This week's main hospitality news stories include warnings of double-digit price increases as VAT rises, SushiDog's plans for expansion, and Jeremy King losing control of Corbin & King.
Restaurateurs are being told to 'get ready for another difficult year' as hospitality grapples with the impact of VAT returning to its pre-pandemic level of 20% from today (1 April).
Jeremy King has lost control of the group that bears his and business partner Chris Corbin's name after its major shareholder, Minor International, fully acquired it in an auction held overnight.
The chef behind Chelsea’s Myrtle talks to BigHospitality editor Stefan Chomka about her high flying cooking career and what makes Irish dairy so special.
A high-end Chinese restaurant, the welcome reboot of a West End food hall, a veg-focused barbecue venue, and a revolving chef concept make up some of this month's most interesting new restaurant launches.
UKHospitality has warned the impending increase in VAT for hospitality businesses will give operators no choice but to pass on costs to consumers, with double-digit price rises expected.
French-owned Italian restaurant group Big Mamma is bringing its pizza delivery concept Napoli Gang to the high street with a site in London’s Ladbroke Grove.
Gladwin brothers Richard and Oliver are looking to build on the momentum of their recent restaurant opening in Richmond with another neighbourhood site, this time in Wimbledon.
Hospitality businesses are being urged to 'make the most' of extended licensing hours over the Platinum Jubilee weekend, with UKHospitality saying it represents an opportunity to boost the sector's recovery.
Quick service sushi roll concept SushiDog is planning a raft of openings in the capital with an eye to also expanding outside of London and eventually overseas.
Udon noodle restaurant group Marugame Udon plans to expand across the country with regional and local restaurant models, managing director Keith Bird has said.
The Government has launched an online survey to help understand 'the context and impact of a new commercial rent law, which came into effect last week.
Our most read news stories this week include Asma Khan's to relocate her Darjeeling Express restaurant for a second time, a disappointing mini-Budget and the full reveal of the brands that will go into JKS Restaurants' Arcade Food Hall.
The lease forfeiture moratorium, which has protected commercial businesses from eviction during the pandemic, has now expired and been replaced by a law to help resolve remaining rent debts.
The Good Food Guide will longer be released as an annual print publication and instead will function as a 'continuously updated' app, it has been announced.
Recovery in the UK eating out sector will be slower than than industry would have hoped with its value forecasted to reach only 79% of its pre-pandemic level.
Hospitality businesses in England face a ‘dangerous cost of doing business crisis’ with high street business rates set to rise £3.1bn on 1 April, according to Altus Group.
Brixton's iconic Market House is to reopen this week following an extensive refurbishment, with cult chicken brand Wingmans permanently taking over the kitchen.
Hospitality businesses have been left disappointed after Chancellor Rishi Sunak failed to offer fresh financial support in his Spring Statement to help firms weather rising cost inflation pressures.
Revolution Bar Group says it is to increase employees’ pay over and above the new increased National Minimum Wage this April – at a cost of £2m to the business.
Soaring energy costs are forcing some hospitality businesses to raise their prices and cut trading hours, according to a new survey by four leading trade bodies.
Former St Leonards chefs Andrew Clarke and Daniel Watkins have found a permanent home for their vegetable-focused barbecue concept Acme Fire Cult at 40FT Brewery in London's Dalston.
Gordon Ramsay has said the Covid-19 pandemic has 'wiped the arrogance from the industry', adding that it had also wiped the slate clean of 'crap' restaurants.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak is reportedly considering a freeze in VAT for hospitality businesses at the current reduced rate of 12.5% beyond April in his Spring Statement tomorrow (23 March).
