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Business profile: San Carlo

Business profile: San Carlo

By Paul Wootton

Food, atmosphere, hard work and passion have helped San Carlo become one of the most successful family-owned restaurant companies in the UK – and landed them a franchise deal with one of the Middle East’s richest companies

Whitbread to sell four pub restaurants

Whitbread to sell four pub restaurants

By Emma Eversham

The group puts three standalone Brewers Fayres and one Table Table on the market to focus on its strategy of running restaurants with hotels alongside

John McClements keeps and rebrands Ma Cuisine

John McClements keeps and rebrands Ma Cuisine

By Becky Paskin

Chef/restaurateur John McClements has relaunched Ma Cuisine in Barnes as Le Provence, just weeks after attempting to sell the site as part of a ‘strategic review’ of his business

Diners eat out more but spend less

Diners eat out more but spend less

By Emma Eversham

Diners say they intend to eat out more over the next year, but will spend less on alcohol, starters and desserts when they do, according to the quarterly QuickBite survey

Heather Mills buys Redwood vegan foods

Heather Mills buys Redwood vegan foods

By Becky Paskin

Just weeks after launching her first vegan café in Brighton and Hove, animal rights campaigner Heather Mills has announced her acquisition of the Redwood Wholefood Company

Hilton to open two more Doubletree hotels

Hilton to open two more Doubletree hotels

By Emma Eversham

The hotel group continues the expansion of its upscale Doubletree brand in the UK by signing franchise agreements for hotels in Bristol and Milton Keynes

Restaurants count cost of Dean Street blaze

Restaurants count cost of Dean Street blaze

By Emma Eversham

Two Soho stalwarts - Quo Vadis and Signor Zilli – see trade drop during the busy tourist season following a major fire in a building in Dean Street

Balaji Hotels buys first UK property

Balaji Hotels buys first UK property

By Becky Paskin

Indian company Balaji Hotels has acquired its first UK-based property in Kettering, Northants, as part of plans to build a small portfolio in Britain.

Barnsley House Hotel finds new owner

Barnsley House Hotel finds new owner

By Emma Eversham

The Cotswold hotel and one of the pubs owned by the same company are bought out of administration by Calcot Health and Leisure

The Criterion Restaurant reopens

The Criterion Restaurant reopens

By Emma Eversham

Marco Pierre Whites former Piccadilly Circus restaurant re-opens under new owner Georgian millionaire Irakli Sopromadze

Restaurant operators warned against discounting

Restaurant operators warned against discounting

By Stefan Chomka

Restaurant operators have warned against the dangers of using two-for-one deals to stimulate the market and predicted that overuse of the practice could be damaging for the industry as a whole

Galvins name Spital restaurant La Chapelle

Galvins name Spital restaurant La Chapelle

By Becky Paskin

Chris and Jeff Galvin have announced they are to call their latest restaurant at St. Botolph’s Hall in Spital Square Galvin La Chapelle, after a 13th century French chapel they ‘felt a connection’ with

Reuben Brothers to take over PBR?

Reuben Brothers to take over PBR?

By Rosie Birkett

Property investors the Reuben Brothers are in exclusive talks to acquire troubled bar and restaurant chain Premium Bars & Restaurants for the sum of £52 million

Chefs Mark Hix & Heston Blumenthal win awards

Chefs Mark Hix & Heston Blumenthal win awards

By Emma Eversham

Chefs Mark Hix and Heston Blumenthal were among the winners at last nights Guild of Food Writers awards after impressing judges with their latest cookbooks

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