Edinburgh-based chef restaurateur Tom Kitchin has warned the various restrictions being imposed on hospitality venues across Scotland are leaving businesses struggling to pay their bills and at risk of collapse.
High street restaurant chains including McDonald’s, KFC and Subway have apologised after being accused of illegally denying toilet access to couriers delivering their food and drink during lockdown.
More than 70% of hospitality and pub businesses could become unviable and close in 2021 as a result of the pandemic, industry representatives have warned.
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is to contact around 4,000 hospitality businesses asking them to check their claims for meals in the Government’s Eat Out to Help Out (EOHO) scheme.
Filipino fast food chain Jollibee is to open a new flagship UK site in London's Leicester Square next year, with openings in Edinburgh, Leeds and Cardiff also planned.
Delivery-only restaurant Poké the Bear has announced the opening of two new UK kitchens and has appointed The Goring Hotel's executive chef Richard Galli to redesign the menu.
Sven-Hanson Britt, Tris Hillier and Scott Ward have launched restaurant on the London City Island development on Leamouth Peninsula in Docklands with former Maze chef James Durrant as executive chef.
The group behind London restaurants Sumosan Twiga and Crazy Pizza is launching an online restaurant delivery concept that will bring five new food brands to the capital.
As it celebrates its 30th birthday, Chutney Mary's founders Camellia Panjabi, Namita Panjabi, and Ranjit Mathrani reflect on how they helped shape Indian fine dining in the capital.
UKHospitality chief executive Kate Nicholls has said it is 'imperative' the current lockdown in England is time limited so that as many businesses as possible can reopen in December.
Restaurants and pubs in parts of Scotland face ‘permanent closure’ following today’s (17 November) announcement by Nicola Sturgeon that 11 local authorities across the west of Scotland will move into the highest level of lockdown restrictions later this...
The Night Time Industries Association (NTIA) says it fears nightclubs will become 'extinct' in UK culture as businesses continue to face no roadmap for reopening and growing financial pressures.
Hospitality charity Only a Pavement Away and its chef ambassador Tom Aikens are raising funds for people in the sector through a new campaign that is targeted at furloughed chefs.
A stricter tier system could come into place once the lockdown in England is lifted following calls from public health officials to act to limit the further spread of Coronavirus.
Pret A Manger is to rollout its delivery-only ‘Dinners by Pret’ evening meal service to 30 sites around London, having previously trialled the offer across seven of its UK stores.
A landmark test case brought by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) against a number of leading insurers over business interruption payouts heads to the Supreme Court today (16 November).
We round-up some of the main hospitality news stories from the past week including the extension of regulations allowing restaurants and pubs to operate as takeaways and Purezza's global expansion.
Northern Ireland's leaders have announced a one-week extension to the country's 'circuit-breaker' lockdown, with the hospitality industry allowed to begin partially reopening from next Friday.
The roll-out of tiered regional Coronavirus restrictions further depressed sales in Britain’s managed pub, restaurant and bar groups in October, latest data from the CGA Coffer Peach Business Tracker show.
Upcoming Greenwich Peninsula development the Design District is looking for operators to provide food and drink to 10,000 creatives, students and residents, as well visitors to the O2.
Next month sees the Great British Menu (GBM) return for a festive mini-series in which past winners and veteran chefs battle it out to cook for NHS workers.
The Gleneagles Hotel says it will remain close throughout the festive season and all of January after tougher lockdown restrictions were announced for Perth and Kinross.
Whitbread is set to significantly reduce the number of job cuts it proposed in September, suggesting the furlough extension and recent vaccine hopes could soften the employment crisis in hospitality.
Pubs and restaurants in Scotland 'will not survive Christmas' if they are forced to close earlier than 10pm, the Scottish Hospitality Group (SHG) has warned.
From Michelin-starred meal boxes from James Lowe, Jason Atherton, Michel Roux Jr and Simon Rogan to vegan DIY taco kits and Sri Lankan dinners, here are the latest nationwide restaurant meal kits.
Over two-thirds of hospitality leaders are ‘strongly’ or ‘slightly’ optimistic about the long-term future of the UK hotel market, with the majority also predicting a rise in profitability over the next five years, according to a new survey from Deloitte.
Four months after being forced to close his eponymous Michelin-starred restaurant in the Welsh coastal town of Penarth, chef James Sommerin has opened a new site in nearby Barry.
Plans for a total ban on online adverts for foods high in fat, sugar and salt (HFSS) 'risks clobbering thousands of takeaways and restaurants', says the British Takeaway Campaign (BTC).
Leaders from the hospitality sector are calling on the Government to adapt the current Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) and Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) temporarily, which they say will incentivise investors to help rebuild the hospitality...
Fast food giants McDonald’s and Pizza Hut have entered into partnerships with plant-based food producer Beyond Meat to boost their meat-free offerings.
