The finalists for the 2011 Great British Pub Awards (GBPA), organised by BigHospitality’s sister publication The Publican’s Morning Advertiser, have been revealed.
An apprentice restaurant scheme that lost vital government funding this year received a further blow this week when it was forced to close two branches due to the London riots.
Whitbread, the UK’s largest hotel and restaurant group, is to sell and leaseback seven Premier Inns and adjacent restaurants to LaSalle Investment Management for £53.8m.
The man behind Marlon Abela Restaurant Corporation (MARC) oversees eight top-end restaurants, split between London and New York, as well as the US-based FPB bakery brand.
Cote Restaurants, the French bistro chain founded by Andy Bassadone and Chris Benians and owned by Richard Caring, has opened its first site in Wiltshire.
Prime Minister David Cameron has promised to help businesses repair the damage caused by rioting and looting across England in the past few days, by unveiling a raft of cost-cutting measures.
Hoteliers are looking forward to 2012 with 'cautious optimism' according to a report by property agents Knight Frank who found that many are even considering expanding their business next year.
Jason Atherton’s Pollen Street Social has been named the best new UK restaurant by the Good Food Guide 2012 (GFG), entering its list of the UK’s Top 50 Restaurants at number eight.
It is too early to anticipate what the long-term cost rioting and looting around the UK will be to the hospitality industry and the 2012 London Olympic Games, but experts believe the overall cost to the British high street will reach tens of millions...
In the second part of this feature series, first published in Restaurant magazine, we bring you one definition to replace the term 'gastropub' as we attempt to redefine the market as we see it today.
Restaurant and bar operators should encourage their British staff to take up sommelier as a career to balance the level of foreign sommeliers in the hospitality industry.
InterContinental Hotel Group’s (IHG) new chief executive Richard Solomons has said he does not think the London riots will stop tourists from visiting the capital for next year’s Olympic Games.
Pubs and restaurants in areas affected by rioting have been advised to temporarily close down for the protection of their staff and customers if the situation escalates out of control.
Kitchen staff armed with rolling pins were forced to protect diners against rioters at two Michelin-starred restaurant The Ledbury last night, after looters threatened them with rocks and knives to hand over valuables.
Restaurants and pubs across the capital were among the businesses vandalised in the riots which have broken out across many parts of London over the past few days.
Professional licensing body The British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) has launched the first apprenticeship programme for the pub sector to help fill a skills gap identified by the industry.
Plans have been submitted to transform Newcastle’s iconic Co-operative building into a 231-bedroom hotel complete with restaurants, retail outlets and gym.
Concierge service Bon Vivant has reported a 37 per cent rise in bookings for fine dining restaurants during the first quarter of this year with Japanese restaurants proving most popular with its clients.
Otarian, the US-based fast-casual vegetarian restaurant chain, has pulled out of the UK just a year after launching its first restaurant on Shaftesbury Avenue.
London hotels have ‘convincingly shrugged off the recession’, having recorded the 19th consecutive month of year-on-year profitability growth, while provincial hotels also return to growth.
The Royal Horseguard hotel’s new bar manager Neil Millington didn’t start out in the hospitality industry following three years at college, neither did he undertake an apprenticeship. At the age of 29 he was approached to leave his job as a cigar retailer...
Restaurants, hotels and pubs, including Lancaster London and Grand Imperial restaurant, tell us about the extra activities and promotions they’re planning to keep their business thriving.
Restaurant, hotel and pub owners are being urged to invest in new equipment for their business now if they want to benefit from a special tax allowance.
The owners of a group of historic hotels have purchased the 130-bedrooom Fishers Hotel in Scotland’s Pitlochry, which they plan to “give a new lease of life” to.
Almost half of UK pub owners have reported a fall in sales over the past year, although serving food has been the saving grace for many pubs, according to a new survey.
Having an online presence for your restaurant, pub or hotel is crucial nowadays. But how do you go about this if you’re a small business with little budget to spare and no technical know-how? This article takes you through the first basic steps, which...
BigHospitality has teamed up with hotels discount specialist LateRooms.com to help find the hotel in the UK offering the very best service to its guests.
We’re moving rapidly towards a cashless society, and with the rise of the smartphone as the one item we cannot live without, it’s inevitable that the future of payment is through our handsets.
Coffee shops and cafes have beaten pubs, fast food outlets and restaurants as the most popular places to eat and drink outside of the home according to a survey of 3,000 consumers.
Food writer and events organiser Sabrina Ghayour has announced plans to host a 'cheeky supper club' called The French Launderette in London this autumn to coincide with the launch of chef Thomas Keller's pop-up restaurant at luxury department...
Nearly three-quarters (74 per cent) of British diners claim calorie-labelled menus would help encourage them to make healthier choices when eating out, but research has found their intentions are vastly different from what they’d do in reality.
When the term 'gastropub' was coined in the ’90s few could have predicted its use would become so widespread. What was once a useful descriptor for a serious food pub has become a catch-all for all manner of places.
