade, but the poor weather has not been a dampener on business as both firms have reported an increase in sales.
Hotel operator Rezidor, part of the Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group, has announced it has set a target of reducing energy consumption by 25 per cent across all its venues by 2016.
The 2013 edition of The Good Pub Guide has named The Cock in Hemingford Grey, Cambridgeshire its Pub of the Year in a year that has seen less complaints made about service than ever before and a more positive outlook from publicans.
Gideon Joffe, the restaurateur son of Giraffe founders Russel and Juliette Joffe, has unveiled plans to open his latest concept, a casual-dining chicken restaurant in Muswell Hill, north London.
Oakman Inns & Restaurants has announced it plans to sell its stake in The British Larder business and return to the acquisition trail following the purchase of former Berni Inn venue the Crown & Thistle in Abingdon-on-Thames.
Denmark-born chef Christoffer Hruskova, who won the North Road Restaurant its first Michelin star 10 months after it opened, has announced he has left the venue and is no longer involved in the business after a disagreement with co-owner Viviane Lorans.
In July, during the build-up to the London 2012 Olympics, hotels in London suffered a drop in occupancy of 10.2 per cent as a result of a fall in demand from leisure and tour group visitors but the city still led the way among major cities in Europe.
Andrew Page, chief executive of The Restaurant Group, has revealed plans for the burgeoning Coast to Coast brand to reach five sites by the end of the year saying the performance of the adult-orientated American concept had been 'phenomenal'...
Richoux Group, which operates the Richoux, Dean's Diner, Villagio and Zippers brands, has revealed it is targeting two new restaurant openings after a round of disposals helped deliver an operating profit for the company in the first half of the...
As is the case with restaurants and hotels, the pub sector is made up of a range of varying sizes of business, from the individually-owned freehold pub employing a handful of staff members, to the multi-site operator with thousands of recruits.
The capital's dining scene has experienced a 'rapid rebound' in the last year with a jump in the number of openings of 25 per cent, according to the latest Harden's guide which lists Dinner by Heston Blumenthal as the best meal in...
With a hotel’s reputation increasingly made or broken in a single tweet or TripAdvisor review, increased guest expectations and the need to provide as good an F&B offer as any restaurant or bar, staff training is arguably more crucial in hotels than...
Peach Pubs says it plans to restore The Star & Garter in Leamington Spa, to its 'former glory' after striking a deal with Greene King to acquire the lease on what will become its sixteenth pub.
Good Food Guide consultant editor Elizabeth Carter has praised the hospitality industry, claiming that consumers are currently enjoying a 'golden age of eating out'.
The British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) has warned pubs, bars and hospitality businesses using door staff to ensure all their employees have the correct level of training or face 'crisis point' when new Security Industry Authority (SIA) conditions...
Global hotel operator Accor has revealed it has increased its 'asset-light' target and now aims to own or lease just 20 per cent of the hotels in its expanding portfolio by the end of 2016.
Shelina Permalloo, the latest Masterchef winner, has reaffirmed her plans to enter the restaurant business and revealed she is in discussions over a possible location and financing with a concept now fully formed in her mind.
Ex-Petrus chef Michael Nadra is planning to open his second eponymous neighbourhood restaurant in Primrose Hill following the success of his first in Chiswick.
As those involved in training within hospitality have underlined in our previous article, developing staff can make a difference to consistency within a business, but if you don’t already have a training scheme in place it can be hard to know where to...
The restaurant and bar operators set to take residence in The Shard tower property development in London have been named with Roka duo Rainer Becker and Arjun Waney opening a new project alongside two concepts from Aqua Restaurant Group.
Visitors from overseas regard the UK's restaurants as one of the 'most welcoming' types of businesses they can go to, according to new research by marketing agency VisitBritain.
The founders of the Project London nightclub have announced they are to make the move into the restaurant industry when they open B-SOHO, a pizza restaurant and cocktail bar, in the capital next month.
With London Cocktail Week taking place in October, BigHospitality takes a look at the burgeoning trend of restaurants and hotels offering bespoke and themed cocktails to run in line with current events or to give them a point of difference – how much...
Darran Lingley, the 2011 winner of the BII Licensee of the Year competition, has acquired his second pub and revealed to BigHospitality he is hoping to make his third purchase before the end of the year.
Hotel management company BDL Management has begun development work on a 100-bedroom hotel in Brae on the Shetland Isles which will have a guaranteed 100 per cent occupancy rate for the first year as part of an agreement with energy firm Total.
The team behind Riddle & Finns Champagne and oyster bar in Brighton have opened a neighbouring restaurant in the form of Yum Yum Ninja, offering a modern take on Pan Asian cuisine with an outside courtyard and upstairs bar.
Hilton Worldwide has announced it will create 100 hospitality apprentice opportunities for school leavers and job seekers across the UK with the launch of the Hilton Apprenticeship Academy.
London Mayor Boris Johnson has praised recent investment by three overseas companies into the capital's restaurant and hotel sectors, claiming it proves that London is 'the best big city in which to start and grow a business.'
The value of activity in the UK hotel transaction market doubled in the first half of the year while London continues to dominate deals, according to new figures from Deloitte.
Glasgow Fort Shopping Park has announced details of a £9m leisure development which will see five restaurant units joining the F&B lineup at the park with Pizza Express and Chiquito taking up two of the spaces.
Jason Atherton is to appear in a new TV show tonight where he will give one of two chefs the chance to land a job working in the kitchens of his London restaurant Pollen Street Social.
The Hudson, a new late-night, New York-inspired cocktail bar and club, is set to open in Kilburn next month on the site of The Westbury bar and pool lounge, which closed in June.
Ellangowan Hotel, the Scottish venue made famous as The Green Man inn in the iconic horror film The Wicker Man, has been sold with the new owner pledging to keep the business open and preserve the site.
Self-service and multi-cuisine buffet restaurants are big - in size but also current popularity. However in terms of covers none is bigger than Za Za Bazaar in Bristol and BigHospitality took a behind the scenes look at the operation for a special video...
Two-Michelin-starred chef Nathan Outlaw is set to open his first standalone restaurant, Outlaw’s Fish Kitchen, in the coastal town of Looe in Cornwall, BigHospitality can reveal.
The spotlight is to be placed heavily on British street food this autumn, with awards celebrating the new wave of street food vendors being followed by a special focus at this year’s Restaurant Show.
Jamie Barber has revealed his Cabana restaurant in Westfield Stratford served more than 10,000 covers in the last week of the Olympics and he expects the Games to have a longer-lasting impact on businesses in the area.
