Fish and chip shop chain Harry Ramsden's has been bought by Fishworks owner Ranjit Boparan who plans to open up to another 100 sites over the next five years
The British Beer & Pub Association has called the government's planned mandatory alcohol code 'lop-sided and unbalanced' because it focuses too heavily on pubs and not enough on supermarkets.
Hotel du Vin and Malmaison owner MWB Group has put two of its Edinburgh hotels on the market as part of an ‘evaluation of the group’s corporate strategy and brand identities’
Gordon Ramsay is confident his restaurant at Claridge's will win back its Michelin star next year and said losing it will give new chef de cuisine Steve Allen the chance to feel the triumph of winning the star himself
Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester has joined The Fat Duck, The Waterside Inn and Restaurant Gordon Ramsay as a three star restaurant in the 2010 Michelin Guide for Great Britain & Ireland
Charles Morgan is the general manager of The Forbury Hotel in Reading, Von Essen’s newest five star property rescued from administration last October, and the first in the group’s new Metropolitan Set
Property values in the restaurant, hotel and pub sectors fell sharply in 2009, but there was an increase in transactions on the previous year as operators snapped up bargains across all three sectors
Action Against Hunger (AAH) is appealing to the UK’s restaurants to support its emergency response to the Haiti earthquake, which is feared to have killed 50,000 people
Scottish chef Nick Nairn is to open a restaurant at Doubletree by Hilton hotel, Dunblane Hydro at the end of the month following the hotel's £12m refurbishment.
Toptable users have voted Gidleigh Park Restaurant in Chagford, Devon, the best restaurant in the UK, as the online restaurant reservation service unveils its Top 100 Restaurant Awards
The Marine Hotel in Devon has been acquired by the Harbour Hotels Group, and following an extended period of closure, will reopen in March as a four-star hotel
The Conservative Party has said it wants to push forward with the Food Standards Agency's efforts to get restaurants to display nutrional information on menus and will do away with unit labels on alcohol if it gets into power at the next General...
Michelin starred Belfast restaurant Deanes has temporarily closed after freezing temperatures caused a pipe to burst, flooding the premises and damaging its structure
Last month educators, established chefs and other stakeholders were invited to discuss the future of catering education in the UK and now we want your views
UK hotels are leading the upturn in Europe according to a survey by hotel price comparison website Trivago with room prices rising on average 2 per cent to £91 in the last month
Gordon Ramsay has named Lasan in Birmingham as Britain’s Best Local Restaurant in the F Word final, after beating The Pheasant from Keystone in a cook-off aired on Channel 4 last night
Hotels, restaurants and pubs across the UK have been affected by heavy snowfall and icy conditions, with many losing business through absent staff and booking cancellations
Eight fire engines and over 40 firefighters were called to fight a blaze at the Little Bay restaurant in Battersea on New Year’s Day, just as the restaurant finished its first service of the year
Pizza Express has added low calorie and low alcohol red and white wines to its Leggera range to appeal to customers watching their weight or alcohol intake and help fulfil its healthy eating commitment to the Food Standards Agency
Pub operator Charlie McVeigh has announced plans to roll out his Draft House concept this year following the launch of his first beer-focused pub on Northcote Road in Clapham last year
Beer tax continued to rise and a record number of pubs closed, but it wasn't all doom and gloom in the pub sector in 2009. As the year draws to a close take a look back with BigHospitality at the major events of this year
Operators in London’s Smithfield Market claim to have lost thousands of pounds’ worth of trade and stock because energy supplier EDF failed to stop power cuts over the Christmas period.
The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) is calling on consumers to help fund a legal challenge against the Office of Fair Trading’s (OFT) report that ruled out action against the beer tie.
Restaurateur Jamie Barber, owner of the Villandry and Kitchen Italia brands, has called for large restaurant companies to do more to persuade the government to support the industry
The Academy of Food & Wine has highlighted the importance of good communication between front and back-of-house teams as it starts the search for the Gastronomy Team of the Year 2010
Helen Darroze’s Michelin-starred Espelette restaurant at The Connaught in Mayfair has been blasted by animal welfare activists for serving Dutch veal when waiters claimed it was British
Michelin-starred Indian chef Atul Kochhar is to open Colony Bar & Grill, a new mid-market venture, with restaurateur Carlo Spetale in Marylebone in February 2010
The Orchid Group has bought 43 former Premium Bars & Restaurants (PBR) sites taking its portfolio to 292 pubs, bars and restaurants across the UK and safeguarding more than 1,500 jobs
Bar/restaurant operator Drake & Morgan has announced plans to expand in London next year, with the launch of a third site near St. Paul’s Cathedral in April 2010
The Chancellor confirms that alcohol tax increases will remain in place after announcing in his Pre Budget Report that the VAT rate will return to 17.5 per cent in January
