Funding hospitality: Where to get finance to start-up or grow a business
Attempting to gain funding to start-up a hospitality business or expand an existing one in the current economic climate, as many will know, is no easy task.
Archives for July 29, 2012
Dishoom Bombay café to open second site in Shoreditch
The team behind Dishoom, the Bombay café in Covent Garden, is set to open a second site in Shoreditch this autumn.
Orchid hands over 33-strong PBR estate to Eclectic
Managed pub operator Orchid has given full control of its Premium Bars & Restaurants (PBR) division to Eclectic Clubs & Bars in a bid to ‘focus on the core business and the assets that it owns’.
World Chocolate Masters 2013: UK finalists revealed
The five candidates who will battle it out for the chance to represent the UK in the 2013 World Chocolate Masters competition were revealed at a special launch event at London's Gherkin last week.
Brighton nightclub owners to open experimental dining and drinking venue in Islington
The founders of Brighton nightclubs Madame Geisha and Haunt have unveiled plans to open a new Victorian-style experimental dining, drinking and live entertainment venue on London's Upper Street this autumn.
Young’s set to open The Foley boutique hotel & pub
UK hospitality operator and brewer Young’s is set to open The Foley - a modern-day coaching inn, comprising a 17-bedroom boutique hotel, pub and dining room, in the Surrey village of Claygate.
First UK-grown wasabi now available to chefs
A UK firm claims to be the first European country to grow wasabi successfully and has set up a company to supply chefs with the plants from fresh.
Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and London 2012 Olympics ‘non-events’ for occupancy, claim hoteliers
Despite showing signs of overall economic optimism and strong profitability during the first half of 2012, Britain’s hoteliers and B&B owners believe that the nation's time on the world stage this summer will have no lasting effects on business.