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The first of two strikes on the London Underground disrupted the journeys of millions of commuters this week, but for the capital’s restaurant and pubs, the business effects were varied, with some actually reporting an increase in trade.
The founding director of Pied à Terre and L’Autre Pied, as well as the six-month pop-up Pieds Nus – all in London – discusses front-of-house, the key to industry longevity, and his latest project, barbecue restaurant 160 in Hampstead.
Restaurateur Rebecca Mascarenhas has renewed plans to open her modern Italian trattoria concept Bibo, having secured the site of what used to be Gregg Wallace’s Wallace & Co restaurant in Putney.
Shangri-La Hotels & Resorts will open its 202-bedroom hotel complete with restaurants, bars and event spaces over 18 levels of the 72-storey Shard Building in the spring.
SCA Hygiene Products UK has launched a new countertop hand towel dispenser offering a neater alternative to piles of folded towels, with slim design to minimise space.
Whitbread has announced plans to open a second Hub by Premier Inn hotel in Edinburgh.
Foodservice sustainability group Footprint has launched a new initiative to encourage hospitality and catering businesses to source more British food.
With 18 pubs closing every week across the UK, new research from the Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) has found that two of those pubs are being converted to supermarkets, despite objections from local residents.