The government has announced that the business rates holiday is to be extended to all businesses in the retail, leisure and hospitality sector for the next 12 months, to help those struggling with the ongoing Coronavirus.
Hospitality industry charity Only A Pavement Away, which supports the homeless, ex-offenders, and vulnerable veterans with jobs in hospitality, has committed funding to ensure its members don’t fall back into destitution in light of growing concerns over...
Over 60,000 people have signed a petition calling on the Government to offer guaranteed support to the hospitality industry as Coronavirus continues to hit businesses.
Restaurant operators are unlikely to be covered by insurance if there was an official government lockdown on bars and restaurants because COVID-19 will not be included in many businesses’ insurance policies.
The restaurant industry has reacted with a mix of anger, confusion and dismay at the Government’s advice that people stay away from pubs and restaurants as containment of the Coronavirus picks up pace.
Restaurant operators need to start asking themselves how they will be able to keep their staff employed while being closed for five to six weeks, according to the co-founder of Big Mamma Group.
A guide for hospitality business on how to deal with the ongoing Coronavirus outbreak, featuring advice from public health experts and doctors, has been published online.
Hotel group Best Western Great Britain says it will consider turning hotels into temporary hospitals if the NHS needs additional bed space during the Coronavirus outbreak.
James Campbell and April Lord of law firm Pillsbury on the legal implications the Coronavirus has for restaurants, including risk assessments and force majeure in contracts.
28-year-old Irish chef Adrian Martin has opened his first ever restaurant – a contemporary fine dining concept with a classic, old school appearance – within a Camden shipping container.
Restaurant companies including Harts Group and Kricket are asking their customers to purchase gift vouchers to combat the Coronavirus’s potentially disastrous impact on their cashflow.
Scottish-born chef Nico Simeone is to hand his debut restaurant, 111 by Nico, over to head chef Modou Diagne, in order to focus his time on further building the Six by Nico brand.
In light of the ongoing COVID-19 health situation William Reed Business Media, publisher of BigHospitality, has taken the difficult decision to postpone the NEC UK Food Shows.
Large hospitality businesses were “utterly ignored” in yesterday’s Budget despite being on the “front line” of the Coronavirus impact, UKHospitality has said.
Rob Webster-Shaw and Jonathan Jones, the founders of top London gastropubs Anchor and Hope, Canton Arms, and Magdalen Arms and formerly of 32 Great Queen Street, will open neighbourhood pub The Clarence Tavern in Stoke Newington later this month.
The Irish private equity firm which bought Patisserie Valerie out of administration last year has merged the café chain with its Bakers + Baristas business.
A number of restaurants in London’s Chinatown appear to have temporarily closed in a bid to limit the impact of the Coronavirus outbreak on their bottom line.
Trade body UKHospitality is calling on the Government to support food, drink and leisure businesses threatened by the outbreak of the Coronavirus, with measures including a three-month suspension of business rates.
Confidence among the bosses of Britain’s pub and restaurant groups has been fractured by the double whammy of Coronavirus and the Government’s new immigration policy, according to new snap poll.
Trade body UKHospitality has warned that more than 200,000 job vacancies across the sector will be left unfilled if the Government’s new immigration bill is enforced in its current form.
An average of six restaurants, pubs or bars closed every day in Britain last year, according to latest Market Growth Monitor from CGA and AlixPartners.
My Neighbours the Dumplings head chef Joe Allen and fellow chefs and friends Trung Nguyen and Aaron Thomas are organising a charity dinner to raise funds for Meningitis Now.
After five years and one aborted attempt, Hawksmoor is about to open the doors of its first international restaurant, in New York. What possessed the owners of a meat-focused restaurant to make a play in the home of the steakhouse?
Growing hysteria surrounding the spread of the Coronavirus has led a slump in restaurant bookings and footfall, and things are unlikely to improve any time soon…
David Moore and chef Asimakis Chaniotis have opened a chef’s table above Michelin-starred restaurant Pied à Terre on London’s Charlotte Street, where Asimakis is executive chef.
McCain has teamed up with the Happiness Index to discover what really makes diners happy when eating out. And guess what... it’s chips that make the difference!