City Pub Group prepares for ‘more efficient, streamlined business'
City Pub Group will reopen with a “reset, more efficient, streamlined business”, executive chairman Clive Watson has told the markets.
Archives for June 12, 2020
Flash-grilled: Mark Wogan
Working with his brother Alan, Mark Wogan runs pizza-by-the-slice group Homeslice, which as well as recently reopening for delivery, has also launched a take and bake service across the capital.
Friday Five: The week's top news
As the Coronavirus crisis continues to dominate the headlines, we round-up some of the main stories regarding how it has affected the hospitality industry in the past week.
Sam Harrison on his re-opening plans and his upcoming celebrity quiz night
Hammersmith restaurant Sam's Riverside plans to relaunch as soon as the Government allows with a new seafood terrace offering.
Drinks
Liquid assets: all the latest drinks launches
From pre-bottled Negronis and British rum to a caffeine-spiked liqueur and perfume-inspired gin, here's this month's rundown of the latest drinks products vying for space on your back bar
Corbin & King launches delivery service to help top-up staff wages
London-based restaurant group Corbin & King has launched a home dining offer as a way to raise further funds to top up the wages of furloughed staff.
Action Against Hunger and Hospitality Action fundraiser launched
Chefs, restaurants, cafes and pubs from around the UK are coming together together for an online charity auction to raise funds for Action Against Hunger and Hospitality Action.
Restaurant described as the 'antidote to the C word' to open next month
A restaurant that has been purposely designed for customer distancing is due to open in Cornwall’s St Moritz Hotel next month.
Hicce pair to launch food market
Hicce duo Pip Lacey and Gordy McIntyre are to open a food market next week in the space below their restaurant at Coal Drops Yard in London's King's Cross.
Renewed calls to relax two-metre rule and introduce Autumn bank holiday in APPG report
Just 11% of hospitality businesses have been able to operate normally during the Coronavirus lockdown according to a report from The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Hospitality and Tourism (APPG).
Pre-booking. Perspex screens. Pub hosts. How Greene King's pubs will operate post lockdown
Greene King has unveiled details of how its pubs will look and operate ahead of them re-opening, under its set of ‘Pub Safe’ promises.
Hospitality redundancies loom once JRS changes in August
Restaurant businesses will be forced to slash staff numbers when the Government’s Job Retention Scheme (JRS) moves into its next stage in August, according to the latest weekly Hospitality Leaders Poll by MCA Insight/HIM.
Le Pain Quotidien secures partial rescue deal
Bakery brand Le Pain Quotidien's UK operation has reportedly been sold in a pre-pack administration deal.