Restaurant Openings

CDG launched its first grab-and-go site in London in 2014

Casual Dining Group begins Rapide expansion

By Sophie Witts

Casual Dining Group (CDG) is to launch its French grab-and-go concept Rapide in Inverness Airport in mid-September, with plans to expand across the UK.

Business Profile: Benugo

Business Profile: Benugo

By Stefan Chomka

Ben Warner was on holiday in South Africa when the fallout from his company’s plans to take over a family-run café on Hampstead Heath began. 

Greenwood at Nova will split over two floors and include a brow and lashes bar, barbershop, pool and ping-pong tables

ETM Group to open three new London sites

By Mark Wingett

ETM Group, the London-­based pub restaurant operator led by Tom and Ed Martin, is to open three new sites in the capital before the end of the year, including a 11,000sq ft pub & restaurant at the Nova development in Victoria.

Leon secures £19m funding towards expansion

Leon secures £19m funding towards expansion

By Mark Wingett

Healthy fast food chain Leon is set to open 50 new sites over the next four years after securing a new funding deal worth £19m from bank OakNorth, according to BigHospitality's sister site MCA.

L-R: Merlin Labron-Johnson and Stuart Andrew

SMALL TALK

Portland's chefs on opening their second restaurant Clipstone

By Stefan Chomka

Merlin Labron-Johnson and Stuart Andrew, the chefs at Michelin-starred Portland in Fitzrovia, on launching their second, more casual restaurant in Marylebone, and taking inspiration from New York and Ghent.