An extension to the relaxation of rules related to takeaway pints and al fresco dining are at the centre of Boris Johnson’s plan to 'level up' the country.
The Government is reportedly considering plans to introduce so-called 'vaccine passports' for hospitality in the autumn, despite a recent review concluding there should be no legal requirements for their use.
Gino D'Acampo opening a restaurant in London, Tom Kitchin's restaurant group facing allegations of bullying, and the challenges of the self-isolation rules for hospitality business are among this week's most read stories.
The family-run team behind highly-regarded Italian restaurant Il Portico in London's Kensington have launched a nearby sister site that focuses on the food of Italy's Emilia-Romagna region.
Brighton-based premium fried chicken brand The Bok Shop is to launch two new restaurants within four weeks of each other, beginning in Hastings at the end of the month.
Roberta Hall-McCarron is to relocate her bijou Edinburgh bistro The Little Chartroom to a larger premises and use the original site to launch a new concept later this year.
Former Dinings Harcourt and Roka chef Collin Hudston is to lead a new restaurant launching within Japanese/Nordic retail and dining space Pantechnicon in London's Belgravia later this month.
The end of Covid restrictions on 19 July has been dismissed as 'a complete fallacy' unless self isolation rules currently forcing hundreds of hospitality businesses to close are changed.
Food and drink prices continued their upward trend in May with basket costs up by 2.5% on April, the latest edition of the CGA Prestige Foodservice Price Index shows.
Big Mamma's flair for grandiose ostentation remains undimmed with its third London restaurant, which combines glitz, glamour and decadence with a dash of Roman Catholicism.
Chris Leach and David Carter are planning to launch a second iteration of their nose-to-tail, British-Italian restaurant Manteca in London's Shoreditch.
Hospitality groups including Martin Williams' Rare Restaurants and City Pub Group are planning to continue with mask-wearing rules and social distancing beyond 19 July.
Greek street food player The Athenian is set to launch three new delivery kitchens across London, as it begins to rebuild its estate following the departure of co-founder Neo Christodoulou.
Hospitality could face a 'cancelled' summer after the Government announced that no changes will be made to Covid self isolation rules until the middle of next month.
A hospitality recruitment drive for the hospitality and tourism sectors in Scotland has been launched in a bid to encourage more young people into the sector as a result of shortfall due to Brexit.
Almost a third of consumers plan to eat out less frequently than they did pre-pandemic, according to the Lumina Intelligence UK Eating Out Market Report 2021.
Hospitality venues will no longer be required to only operate table service and nightclubs can finally reopen when England moves to the last phase of its Coronavirus lockdown roadmap.
Fledgling vegan fast food brand Ready Burger has ended its crowdfunding campaign having successfully raised nearly £2m to help fuel its plans for 'rapid' growth across the UK.
Boris Johnson is expected to confirm the lifting of most remaining Covid-19 restrictions in England will go ahead on 19 July with social distancing and restrictions on bar ordering scrapped.
A new peaty whisky from Yorkshire, classy new Cawston Press bottles, New Orleans-style cold brew coffee and seaweed-infused rum make up some of this month's most interesting drinks launches.
The 'unmanageable' test and trace system for hospitality businesses dominated this week's news stories, with restaurant businesses claiming it is creating a lockdown in all but name.
Top Cuvée founders Brodie Meah and Max Venning are further expanding their portfolio with the launch of an underground wine bar in London's Bethnal Green later this summer.
This month's upcoming openings include chef Fernando Trocca's London debut, Sally Abé’s Art Deco-inspired fine dining restaurant The Pem, and the launch of Sessions Arts Club with chef Florence Knight.
D&D London is to launch a paid summer school training programme that aims to secure employment for people looking to enter hospitality but have little or no previous experience.
Chefs Ryan and Liam Simpson-Trotman, who own Oxfordshire fine-dining restaurant Orwells in Henley-on-Thames, have saved a disused Shiplake pub from demolition and now plan to relaunch it early next year.
Nightclubs and music venues are set to reopen without the need for Covid tests or so-called 'vaccine passports', in a major boost to the beleaguered night-time economy.
Businesses in Wales that continue to be affected by Covid restrictions will receive up to £25,000 of additional support from the Welsh Government, Economy Minister Vaughan Gething has announced.
Mexican-born chef Adriana Cavita, who previously cooked at El Bulli in Spain and Pujol in Mexico City, is to launch her first solo restaurant later this year in London's Marylebone.
Former Hill & Szrok general manager and partner Jimmy Stephenson is to launch a bottle shop and wine bar in London Hackney's De Beauvoir neighbourhood.
Hospitality trade bodies have called on the Government to consider introducing mitigation measures to help alleviate rising operating costs for business still facing weeks of restrictions.
Thousands of people including industry workers from across the night-time economy took to the streets of central London yesterday (27 June) to protest ongoing lockdown restrictions imposed on the sector.
