The Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) has launched its first ever Community Pubs Month by releasing new statistics on the impact of the pub on the community and revealing the full list of Local Pubs of the Year winners now competing for the national title.
Reis Remzi, the 21-year-old son of Olgun Remzi, the owner of noodle restaurant chain Miso, has launched his own company and opened the first site under a new restaurant concept - Branded: Steak & Burger.
Three of the last remaining hotels from the Von Essen portfolio have been sold to different buyers in the space of a week, leaving just two of the company’s original 28 properties on the market – both of which are rumoured to be on the verge of deals.
Family-owned restaurant chain Spaghetti House is re-tuning its concept with the launch of a ‘new generation’ of boutique venues in a bid to attract local communities.
Roganic owner Simon Rogan has said he is planning to refocus his London restaurant and bring it closer to his other restaurants and research facility Aulis following the departure of head chef Ben Spalding.
Hotel chain Best Western has added the first two new hotels, in Cardiff and London Heathrow, to its Plus portfolio of venues which was created along with the Premier portfolio to better differentiate between facilities and standards in the brand's...
Gordon's Wine Bar in London has been named Place and Bar & Pub of the year at the first Qype Business Awards which also saw Wahaca and Vittoria Restaurant in Edinburgh take home prizes.
A group of London Hilton hotels are to mark Earth Hour 2012 on 31 March in a number of ways including by switching off lights and hosting candlelit dinners to support action on global climate change.
The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) and the Association of Multiple Licensed Retailers (ALMR) have welcomed the Government's official response to the Mary Portas Review to revive the high street which includes support for pubs and funding...
Gary Rhodes' new restaurant, bar and weddings and events suite at the Plymouth Dome site at Plymouth Hoe - Rhodes @ The Dome - will open in the Summer, it has been confirmed.
Inka has introduced a new range of barbecue ovens in time for the summer to add theatre and more efficient, ecologically sound and virtually smoke-free grilling to an al-fresco menu.
Chef Sriram Aylur embarked on his culinary career in his own father’s restaurant before working his way up to lead the kitchen at the Taj Gateway Hotel in Bangelore. It was there he launched his own Karavali restaurant which was voted one of the top five...
Pennyhill Park Hotel & Spa in Bagshot, Surrey, has been awarded the Tea Guild’s Top City and Country Hotel Tea Award 2012 after staff wowed judges with their warm service and extensive tea knowledge.
The Restaurant Group, Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) and Spirit Pub Company have all been named winners in the Menu Innovation Network’s annual Menu Innovation and Development Awards (MIDAS).
Spanish hotel brand Melia is hoping to find a commis chef for its new ME London hotel by asking potential candidates to submit a Masterchef-style video of themselves in which they can demonstrate their passion for food.
Alcohol sales are of course an essential revenue generator for most hospitality businesses. But soft drinks, smoothies, freshly squeezed juices and non-alcoholic cocktails could in fact generate even higher margins for more diligent businesses, especially...
Hotel services outsourcing company Hotel Solutions London Ltd and its franchised cleaning business Totally Clean Solution Ltd have been placed into administration after accruing tax debts of £2m.
Josh Eggleton, the owner and head chef of Michelin-starred pub The Pony and Trap pub in Chew Magna, Bristol, is to open a pop-up restaurant in the south-west city next month.
Just over a week since the 2012 Budget, hospitality operators are weighing up the effects of the policies contained in the Chancellor's speech on their businesses - but what wasn't said or what was notably missing for hotels, restaurants and...
Xavier Rousset and Agnar Sverrisson, the duo behind the Michelin-starred Texture restaurant, have secured a second site for their 28-50 Wine Workshop and Kitchen concept.
Grosvenor House A JW Marriott Hotel has created a new role of hotel manager to help manage operations at the 494-bedroom property on London's Park Lane.
Alan Murchison has unveiled news of two new restaurants to open under his 10 in 8 Fine Dining Group later this year, claiming that ‘a perfect location won’t guarantee success’.
