Independent south west-based brewer Bath Ales is set to open its 11th managed pub and its largest to date when the latest site under the Graze brand launches near Bath Spa train station.
Chef James Durrant recently saw his life ambition come true when he bought, renovated and opened his own restaurant – The Plough Inn in Hampshire. A protégée of Gordon Ramsay, Durrent worked within GRH for nine years, starting at Restaurant Gordon Ramsay...
Trade seafood supplier M&J Seafood has introduced a new service - the Tally initiative - which allows chefs to trace the fish they buy back to the fishmonger who prepared it.
Ex-England and Manchester United footballer Gary Neville's Manchester hotel, which he hopes to get started on next year, could be one of many if successful.
With Channel 4’s Hotel GB currently highlighting the importance of customer service standards in the UK (albeit in Big Brother fashion), the People 1st Training Company has developed a new programme to give UK managers the skills to create a long-lasting...
Marston's has revealed its move into opening pub restaurants is paying significant dividends by increasing the company's exposure to the casual dining market while the operator has committed to opening 20-25 new pubs in the 2013 financial year.
With Prezzo and Pizza Hut the latest branded national operators to up their gluten-free offerings, the rest of the industry needs to ‘get up to speed’ when it comes to catering for customers suffering with coeliac disease.
Andrew and Lisa Radford, the husband-and-wife team behind the long-running Edinburgh restaurants Atrium and Blue, have returned to the industry with the opening of a new restaurant called Timberyard which they are running with their three children.
Call Systems Technology has launched the Motorola CLP mini two-way mini radio for use in busy restaurants where staff need to be able to communicate with each other quickly and easily.
Dev Biswal, chef patron of The Ambrette restaurant which has sites in Margate and Rye, has revealed plans to expand the Indian fine-dining concept to six sites in the South East and London before embarking on a new business venture under a franchise model.
The De Vere Group has announced it has acquired a site in Portsmouth for the first new hotel under its Village Urban Resorts concept since relaunching the brand earlier this year with negotiations taking place in four other locations for further new venues.
High street restaurant chains were the big winners in last night's Academy of Food and Wine Service (AFWS) 2012 Annual Awards for Excellence with two Brasserie Blanc and TGI Friday's general managers scooping the top prizes.
Street food vendors The Pizza Pilgrims have been appointed chef consultants at Clapton pub The Princess of Wales, which has re-launched this week following a five-week revamp.
Stoneleigh Park is the first exhibition and events venue in the UK to have installed Snoozebox – a new transportable modular accommodation concept which has allowed the hotel to increase the number of its bedrooms from 58 to 138, in just two days.
Restaurant and pub groups such as Nando's, Pizza Hut, Mitchells & Butlers and JD Wetherspoon are cutting their energy consumption across the business by as much as 15 per cent by getting their staff to make small changes to their behaviour.
Ever wondered who is running the kitchen for Heston Blumenthal, Marcus Wareing or Jason Atherton when they are busy in TV studios or planning their next business move?
Legacy Resorts and Hotels has joined forces with hotel operator Longrose Buccleuch to form a new hotel management company in a bid to capitalise on the growing branded hotel market.
Gordon Ramsay is dishing out the orders in the restaurant, Mary Portas is in charge of the rooms and Gok Wan is running the bar. The stars of Hotel GB think the show will have an eventual wider impact on our hospitality industry - are they right? BigHospitality...
With an ever-growing number of customers booking accommodation based on the environmental credentials of the business, BigHospitality has spoken to hotel giant Rezidor and Snowdonia-based Brynn Bella guest house to discover whether the long-term benefits...
Brighton vegetarian restaurant Terre a Terre has been forced to close temporarily after a fire swept through its ground-floor kitchen in the early hours of this morning (1 October).
Fast-casual Mexican restaurant chain Tortilla has been able to continue with its plans to operate up to 25 sites in the UK by the end of 2013 after securing £2.25m of funding from bank group Santander.
The celebrity staff of Hotel GB, which airs on Channel 4 this evening, hope that the show will set a precedent for hospitality businesses to help tackle youth unemployment by taking on more apprentices of their own.
