Hospitality leaders are piling pressure on the Government and newly-appointed Prime Minister Liz Truss to act on spiralling energy costs, saying that hundreds of thousands of businesses will close if it doesn’t.
Poke bowl brand Poke House has chosen Cambridge as the location for its first outpost outside of the capital following a successful response to its Deliveroo Editions kitchen in the city.
The hospitality sector continues to face high levels of inflation despite relief in some commodities, the latest edition of the CGA Prestige Foodservice Price Index shows.
Boparan Restaurant Group (BRG) has begun the supermarket rollout of its restaurant and takeaway brand The Restaurant Hub with an opening in a Sainsbury’s supermarket in Sydenham and a second in Wolverhampton on the cards.
Peckwater Brands has acquired the operations of Honest Food Company in four European countries to become Europe’s largest operator of virtual food brands.
Prominent Ukrainian chef Yurii Kovryzhenko and his partner Olga Tsybytovska have launched their first restaurant venture in London's Chelsea, which puts their country's cuisine and culture front and centre.
An independent bar and restaurant in Harrogate, Yorkshire, has been required to change its name from Frog to Lilypad following a legal challenge from the Adam Handling Restaurant Group.
The bosses of KFC, Itsu, Just Eat, Pret a Manger, Pizza Hut and the Kebab Alliance have demanded a rapid VAT cut to protect businesses facing unprecedented short-term headwinds.
The Government has dismissed a petition calling for EU nationals to be permitted to come to the UK to work in hospitality, telling businesses to invest in the UK’s domestic labour force instead.
Hospitality trade bodies have warned the new Government 'must act quickly and decisively' to address soaring energy bills, after Liz Truss was named the UK's next Prime Minister.
A restaurant in Chigwell, Essex, which counts businessman Alan Sugar, boxer Tyson Fury and footballer Harry Kane among its regulars is to launch a London outpost in Mayfair.
More than 6,000 night time economy and hospitality businesses have written to their MPs demanding an emergency financial package to support them through the current cost of living crisis.
Josh and Holly Eggleton's Kickstarter campaign to support the opening of their new restaurant The Pony Chew Valley has closed having successfully raised more than its stretch goal of £110,000.
This week's top news stories include warnings the energy crisis could lead to mass business failures, BrewDog shuttering six sites, and Operation: Falafel announcing its London debut.
An immersive, adult-only competitive socialising concept inspired by classic fairground games and featuring street food kiosks and three bar areas is to launch in London's Canary Wharf next month.
Mykonian hospitality group Nammos is to make its London debut next year with the launch of a neighbourhood-style restaurant in the heart of Knightsbridge Village.
Delivery and takeaway sales for restaurants and pub groups were down by 19% in July, compared to July 2021, according to CGA’s Hospitality at Home tracker.
This month's key restaurant launches include Alex Dilling's return to the stoves at Hotel Café Royal, the latest venture from Brighton-centric restaurateur Raz Helalat, and Luke Farrell's Thai-focused Speedboat Bar.
The Piazza restaurant at Covent Garden’s Royal Opera House will open to the general public as well as ticket holders for the first time later this month following a relaunch.
Josh and Holly Eggleton's Kickstarter campaign to support the opening of their new restaurant The Pony Chew Valley has surpassed its initial £100,000 goal, with two days to go.
BrewDog co-founder James Watt has announced that six of the group's UK bars are to close permanently in the face of soaring energy and cost price increases.
The group behind Brighton’s Shelter Hall has launched its first permanent location in the capital with a rotating line-up of chefs set to take up residence.
UKHospitality has called on the Government to introduce a business rates holiday for the sector and reverse April's VAT rise to avoid the collapse of thousands of firms this winter.
Only half of Britain’s 10 biggest city centres are experiencing growth in out-of-home food and drink sales as momentum slows in the sector, new data shows.
Dubai-born street food concept Operation: Falafel is to make its UK debut next month in London's Camden, ahead of plans for a wider roll out across the country
Fine wine from St John, Pedro Ximénez cask-aged beer and a range of cider for people that don't like cider are among the key drinks launches this month.
UK restaurants saw an 8% increase in transactions during the summer bank holiday (27-29 August) compared with the previous year, according to the latest figures from Barclaycard.
There has been a significant drop in the numbers of high street chain stores closing, with restaurants seeing net growth, according to new data from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).
The soaring cost of energy threatens to cause 'mass business failures' across the hospitality sector, industry leaders have warned amid desperate calls for the Government to take immediate action.
Action Against Hunger UK has signed up over 200 restaurants for its annual Love Food Give Food campaign, which sees diners add an extra £1 to bills to help the charity support people across the world experiencing life-threatening hunger.
Hospitality trade bodies have renewed their call for urgent Government help amid soaring energy costs following today’s (26 August) energy price cap announcement from Ofgem.
The forthcoming closure of Kew restaurant The Glasshouse and the release of figures that show that three quarters of pubs and bar face extinction because of the energy crisis stole the headlines this week.
James Ramsden and Sam Herlihy are to launch a second Sons + Daughters restaurant having acquired the former Stoney Street by 26 Grains site in London's Borough Market.
Beirut-founded Japanese omakase restaurant Mayha is to launch a sister site in London's Marylebone next month, marking the first opening on UK shores for the Lebanon-based Nothing But Love group.
There are 'serious concerns' in the hospitality sector for the sustainable supply of CO2 after it was announced that Britain's last fertiliser plant will temporarily stop ammonia production.
