City Pub Company, the Enterprise Investment Scheme-funded pub operator, has secured two new venues in central London and an extra £7m in banking facilities to continue its UK expansion.
Anna Carmichael was announced as FutureChef 2014 yesterday (24 March) in Springboard’s annual cooking contest for 12-16 year olds, which is judged by leading industry chefs.
Eclectic Bar Group is using Brighton as the location for another new concept – this time for the launch of premium bar and restaurant brand, Dirty Blonde.
In the final part of our special feature on non-alcoholic drinks, BigHospitality travelled to the London School of Coffee in Kingston to meet artisan coffee producer Paddy & Scott's, and ask what restaurants and bars can do to improve their coffee...
The Professional Association for Catering Education (PACE) awards for outstanding commitments to hospitality training took place last week, with special focus on the Lifetime Achievement and National Chairman’s awards.
Hospitality and restaurant businesses from the Heathrow area have promised 1,066 new jobs for young people by 2015 at the British Hospitality Association’s latest Big Hospitality Conversation.
In the first part of our special series on non-alcoholic beverages, we look at the astronomic rise of coffee culture in the UK and ask how restaurants, bars and hotels can keep up with increasingly high consumer expectations.
Highfield Awarding Body for Compliance (HABC) are running a workshop Oxford this April for pub landlords and alcohol retailers to learn more about looking after their business and protecting customers.
Rococo Chocolates' principal chocolatier Barry Johnson has been chosen captain the UK team at the 2015 Coupe du Monde de la Patisserie, taking place in Lyon next January.
A pilot scheme running in 11 Scottish restaurants aims to prevent the equivalent of one in six meals going to waste by encouraging customers to take home their leftovers.
Wagamama and Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK) have joined Prezzo in introducing new mobile payment technology via the PayPal smartphone app to the whole of their estates.
Following another successful National Apprenticeship Week for the hospitality industry, a number of other hotels, restaurants and pubs have since stepped up to the plate to offer training and apprenticeship initiatives of their own.
The Henry Wolfe Collection is a new range of stylish fire safety products intended to complement smart restaurants and hotels. It consists of quality, modern pieces including fire extinguishers, door retainers and metallic safety signs.
The HS2 rail link, travel gadgets, ageing UK population and peer-to-peer sharing are set to have a profound impact on UK tourism in coming years, according to Euromonitor International.
PPHE Hotel Group is planning to build three new hotels in London and spend €8.4 million on upgrading four of its existing hotels, which will almost double its room count in the Capital.
Dev Biswal, chef patron of The Ambrette which has restaurants in Margate and Rye, has revealed plans to expand across the South East, with two new sites opening in the coming few months.
VisitEngland is today (19 March) launching a £2m Government funded campaign to support businesses affected by the recent severe weather and to drive holiday bookings in England.
Following the delivery of the 2014 Budget by Chancellor George Osborne earlier today, BigHospitality caught up with some of the key organisations representing pubs, hotels and restaurants as well as individual operators for their reaction.
Women 1st, the initiative which aims to increase the number of women working in senior positions in hospitality, is holding its third annual conference at the Marriott Hotel Grosvenor Square in London on 3 July 2014.
Pubs across the UK can breathe a big sigh of relief today as Chancellor George Osborne has once again scrapped the punitive escalator for all alcohol duties and cut another penny off the price of a pint of beer in his 2014 Budget announcement.
Campaigners are once again asking restaurants and pubs to slash prices on food and drink for a day in September to highlight the benefits of a VAT cut.
The Chancellor George Osborne will today present 'a Budget for a resilient economy'. But with further calls for another beer duty cut and a reduction in VAT, hospitality professionals will undoubtedly be among those watching most closely.
German combi steamer company Convotherm Elektrogeräte GmbH has launched Convotherm 4. This latest steamer aims to combine aesthetic design with functionality and low energy consumption.
Macdonald Hotels & Resorts has been investing heavily in its estate, with a £1.4m upgrade of the spa facilities at Craxon Wood hotel in Chester and a significant refurbishment of the Alveston Manor Hotel in Stratford-upon-Avon.
Heston Blumenthal, Fred Sirieix, Chris Corbin and Jeremy King were among some of the biggest names from the hospitality industry to receive honorary awards from the University of West London’s School of Hospitality & Tourism.
Marcus Wareing Restaurants, led by the eponymous two-Michelin-starred chef, is opening a third London restaurant in Covent Garden which marks an 'exciting stage of growth' for the business.
Albert and Michel Roux Jr Roux are returning to the horseracing circuit to run a restaurant at Epsom Downs Racecourse during the world-famous Investec Derby in June.