La Hechicera, a premium rum from Colombia is now available in the UK and is being aimed at mixologists and bartenders at high-end bars and restaurants.
Pub and bar operator Orchid Group has reported a 5.4 per cent drop in EBITDAR in 2011, although turnover grew by 3.7 per cent to £179.6m as the company announced a £20m programme which will see all of its wed-led pubs become food-led.
Barracuda Pub Company has been renamed The Bramwell Pub Company in a restructuring which sees ex-Mitchells & Butlers chief executive Adam Fowle appointed as chairman and the newly-formed company benefitting from a credit facility of up to £10m from...
Lionel Chatard is general manager of Middlethorpe Hall in Yorkshire, a National Trust hotel. The 40-year-old Frenchman worked at Claridge's and The Cadogan hotels in London before moving to his current role. He is also chair of the York Hotelier...
Arjun Waney, the man behind Le Petite Maison, The Arts Club and one half of the duo behind Zuma and Roka, is set to launch Coya – a contemporary Peruvian restaurant and private members bar - in Mayfair this November.
Mark Poynton, chef-patron of Alimentum restaurant in Cambridge, awarded its first Michelin star yesterday, has revealed ambitions to open a second site in London.
Around 2.2 million barrels of cask, equating to some 633 million pints, were sold in the UK last year, marking a 1.6 per cent uplift in volume on 2010 - the first increase in sales of the drink since 1991.
In the last part of the BigHospitality guide to new Christmas products available to hospitality businesses, we put the spotlight on Just Desserts latest range of alternatives to Christmas pudding including a Fever Tree ginger beer cheesecake.
Rezidor executive vice president and chief operating officer Wolfgang M Neumann is to take over as president and chief executive of the company when Kurt Ritter retires at the end of the year.
The Michelin Guide 2013 for UK and Ireland has awarded two stars to L'Enclume, Sketch and Michael Wignall at The Latymer in a year that sees Dabbous, Alimentum and Heston Blumenthal's pub The Hinds Head receive their first Michelin stars.
It doesn't matter how much you've prepared,what events you’re running,or even if you’re thinking of doing something completely differentthis year, if you want to have yourself a profitable Christmas, the quality and variety of the food and drink...
Ex-DJ turned restaurateur Martin Morales has announced plans to open a second restaurant in London following the success of Ceviche in Soho's Frith Street.
Chefs and restaurateurs across the country are being forced to reconsider the meat options on their menus after a global shortage of pork and bacon has been deemed ‘unavoidable’ next year by Britain’s National Pig Association.
With Red Tractor Week currently underway, a new survey from the not-for-profit organisation has revealed that over half of diners (56 per cent) now look for its symbol when eating out.
Colbert, the new restaurant from The Wolseley and Delaunay owner Rex Restaurant Associates, is set to open its doors in Chelsea next month with Andrew Woodford as head chef and Daniel Craig as general manager.
Giggling Squid, a small Thai restaurant group with four sites across Sussex and Kent, has revealed bold plans to become the first major national Thai chain with a target of 50 sites over the next five years.
Foodservice wholesale distributor and supplier 3663 has released details of its Christmas range of products including new luxury crackers and the return of Woodland Kraft sustainable crackers.
Shaun Rankin has announced plans to quit his role as head chef at Jersey's Michelin-starred restaurant Bohemia to focus on a solo venture and his TV career.
As we’ve seen, preparing for the festive season early on is vital if you want it to go smoothly for your business, impress your customers and ultimately keep tills ringing.
Strong performances across the areas of beer, food and accommodation at Shepherd Neame has led to the brewer, pub and hotel operator experiencing a pre-tax profit rise of almost 40 per cent to £9.1m.
With less than two weeks to go before the final of The Craft Guild of Chefs National Chef of the Year competition, BigHospitality spoke to the competition’s judges to find out exactly what they’re looking for from the eight remaining candidates.
A competition for event caterers and the debating of hot industry topics are two of the features of this year's Restaurant Show, which opens at Earl's Court 2 in less than two weeks.
The new ‘business bank’, which will be handed £1bn of taxpayers’ money in a bid to kick-start lending to small and medium-sized British firms, is ‘missing the point’ and will have to overcome the same barriers as high street lenders.
