Alexis Gauthier, chef patron at Michelin-starred Pimlico restaurant Roussillon, is set to launch a restaurant at Lindsay House, the Soho-based townhouse previously operated by Richard Corrigan
The Vineyard Group is to roll out a new informal dining concept, designed by executive chef Daniel Galmiche and consultant chef Billy Reid, across the seven hotels acquired from Folio Hotels last year
Pan-Asian restaurant chain Tampopo has revealed plans to expand at a rate of three or four sites a year, starting with the opening of its seventh site in Reading this summer
The Goose at Britwell Salome, forced to close when staff walked out in February, will re-open next month under the direction of new head chef John Footman
Work on a new four-star, 175-bedroom hotel at the Rose Bowl cricket ground in Hampshire has resumed after a judicial review, launched by a group of local hoteliers into its construction, was overturned
Two French entrepreneurs have opened the UK’s first speciality cheese restaurant in Chelsea near London’s Kings Road, serving up to 200 cheeses at any one time
Busaba Eathai, the Thai restaurant chain founded by Alan Yau, has announced plans to open four more sites, including its first outside London, this year
Sanzaru Limited, the new company erected by Rising Star Leisure managing director Steve Kelly, is launching its first venue, an Asian-inspired lounge and karaoke bar, in Clapham this week
A new Italian restaurant and lounge bar called Cielo will open in Mayfair next week with Sardinian born chef Monserrato Marini behind the stove and Tobia Speranza taking care of front-of-house
Shoreditch's Sosho bar/restaurant and private members' club the East Room have been forced to close 'for the foreseeable future' after the business was completely gutted by fire this morning
The An Lochan restaurant in Glasgow, along with the estate's hotel in Tighnabruaich and inn in Perthshire, are seeking new owners after being placed on the market
Whitbread has secured a site next to the Olympic Stadium in Stratford, East London, where it will build a 267-bedroom Premier Inn to open in time for the games in 2012
Chilango, the fast casual Mexican restaurant chain founded by Eric Partaker and Dan Houghton, will open two more sites outside the capital this year and is planning to open a 'handful' of central London sites
Steve Perez, chairman of drinks company Global Brands, and his brother Sebastian are to open a £20m hotel called Casa in Chesterfield, Derbyshire this autumn
Heritage Properties & Hotels, operator of The Crab at Chieveley in Berkshire, has acquired the Park Central Hotel in Bournemouth for an undisclosed sum in the region of £4m
Heron International, the property group behind the Heron Tower construction in Bishopsgate, London, is seeking an operator for the tower’s Restaurant and Sky Bar, which upon completion will be the highest in London
The icy weather experienced last month has forced award-winning Manchester restaurant and bar Ithaca to announce its closure at the end of February, after trading plummeted by 80 per cent
Balfour Castle in Shapsinay, Scotland, is to launch as an exclusive use property in April, with former Kinnaird Estate head chef Jean-Baptiste Bady joining the team
Nathan Outlaw is to reopen his eponymous restaurant at the St Enodoc Hotel in Rock, Cornwall tomorrow, after relocating from the Marina Villa Hotel in Fowey when it was put up for sale last year
Albert Roux is to open another two restaurants under his name at hotels in Scotland following the success of his first Scottish restaurant Chez Roux at the Rocpool Reserve hotel in Inverness
Greetings card entrepreneur Andrew Brownsword is continuing the roll-out of his Abode boutique hotel brand with plans to open the next one in Chester this April
Staff at The Goose at Britwell Salome, which regained its Michelin star this year, have walked out over an alleged dispute with the owner over the direction of the business
Anthony Demetre and Will Smith, the pair behind the Michelin-starred Arbutus and Wild Honey, have confirmed the acquisition of a new site in Covent Garden, which will open as the pair’s third restaurant later this year
Indian restaurant Vama in Chelsea will close tomorrow before relocating to a new site in London's West End later this year, owner V8 Gourmet has announced
As part of BigHospitality's Sustainability week we visited the Lancaster London hotel to find out what managers and staff were doing to help run the business more sustainably.
Scottish chef Nick Nairn is to open a restaurant at Doubletree by Hilton hotel, Dunblane Hydro at the end of the month following the hotel's £12m refurbishment.
The Marine Hotel in Devon has been acquired by the Harbour Hotels Group, and following an extended period of closure, will reopen in March as a four-star hotel
Michelin starred Belfast restaurant Deanes has temporarily closed after freezing temperatures caused a pipe to burst, flooding the premises and damaging its structure
