Fireaway pizza to double its estate to more than 100 sites this year
Pizza takeaway brand Fireaway is set to double its estate to more than 100 sites this year, including opening 25 new sites in the next 25 weeks.
Archives for March 5, 2021
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Comment - The Budget provides much-needed relief, but what good is it without a rent solution?
Sunak’s Budget delivered the some desperately needed support for hospitality this week, but without a solution to the sector’s growing rent debt, businesses remain on a cliff edge.
Flash-grilled: Rose Ashby
The head chef of Spring at Somerset House on her love of Christmas dinner, childhood aspirations of being a PE teacher, and struggling to impress her six-year-old niece with pasta.
Friday Five: the week's top news
This week's main hospitality news stories include the Chancellor's Budget announcement; Sacha Lord challenging hospitality's delayed reopening date; and Tomahawk refuting claims it bullied staff into lending it money.
Root chef Rob Howell on his veg-centric cookbook
Rob Howell’s debut book showcases his creative approach to vegetable-led cookery and is packed with tips for those looking to put veg centre stage.
Multi-faceted vegan venue headed for Leeds
First time restaurateurs Will Habergham and Pj Gardner are to launch a plant-based restaurant and rooftop bar in Leeds this summer.
Pub group Antic London secures seven-figure CBILS package
London-based pub operator Antic has secured a ‘seven-figure’ CBILS funding package through alternative SME lender ThinCats.
Test and Trace 'barely used' check-in data from pubs and restaurants
Data from 'hundreds of millions' of check-ins by people who visited pubs and restaurants before lockdown was 'barely used' by the Test and Trace system.
Rosa’s Thai Veggie to return
Rosa’s Thai Cafe is to bring back its vegetarian spin-off Rosa’s Thai Veggie in the form of a virtual brand in London Fields with ambitions to open further delivery-only sites as well as explore bricks and mortar opportunities.
UKHospitality: business rates cap 'could threaten the survival of jobs and businesses'
UKHospitality has warned the £2m cap imposed on business rates relief in Wednesday’s (3 March) Budget 'could threaten the survival of jobs and businesses in the sector'.