Whitbread is to exit 126 sites from its branded restaurant estate and convert a further 112 into new hotel rooms as part of a new ‘accelerating growth plan’ (AGP).
The director of the fruit and vegetable company behind Borough Market’s Turnips has hit out against the market’s management for withdrawing permission for the restaurant to operate.
The team behind Notting Hill gastropub The Pelican are to launch their second site in the capital later this spring having taken over The Hero pub in Maida Vale.
The former CFO of Patisserie Valerie along with three other defendants, including his wife, have denied being part of a plot to commit fraud at the collapsed café chain.
This week's top news stories include a delay to the implementation of the Tips Bill, Niall Keating's new restaurant venture, and Tortilla's plan to accelerate expansion through franchising.
Hospitality venues will no longer be required to host a return point under the Government’s Deposit Return Scheme (DRS), the roll out of which has been further delayed until 2027.
Sourdough pizza brand Three Joes has confirmed the closure of two sites including its original restaurant in Fareham as the group grapples with cost pressures.
The duo behind The Plimsoll pub in Finsbury Park and Four Legs at the Compton Arms in Canonbury will open a Spanish-focused fish restaurant this spring.
Tortilla is aiming to accelerate its expansion by ‘doubling down on franchising’ as it looks to capitalise on UK and international growth opportunities.
A fresh wave of strikes across the rail network have been announced by the main train drivers' union, Aslef, for the week of the early May Bank Holiday.
The group behind the Birmingham-based Vietnamese Street Kitchen restaurant brand is to launch a new seafood boil concept at the Arcadian in the city centre in early June.
Kurt Zdesar’s Japanese-Peruvian restaurant brand Chotto Matte is continuing to push forward with international expansion having secured a site in Tbilisi, Georgia.
This week's most read news stories include Brad Carter making his London debut, the closure of Borough Market restaurant Turnips and squatters moving into Ramsay's York & Albany restaurant.
Squatters who took over Gordon Ramsay’s York & Albany restaurant and hotel last week are to leave the property after a High Court judge granted a repossession order.
Regional Mexican taqueria Corrochio’s in London’s Dalston is to quadruple in size with the addition of a new 120-cover street level bar and restaurant.
Britain’s top hospitality groups achieved above-inflation like-for-like sales growth of 5.2% in March 2024, the latest CGA RSM Hospitality Business Tracker reveals.
Clean Kitchen Club co-founder Verity Bowditch is to leave the business following a decision that will see the formerly plant-based fast food brand add animal products to its menu.
Squatters who took over Gordon Ramsay's York & Albany restaurant and hotel say they have been served papers, halting plans to run it as a community café.
Hostmore, the owner of the TGI Fridays UK franchise, has reached an agreement for a proposed all-share acquisition of TGI Fridays in the US for a value of £177m.
Restaurants that have introduced a sustainable initiative over the past 12 months can enter The Estrella Damm Sustainability Award, with shortlisted entries able to attend this year’s National Restaurants Awards in June.
