Sales across the Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) estate went up 2.1 per cent last year, a period during which the pub and restaurant operator initiated 'significant cultural change' by focusing on streamlining the business and investing heavily...
Hilton Worldwide has today opened a Hampton by Hilton property in Luton taking its number of UK openings under the company's value brand to five this year with up to another 10 properties in the pipeline.
Pipers Crisps has added a chorizo flavour to its range of artisan crisps using a specially-created chorizo made in a farmer and butcher's on-site charcuterie in Kirkby Malham, Yorkshire.
The Belfry has appointed former City Inn operations director Lynn Hood its managing director to help oversee a £30m refurbishment of the famous golf resort, hotel and conferencing facility.
Nina Basset, managing director of the 10 in 8 business founded by Michelin-star chef Alan Murchison, has revealed details of the two forthcoming restaurant projects for the group which she says is not solely focused on gaining Michelin stars.
Sarah Frankland, head patissier at William Curley and winner of the 2012 inaugural Mövenpick Gourmet Dessert Chef of the Year competition, shares her top tips on how to sell more desserts at your restaurant, pub or hotel.
Hospitality operators have given a lukewarm welcome to the news that the average spend per visit to restaurants and pubs has risen by warning that the total number of visits is actually on the wane due to the rising cost of going out.
Pizza Express has emerged as the favourite restaurant chain of 18 to 24-year-olds, beating Nando's, Wagamama, GBK and Prezzo as the youth market's top choice when eating out.
As Team UK enters the final stage of preparations for the 2013 world final of the Bocuse d'Or, a fundraising auction held at University College Birmingham last week raised more than £4k to support Adam Bennett.
ChefTools, the exclusive UK distributor of the Pacojet, is now introducing the Kamado Joe indoor charcoal BBQ to the UK restaurant market for the first time.
HOSPA, the education organisation for hospitality professionals, revealed the winners of its Career Investment Development Scholarships during the HOSPACE 2012 Annual Conference and Exhibition held yesterday at the Sofitel Hotel in Heathrow.
Tony Dangerfield, the chief executive of De Vere Venues, has said he expects a positive change next year in the economy to lead to growth of the corporate events and meetings markets for hotels and venues.
London-based brewer and pub operator Fuller’s has delivered what it calls ‘a strong set of half-year results’ with both revenue and EBITDA up 8 per cent to £137.9m and £26.9m respectively.
Hospitality skills organisation People 1st is urging industry employers across the country to make use of a new £150m Government fund which offers financial support to develop and deliver their own training solutions to grow businesses.
Andrew Stembridge, managing director of Chewton Glen and Cliveden House hotels and chairman of the Master Innholders, is urging fellow hoteliers to continue to retain and invest in their staff, claiming ‘the power of people’ is enough to keep a business...
Bed, bath and table linen supplier Richard Haworth has introduced an innovative non-shrink header to its Madison and Richmond towel ranges in a bid to improve the appearance of towels in hotels.
Robert Cook, chief executive of De Vere Village Urban Resorts and now De Vere Hotels, is the son of a hotelier and was born into the hospitality industry. A restaurant lover, Cook worked for IHG and in Monte Carlo before joining Malmaison, rising to chief...
GO Food, the custom-made pizza concept created by Tim Entwistle and James Hoole, will focus on expanding further across London next year after experiencing a positive response to its Spitalfields site.
Out-of-home visits for lunch and afternoon snacks have dropped by six per cent over the past two years as breakfast and early evening meals are proving more popular, up by three and 12 per cent respectively.
Hotels across the country posted a solid set of results last month, with room yield in London growing by 3.8 per cent to £128.24, and by 2.4 per cent to £45.66 in the regions.
The Cumberland hotel’s W1 restaurant, previously overseen by Gary Rhodes, has re-launched under Michelin-starred head chef Paul Welburn with new menus and a new interior layout.
Cloud computing has revolutionised the hotel sector and will remain integral to the industry's future success, according to Claudia Harris, event manager of new trade show Hospitality Technology EXPO.
Former Toursim Minister John Penrose has weighed in on the debate surrounding regulations and red tape for the hospitality industry by calling on the Government to keep its newly-made promise to stick to a 'one in, two out' rule.
First Restaurant Group, owner of restaurants and pubs in London, including The Worlds End and Running Horse, has become the first hospitality company to sign up to Think Eat Drink's (TED) membership scheme in a bid to operate more sustainably.
