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Market Halls launches CVA proposals

Market Halls launches CVA proposals

By James McAllister

Market Halls has launched a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) proposal for four group entities in a bid to secure its future following more than a year of closure.

Restaurant Radar: June 2021 featuring Big Mamma Ave Mario Los Mochis Rudy's Pizza London Fork Lewes Dean Banks at The Pompadour

Restaurant Radar: June 2021

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This month's upcoming openings include Big Mamma’s biggest UK launch to date, former The Dairy head chef Richard Falk's debut restaurant, and the arrival of Rudy's Pizza in the capital.

Friday Five: the week's top news

Friday Five: the week's top news

By James McAllister

This week's main hospitality news stories include the return of Brighton's Due South, rising takeaway sales, and Dishoom being named the fourth best large company to work for in UK.

Café BAO Kings Cross restaurant

Latest opening: Café BAO

By Joe Lutrario

The BAO team’s largest and most distinctive restaurant yet is inspired by Asia’s Western-style cafés, offering creative takes on Western staples.

Igniting Hospitality led by former Gordon Ramsay Restaurants and JKS operations director Simon King has launched its first pub The Victoria in Surrey

Igniting Hospitality launches first pub

By James McAllister

A new hospitality group led by former Gordon Ramsay Restaurants and JKS operations director Simon King has launched its first pub location in Oxshott, Surrey.

Salon Levan and Larry's trio Nicholas Balfe, Mark Gurney and Matt Bushnell to launch Holm in Somerset

Levan and Larry's trio to launch Holm in Somerset

By James McAllister

The team behind popular south London neighbourhood restaurants Salon, Levan and Larry’s are to launch their first rural outpost this autumn in the village of South Petherton, Somerset.

Brighton restaurant Due South reopens on the beach

Brighton’s Due South reopens

By Joe Lutrario

Well-regarded Brighton beach restaurant Due South has reopened in its original location following a decade-long hiatus.

Base Face Pizza scores first permanent site in London's Hammersmith

Base Face Pizza scores first permanent site

By James McAllister

A pizza concept launched in lockdown as a charitable fundraiser is set to open its first bricks and mortar site in London's Hammersmith next month.

The Cheese Barge floating cheese restaurant Paddington

Latest opening: The Cheese Barge

By Joe Lutrario

All aboard... British cheese champions The Cheese Bar team have taken to the water for their third restaurant project.

Wine app Drop seeks franchises

Wine app Drop seeks franchisees

By Joe Lutrario

Wine delivery app Drop is seeking franchisees to help it establish a series of ‘dark store’ logistics hubs as the currently London-centric business looks to expand throughout the UK.

Friday Five: the week's top news

Friday Five: the week's top news

By James McAllister

This week's main hospitality news stories include the reopening of indoor trading, more expansion for Gordon Ramsay Restaurants, and the return of the Estrella Damm National Restaurant Awards

Hard Rock Cafe heads to Newcastle

Hard Rock Cafe heads to Newcastle

By James McAllister

Hard Rock Cafe is to open its first outpost in the north-east of England later this month, having secured a site at the Quayside’s historic Guildhall in Newcastle.

Electra plans to demerge TGI Fridays onto FTSE

Electra plans to demerge Fridays onto FTSE

By Georgi Gyton

TGI Fridays’ backer Electra Private Equity has said it plans to list the business on the FTSE Main Market late in the third quarter of this year.

The Lowdown: Drool ‘the world's first food hall’ devoted entirely to dogs in Bournemouth

The Lowdown: Drool

By James McAllister

A food hall that’s just for dogs and billed as a ‘world’s first’ is set to open in Bournemouth this summer. Get ready for the ultimutt canine experience…

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