The Government should make it a requirement for restaurant and pub chains with more than 20 outlets to spell out calorie counts as part of its upcoming child obesity strategy, the Local Government Association has claimed (LGA).
Restaurants signed up to Jamie Oliver’s voluntary sugar tax have raised over £50,000 towards the opening of free public water fountains in some of the most deprived areas of the UK.
Not being able to find enough skilled staff has been cited as the biggest threat to the restaurant sector for the year ahead, according to a poll of restaurant owners.
Businesses in the hospitality sector are being advised to make their recruitment process more ‘youth friendly’ to help safeguard the industry’s future workforce after a survey of 18-24-year-olds found they faced barriers when applying for jobs.
Jobs in the UK’s tourism industry have grown by 12 per cent over five years to 2014, more than double the growth witnessed across other sectors of the economy.
The US could experience an influx of British operators on its shores in the next few years with a number of restaurant groups looking at opportunities across The Pond.
They may only be a small component within the full guest experience, but as many hotel companies are realising, the choice of amenities put in a hotel’s bathroom can say a lot about a business and can determine how guests will view their stay.
A series of ‘offensive’ Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK) adverts criticised by vegetarians and vegans could lead to a drop in customer numbers at the chain, a new study has found.
Consumers are becoming increasingly adventurous with their eating and drinking out choice with the trend being driven by millennials, the Greene King Leisure Spend Tracker has shown.
The line that has been drawn between pubs and restaurants is blurring as restaurateurs are being priced out of London and pushed into pub operations, according to Michelin-starred chef, restaurateur and pub operator, Jeff Galvin.
McDonalds has announced plans to roll-out table service and its cooked-to-order burger range across hundreds of UK restaurants in a bid to challenge its high-end rivals.
Front-of-house staff at independent restaurants are better at making diners feel welcome than their counterparts at chain restaurants and gastro pubs according to research by HospitalityGEM.
Over 78m images have been tagged with #FoodPorn on Instagram, with a further 173m posts tagged #Food. With interest in this area so high, what can restaurants do to cash in on the social network?
The disparity between the supply of and demand for restaurant sites will remain in 2016 and will stretch to more parts of the UK as the market continues to swell says property agency Christie & Co.
#OMGB is a new VisitBritain campaign that encourages visitors to the UK to share some of their ‘amazing moments’ on social media to encourage others from abroad to visit Britain.
Sales at some of the UK’s largest restaurant and pub chains benefited from a last minute flurry of visits in the last two weeks of the festive season according to the latest Coffer Peach Business Tracker.
The UK could see a rise in high-tech restaurants over the next few years to cater to increasingly digital-savvy diners, Inamo co-founder Noel Hunwick has predicted.
For many, January marks a new beginning with consumers determined to stick to New Year’s resolutions and cut back on indulgent dishes after the festive season.
The hospitality industry has criticised ‘confusing’ new Government alcohol guidelines which warn that just one glass of wine could increase the risk of cancer.
The Feathers Inn pub in Hedley, Northumberland, is to follow in the footsteps of Michelin-starred kitchens by switching to a shorter working week to offer staff a better work-life balance.
The British Hospitality Association (BHA) has released a statement in response to Tricks of the Restaurant Trade, to offer guidance on cooking medium/medium rare burgers.
From spin classes on the forecourt to alcohol-free menus, restaurants across the UK are launching a host of healthy initiatives aimed at attracting detoxing diners to help avoid a post-Christmas sales slump.
The UK’s restaurant industry is set to suffer a slump in growth as the market becomes overcrowded, according to a report by foodservice consultancy, Horizons.
The Rio Olympics, the continued rise of grab-and-go food and a growing number of restaurant groups weighing up their exit strategies will each have an impact on the eating-out sector in 2016, according to predictions from industry experts.
A boom in tech-driven delivery, rising staff wages and changes to tipping laws: BigHospitality predicts what's on the menu for the restaurant industry in 2016.
Huge company mergers, robot room-service, record-breaking occupancy figures and the announcement of the National Living Wage; 2015 was a busy year for the hotel sector, but what does 2016 have in store? BigHospitality casts an eye over the coming year.
