Lemon Pepper Holdings, the master franchisee for Wingstop UK, has hired Goldman Sachs to explore a sale of the business after six years of rapid growth.
Turtle Bay has launched a new initiative that allows salaried restaurant staff to reduce their work week from five days to four without any reduction in pay.
A campaign has been launched to save Boxpark’s original site in London’s Shoreditch after a planning requirement forced it to announce that it would close this summer.
Insomnia Cookies says it is ‘poised to accelerate growth’ after Krispy Kreme sold its majority stake in the business to Verlinvest and Mistral Equity Partners.
The Government has announced the launch of Skills England, a new body aimed at creating a ‘shared national ambition to boost the nation’s skills’ and ‘reduce reliance on overseas workers’.
Brighton-based fried chicken brand Lost Boys has returned to its roots and relaunched its original pub residency at The Joker near Preston Circus following the closure of its only restaurant.
Boxpark will close its original site in London’s Shoreditch by end of the summer ahead of plans to open new locations in Camden and Liverpool Street later this year.
Zero-hour contracts and ‘fire and rehire’ practises will both be banned under the Government’s new Employment Rights Bill, which it says will ‘introduce a new deal for working people’.
London-based Italian restaurant chain Spaghetti House has reported an ‘extremely difficult year’ in its latest financial results, posting a loss of £93,331 in the year to 31 March 2024.
Azzurri Group is to bring California-based fast casual concept Dave’s Hot Chicken to the UK with a view to opening 60 sites under the brand beginning in London next year.
Marugame Udon Europe parent company Toridoll Holdings is to take full ownership of the noodle restaurant group, with Capdesia successfully exiting its investment.
Hospitality leaders have said Labour must deliver on its manifesto commitments to replace business rates and reform the Apprenticeship Levy following the party’s landslide victory in the general election.
London-based pizzeria group Zia Lucia is aiming to reach 100 sites within five years amid plans to roll out a new international franchise model across Europe and the Middle East.
Gordon Ramsay Restaurants (GRR) is making its first move into India through a partnership with Travel Food Services (TFS), India’s leading travel food and beverage company.
Tortilla has acquired France’s largest fast-casual Mexican restaurant group, providing a platform to accelerate its ambitions to franchise across Europe.
Newly-formed pub and consultancy business Makers of Hospitality has revealed plans to open five pubs over the next 10 years as it targets becoming a £5m business.
