Chef Patrick Powell and his team at Allegra are launching a four-week pop up next month to enable London restaurants without outside space to take advantage of the Stratford restaurant’s rooftop terrace.
Six former Seafood Pub Company sites have been acquired from administrators by the Oakman Group, with its founder Joycelyn Neve joining Oakman to oversee a new Seafood Pub division.
Diners will return to city centre restaurants post the pandemic, but in smaller numbers than in pre-Coronavirus times, hospitality operators are predicting.
Mitch Tonk’s Rockfish restaurant chain has secured a location in Salcombe, Devon, that will take its total number of sites up to nine when it opens next spring.
The Scottish Government has admitted in a freedom of information (FOI) response that it has not produced or sourced any specific evidence to support the restrictions on Scotland’s hospitality sector.
The Government is to extend planning exemptions designed to make it easier for hospitality businesses to set up al fresco dining areas by another year.
This week's main hospitality news stories include the Chancellor's Budget announcement; Sacha Lord challenging hospitality's delayed reopening date; and Tomahawk refuting claims it bullied staff into lending it money.
Data from 'hundreds of millions' of check-ins by people who visited pubs and restaurants before lockdown was 'barely used' by the Test and Trace system.
Rosa’s Thai Cafe is to bring back its vegetarian spin-off Rosa’s Thai Veggie in the form of a virtual brand in London Fields with ambitions to open further delivery-only sites as well as explore bricks and mortar opportunities.
UKHospitality has warned the £2m cap imposed on business rates relief in Wednesday’s (3 March) Budget 'could threaten the survival of jobs and businesses in the sector'.
Since June 2020, KFC's Spanish and French business has been working with Deliverect to optimise its online delivery operation, which has been scaled up rapidly during the pandemic.
The rates holiday for the hospitality, leisure and retail sectors in Wales will be extended for a further 12 months, Finance Minister Rebecca Evans has announced.
US burger chain Wendy’s is 'on track' to begin opening restaurants in the UK in the coming months, with five sites expected to launch before the end of the year.
Chefs and restaurateurs have reacted positively to the measures for hospitality businesses laid out in the Chancellor’s budget, although many would still like to see more support given to the sector.
Hospitality trade bodies have broadly welcomed today's (3 March) Budget by the Chancellor, but warn that long-term stimulus will still be needed as the sector starts to recover.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has confirmed that both the business rates holiday and VAT cut for hospitality businesses will be extended into the next financial year.
Hospitality businesses in Northern Ireland have 'a genuine fear' more firms will collapse after the Executive's pathway out of lockdown failed to confirm when the sector can unlock.
Low 2 No Bev, the UK hospitality sector’s first dedicated B2B show for the low and non-alcoholic drinks categories, will take place in the capital on 9-10 June.
Hospitality leaders have implored Rishi Sunak to properly support businesses in today's (3 March) Budget, describing it as 'arguably the most important day in the history of the sector'.
Leaders from across the hospitality industry are urging the Government to protect apprenticeships funding and youth employment in order to make training and the development of the future hospitality workforce a cornerstone of the recovery.
The value of the UK restaurant sector is expected to grow by 32.1%, to reach £11.7bn, in 2021, on the back of market contraction of 53.1% last year, according to a new report from Lumina Intelligence.
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The branded restaurant segment of the UK eating out market is set to experience a further outlet decline of 0.5% in 2021, new research from Lumina Intelligence’s Operator Data Index indicates.
Wagamama and Frankie and Benny's operator The Restaurant Group (TRG) has revealed that it has a 'cash burn rate' of £5.5m per four-week period during lockdown.
Steakhouse restaurant group Tomahawk has refuted claims by the GMB Union that it is bullying its staff after it asked its workers to lend it the money to pay employers National Insurance and pension contributions.
A Government report has said more must be done to address the issue of growing commercial rent arrears, warning that business indebtedness remains a major barrier to recovery.
Chicken wing brand Wingstop will open restaurants in in Canary Wharf, Kingston-Upon-Thames, Birmingham, Bristol and Reading as part of its plans to open 10 sites in the UK this year.