Gary Davis, chief executive of Malmaison and Hotel Du Vin, has committed to opening 12 new hotels in the next three years as he denied reports the businesses are up for sale following the administration of MWB Group Holdings.
Air conditioning manufacturer Daikin has launched a new heat pump system for restaurants which offers potential cost savings of up to 50 per cent compared with a gas boiler.
Ashley Palmer-Watts has announced he is to climb Mount Kilimanjaro for Farm Africa and has challenged other chefs to join him as Bruno Loubet and Paul Foster joined the Dinner by Heston Blumenthal head chef last week to help raise more than £25k for the...
The restaurant industry is paying tribute to two senior chefs from Heston Blumenthal's three Michelin-starred restaurant The Fat Duck who were killed on Monday in a Hong Kong car crash.
Hospitality business owners are facing a potential rodent infestation crisis ‘similar to that of the Great Plague’ as a number of common rodenticides could be banned from use, reducing the number of effective pest-control methods available.
The Campaign for Real Ale is calling on the Government to introduce changes to planning laws in order to prevent pubs from being sold to supermarket chains and property developers; a problem the organisation says is leading to one pub a week becoming...
The 30th annual Roux Scholarship competition has opened for entries, giving young UK-based chefs the opportunity to win a career-changing stage at a three-Michelin-starred restaurant anywhere in the world.
Enterprise Inns has reported a fall in profits during the last year but said it was seeing improved performance trends across its estate as the operator looks to develop new pub concepts focusing on food, sport and the family.
Union Square Hospitality Group (USHG), the US restaurant group owned by restaurateur Danny Meyer, has confirmed plans to open an outpost of its burger restaurant brand Shake Shack in London next year.
Hot Hotels, a new app for the iPhone, Android and BlackBerry platforms, provides hotels with a means of getting rid of their perishable inventory, helping to fill otherwise unoccupied rooms.
Michelin-starred chef Robert Thompson is on a mission to transform the Isle of Wight into a top tourist destination with plans to open a new hotel and two restaurants at the seaside resort of Ventnor while becoming the island’s first ambassador under...
What is it like working in a two Michelin star, multi award-winning restaurant? In recognition of its unprecedented National Restaurant Awards hat-trick, Restaurant magazine spends a day in Brett Graham's cramped basement kitchen and attempts to...
Leading North West chef and restaurateur Aiden Byrne is hoping to open Manchester House, his fine dining restaurant with Michelin-star ambitions, in June next year and revealed 'culinary theatre' would be at the heart of the concept.
Ian Neill, former chief executive and chairman at Wagamama, has joined venture capitalist Chrysalis VCT in investing £1m in modern Japanese restaurant K10 with a view to helping the business expand further.
Thai restaurant group Chaophraya has increased its presence in Scotland with the opening of a restaurant in Edinburgh, just four months after opening in Glasgow.
Leading UK packaging supplier Tri-Star Packaging has introduced the Nibble Box to its refreshed range of solutions for caterers looking to enhance their takeaway or food-on-the-go offer.
The UK’s lunch market, already worth £14.9bn to the foodservice sector, looks set to occupy a growing share of overall sales in the next 12 months as consumers are looking for something quick, cheap and easy to eat.
Heineken has renamed its leased pub operator, the Scottish & Newcastle Pub Company, Star Pubs & Bars and extended its range of agreements, increased the flexibility of its existing leases and added new initiatives for lessees including a food...
Chef Phil Vickery has announced the winners of the CoeliacUK Gluten-free Chef of the Year competition which aims to raise awareness and highlight the need for increased provision of gluten-free menu options for people suffering with Coeliac disease.
Tourism figures released this week indicate that Britain is well-placed to build on encouraging inbound Olympic visitors, but a post-Games review by foodservice consultancy Horizons shows that the event actually came at a big cost for hotels, restaurants...
MWB Group Holdings, owner of the Malmaison and Hotel du Vin boutique hotel chains, has announced its intention to appoint Deloitte as administrators of the company.
The team behind Luke Johnson-backed, expanding business Gail's Artisan Bakery are set to launch their first restaurant, Gail's Kitchen, in Bloomsbury next week with a menu focused on bread-inspired and bread oven-baked dishes.
Sushi cookery school Your Sushi is now offering training courses to professional chefs and restaurant groups in response to growing demand for training following changes to immigration laws.
Peter Avis’s job in charge of the Virgin-owned Babylon restaurant at popular celebrity haunt The Roof Gardens is a far cry from his humble Liverpool beginnings and comes after a fascinating career straddling both sides of the Atlantic.
