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Thirteen hospitality businesses have made it onto the 2013 Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work For list, with TGI Friday’s (3), Hawksmoor (5) and Living Ventures (9) all taking spots in the top 10.
Silvena Rowe has quit her role as chef-patron at Quince to focus on building her TV career and start up a new restaurant business.
Charity venue The House of St Barnabas has partnered with café-deli chain Benugo for the opening of The Club – a new, not-for-profit members’ club – in autumn 2013.
German hotel chain Pentahotels has announced it plans to open five new properties in the UK this year, adding to its only existing venue in this country in Reading.
Boutique hotel and restaurant operator Unlisted Collection has announced it is to reopen the former St John Chinatown hotel and restaurant as One Leicester Street in May.
US hotel management company Interstate Hotels & Resorts is aiming to grow its UK portfolio to 100 over the next five years following its acquisition of hotel development company Sanguine Hospitality Management.
Howard Spooner and Dipak Panchal, the duo behind London nightclubs Dukebox and Mahiki will open a new bar, restaurant and club in South Kensington later this month called 3 Cromwell Road.
Cheftools, the UK importer of food preparation machine Pacojet, has launched a new and improved model - the Pacojet 2 - the first since the product came to the market 25 years ago.