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Bunmi Okolosi, former manager of Peruvian restaurant Lima, has taken the helm of a new restaurant in Marylebone - The Lockhart - which will be inspired by the cuisine of the American Southwest and is the brainchild of two Texan couples now living in the UK.
Brothers Will and Ben Thompson plan to launch Vivo, an all-day Italian restaurant and their first hospitality business, in Islington in the autumn but the pair have already used an innovative cook-off to employ their head chef.
Pub operator JD Wetherspoon is set to open its first licensed venue on the motorway network, with chairman Tim Martin claiming it will be ‘the first of many’ for the group.
Hospitality businesses across the UK raised more than £10k for Hospitality Action earlier this month during the industry charity’s annual fundraising event, HA Week.
P&G Professional, the away-from-home division of Procter & Gamble, has introduced a new washing-up detergent its Deepio degreasing range.