Leading Asian and Oriental restaurateurs have welcomed the launch of a Hospitality Guild and People 1st initiative of five new training centres to develop cuisine-specific techniques but warned it may not solve short-term skills shortages caused by the...
French restaurant company, Le Duff Group, is to enter the UK restaurant market after announcing it is seeking franchise partners for its Italian pizza and pasta concept Del Arte with ten openings planned for the brand which currently has 107 sites in...
Loungers managing director Alex Reilley has revealed to BigHospitality that the ambitious expansion strategy for the company remains on track with at least eight openings a year planned from now on.
Publicans in rural areas of Wales have been promised a share of £1.3m to help develop services such as post offices, shops and computer training clubs alongside their core business.
Donostia – a 40-cover restaurant serving food in the style of northern Spain’s Basque region – is set to open its doors in London’s Portman Village next month.
Whitbread and J D Wetherspoon have been named among the best British employers in the Corporate Research Foundation (CRF) Institute's latest rundown of the leading companies in the country in terms of taking care of employees and providing excellent...
Hotels in the regions enjoyed a bigger rise in revenue per available room (RevPAR) than those in London for the first month in two and a half years in February, according to the latest market data from hotel consultancy firm PKF.
The Wrea Head hotel in Scarborough, one of four former English Rose Hotels Scarborough Ltd (ERH Scarborough) placed on the market last year following the company's collapse, has a new owner.
National tourist board VisitEngland has reported the success of the first ever English Tourism Week, which saw hospitality businesses from across the nation play host to over 400 special events and promotions.
Merlin Entertainments Group last week opened the Legoland Hotel in the Windsor resort after a £25m investment, the newest hotel in its portfolio of venues it operates at theme parks and attractions.
Starwood Hotels & Resorts has announced it plans to open 25 hotels in Europe over the next four years and the group's senior vice president for the region has suggested 'one or two' of those might be in the UK market which remains important...
Gordon Ramsay is suing Canadian restaurateur Danny Lavy for more than £1m after Lavy terminated the celebrity chef's consultancy at the Montreal restaurant formerly known as Laurier Gordon Ramsay and made comments about Ramsay's role in the...
Jessen & Co, the owner of Chelsea's Italian restaurant Ilia, has sold the site to the restaurant chain Obikà Mozzarella Bar blaming rising rent and rates in a small venue for the closure of the high-end establishment.
As we have seen in previous parts of this feature, food and drink can be a marriage made in heaven for restaurants and pubs. But cocktails, apéritifs and spirits are not products that tend to be associated with food and they are rarely even advertised...
Traditional pub food may not be the lifeline for publicans looking to tackle falling drink sales and pubs need to emulate the high street restaurant market in order to survive.
Peckforton Castle hotel's owner Chris Naylor, has said his business can finally move on after hearing the news that Max Kay, the bridegroom who deliberately set fire to the hotel following an argument over payment, has been jailed for six years for...
Members of the restaurant industry have expressed their disappointment at the Chancellor's lack of help for the sector in today's Budget, saying his claim that he will 'unashamedly back business' means nothing if he doesn't cut...
While one or two measures announced in today’s budget have been welcomed by the UK hotel industry, Chancellor George Osborne has left many businesses in the dark and avoided a number of major issues hampering the sector.
With up to 30,000 people departing from Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 3 every day, established food concepts and emerging brands are increasingly recognising the potential of such high-footfall transport hubs.
Britannia Hotels has bought two hotels in Scarborough – the Royal Hotel and the Clifton Hotel – out of administration, bringing its portfolio up to 39.
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), the Jumeirah Carlton Tower hotel and The Dorchester are among the UK hospitality businesses nominated for the European section of the 2012 World Travel Awards (WTA).
Channel 4’s hit reality TV show The Hotel is back in business this year and the production company is looking for an independently owned hotel to be the star of series three.
Scottish microbrewer and craft beer bar operator BrewDog plans to increase the size of its portfolio by 11 this year and with a venue in Nottingham now open and two more sites already planned is asking for input on specific locations and advice on where...
