Following high demand, BrewDog has extended the investment deadline for its Equity for Punks crowdfunding programme and increased its target to a maximum of £50million.
Buns & Buns, the US-based restaurant that debuted in the UK at a delivery-only kitchen in Canary Wharf, has confirmed it is launching a bricks and mortar site in Covent Garden.
From the latest casualties of the downturn in the restaurant market to a departure at The Fat Duck, we round-up some of the top stories you might have missed this week.
Restaurant magazine has announced the results of its annual Readers’ Choice Awards, which throw a spotlight on the hospitality sector’s best products, suppliers, brands and equipment.
The six-figure revamp of the John Burton-Race – Restaurant with Rooms in Torquay has apparently caused owner The Richardson Hotel Group to fall into administration.
The Restaurants Association of Ireland (RAI) is calling on its members to take non refundable deposits for bookings in a crackdown on the number of people failing to turn up to a restaurant reservation.
The World’s 50 Best Restaurants has teamed up with Spain’s Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria financial group (BBVA) to launch a new scholarship programme for aspiring chefs across the globe.
A former corporate lawyer who held senior roles at Domino’s Pizza and Mitchells & Butlers will open an ethical fried chicken restaurant on Bristol’s Whiteladies Road later this month.
Londrino is the first solo restaurant from chef Leandro Carreira. The London Bridge restaurant serves Portuguese-inspired dishes in a contemporary way.
Italian food chain Strada has closed more than a third of its restaurants, blaming disappointing trading and rising costs in an “increasingly competitive market”.
Chef Scott Hallsworth’s crowdfunding campaign to take his Asian concept Freak Scene from a pop-up to a permanent London site has failed to hit its target.
Restaurateurs have started the new year by taking to social media to admit how tough 2017 was and discuss how they may need to change their formats to survive the next 12 months.
Restaurants with a strong meat and dairy free offer are set for a boom this month with a record number of people having registered to go fully vegan for the first month of the year.
