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Pontins invests in £50m redevelopment
03-Feb-2009 - Pontins have invested £50m in a redevelopment of its sites, creating over 2,000 new jobs
Guiding principles
03-Feb-2009 - Critics say they encourage elitist cooking and inflated egos. The compilers say they help consumer choice and put bums on seats. So are the restaurant guidebooks the industrys saviours or sinners?
Getting in the guides
02-Feb-2009 - Missed out on being listed in this year’s Michelin guide? Fancy bagging yourself an AA rosette? Read on for details of four of the best known, restaurant, hotel and pub guides and how you can maximize your business’s chances of appearing in them.
Choice withdraws brands from Real Hotels
02-Feb-2009 - Choice Hotels has withdrawn the Comfort, Quality and Clarion brands from Real Hotels that went into administration last month
Business profile: Leon
02-Feb-2009 - Henry Dimbleby and John Vincent set up fast food chain Leon after spotting a gap in the market. And they’ve got some pretty ambitious plans, including going worldwide.
Cote expands with sixth London site
02-Feb-2009 - Cote, the French bistro chain, has acquired another site in the capital, near London Bridge, bringing its portfolio up to seven
Subway to open 600 new stores by 2010
30-Jan-2009 - The take-away market continues to boom as the sandwich chain announces plans to open more stores and create 7,000 new jobs
Mulbourn buys another Folio Hotel
27-Jan-2009 - The company formed by senior managers at the former Folio Hotels group adds Makeney Hall in Derbyshire to its portfolio
Hospitality businesses’ worst fears confirmed
23-Jan-2009 - The hospitality and leisure (H&L) industry have had their’ worst fears confirmed’ today after news that the UK has officially entered a recession.
Gordon Ramsay’s restaurants 'not for sale'
22-Jan-2009 - Gordon Ramsay Holdings has denied Sloane Street by Gordon Ramsay and Chiswick pub The Devonshire are for sale, after the properties appeared on an estate agents website
Real Hotel Company calls in administrators
22-Jan-2009 - The hotel group, which operates the Purple Hotels brand, has called in administrators after a ‘deterioration in trading’
Four FishWorks sites rescued; six close immediately
21-Jan-2009 - FishWorks seafood restaurants have been rescued from administration, although six of the ten sites are to close immediately
Adapt to changing market to survive recession, businesses told
21-Jan-2009 - Restaurants, hotels and pubs are being advised to plan ahead, change their business model and expect to make a small loss in order to survive the recession
FishWorks restaurant chain goes into administration
21-Jan-2009 - Struggling restaurant chain FishWorks calls in administrators, blaming ‘current market conditions’ for its downfall
Food outlets needed for new Westfield shopping centre
20-Jan-2009 - Shopping centre owner Westfield has started the search for 16 food operators to set up in the dining area of its new West Midlands shopping centre
Jurys Inns to create 300 jobs
20-Jan-2009 - The hotel chain exchanges contracts on four new hotels creating 300 jobs in the hospitality industry
Travelodge to save customers £13m in 2009
19-Jan-2009 - The budget hotel chain has introduced a Price Check programme to ensure it remains the cheapest in the industry
Gourmet Restaurants saved from administration
19-Jan-2009 - Gourmet restaurants, the Indian restaurant group comprising of Tiffinbites, Bombay Bicycle Club and Vama, has been saved from administration by a buy-out deal from V8 Gourmet
Beat the crunch: final tips
16-Jan-2009 - The final installment of tips from Restaurant magazines Thrifty 50 list to help businesses save money and survive the economic downturn
Tom Kerridge introduces £10 credit crunch lunch
15-Jan-2009 - Tom Kerridge’s The Hand and Flowers restaurant has introduced a £10 two-course lunch menu to lure in customers and beat the credit crunch
Tragus continues expansion despite festive sales slump
15-Jan-2009 - The Strada and Cafe Rouge operator continues with plans to open more restaurants in 2009 despite tough trading conditions
Beat the crunch: energy saving tips
14-Jan-2009 - The next installment of money-saving tips from Restaurant magazines Thrifty 50 looks at how restaurants can save money and save energy
Gary Yau’s Aaya calls in administrators
14-Jan-2009 - Gary Yau, Alan Yau’s brother, has called in administrators after his Japanese restaurant in Soho falls victim to the recession
Searcys 1847 to leave Mercedes-Benz World
13-Jan-2009 - Searcys 1847 has ended its relationship with Mercedes-Benz World (MBW) in Surrey where it runs a public restaurant and caf?.
Third Hilton planned for Liverpool
12-Jan-2009 - Hilton Hotels Corporation signs a franchise agreement with Peel Holdings to open a Hampton by Hilton hotel at Liverpools John Lennon airport