Business Profile: Loch Fyne
Liz Williams, director and general manager of the UK’s biggest seafood restaurant group Loch Fyne, talks discounting, the competition and chasing the grey pound.
Archives for September 7, 2014
Tax Equality Day: 15,000 pubs and restaurants prepare to cut prices
Thousands of pubs and restaurants across the UK will slash food and drink prices on 24 September to highlight the benefits of cutting hospitality VAT.
Leaving restaurants’ web visibility to third parties ‘high risk’
It is crucial for restaurant businesses to control their own web visibility, according to the CEO of website-building firm FOODit.
Travelodge returns to profit and creates 206 jobs
Budget hotel chain Travelodge made a £5.6m operating profit in 2013 – its first positive result since its financial restructuring in 2012 – and is creating 206 jobs in the run-up to Christmas.
Five young chefs recognised in Craft Guild of Chefs’ Graduate Awards
The Craft Guild of Chefs has recognised five chefs under the age of 23 in its annual Graduate Awards, held on 5 September at the Landmark London Hotel.
Equity launches live entertainment campaign
Trade union Equity is calling on pubs and bars to host more live music, comedy and theatre events.
Hand Picked Hotels buys Grand Jersey amidst ‘difficult trading conditions’
Hand Picked Hotels has acquired the Grand Jersey Hotel and Spa, after posting a 2.9 per cent loss in turnover due to ‘difficult trading conditions’.