In the final instalment of our week-long feature on Electronic Point of Sale, Andrew Evans, managing director of Keystep, tells us we can expect to be going mobile in the future.
Top chefs, including Rick Stein, Philip Howard and Rowley Leigh, will be cooking at a pop-up restaurant in Putney next month to help raise funds for Action Against Hunger's Haiti appeal
Nick Holmes joined Rockliffe Hall hotel in County Durham at the end of last year to oversee its long-awaited launch in November. Just months on and the managing director has ambitions to see the multi million pound hotel and spa join the top ten properties...
Sommeliers at The Fat Duck, Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons and Texture are among the semi-finalists in the Academy of Food & Wine's 2010 Sommelier of the Year competition
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Visitors to Hotelympia 2010 at Excel in London next week (28 Feb-4 March) will get a rare opportunity to see Albert and Michel Roux, as well as Raymond Blanc, Chris Galvin and Gary Rhodes amongst a range of exhibitions, demonstrations and competitions
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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
North of England-based pub operator Chameleon Pub Company is continuing with expansion plans with the purchase of its seventh site, a former Table Table pub in Lancaster.
The Peat Inn in Fife has been voted Restaurant of the Year at The Scottish Restaurant Awards where Leith's Restaurant Martin Wishart and Kings Wark pub also picked up accolades
Ferran Adria has released official details about the transformation of El Bulli, his award-winning restaurant in Roses, Spain, into a ‘Foundation of avant-garde gastronomy’
The owners of PJ's Hotel in North Shields have pledged to give their local hospice St Oswald's a donation of £100k if the charity helps sell their business
While the January snow benefited some hotels in the regions, by leaving stranded travellers needing a last minute bed for the night, many experienced a negative month with occupancy levels falling
Like a lot of gadgets these days, Electronic Point of Sales (EPoS) systems can do some pretty amazing things. In fact, the installation of a decent EPoS system in a restaurant, pub or hotel business will not only help operators manage staffing, stock...
Neil Kirby worked his way up from pot washer to general manager at London's Grosvenor House before opening his own hotel, The Langham, in Eastbourne in 2005. He has just published his first book, Celebrity Hotel
Holidaymakers are choosing campsites and self-catering breaks over B&Bs and guesthouses, as the number of visitors to the UK last year dropped to the lowest level since 2004
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
Best Western has awarded the Jean Webb Award for Quality, Customer Care and Pride to Suzanne Harris of the Sudbury House Hotel, at the group’s annual Hotel of the Year Awards
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
Carluccio's, The Hawksmoor and Carnaby Burger Co are among the restaurants who have been awarded for their help in raising funds for humanitarian charity Action Against Hunger
The 18 regional finalists for the 2010 Roux Scholarship competition have been announced, with three of last year’s finalists returning for another shot at first prize, a stage at a three Michelin-starred restaurant
A hotelier from Cornwall has swapped his usual duties for voluntary work in Haiti, helping to distribute aid to survivors of the earthquake that hit the island last month
Von Essen has confirmed reports that Chris Horridge is to leave his position as executive head chef at Cliveden House hotel in Berkshire, following a restructure of the hotel’s dining operation
Hilton is spending £20m on a programme to convert the food and beverage areas at 16 of its UK hotels into airport style executive lounges to attract more corporate guests
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
BigHospitality has been in search of some of the more unusual and innovative ideas being run by restaurants, hotels and pubs this weekend to find out how they're intending to grab the Valentine's trade.
The BHA and the BBPA secure a victory against a High Court appeal over music licence fees, meaning pubs, restaurants and hotels who paid over the odds are guaranteed up to £20m in refunds.
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
La Dolce Vita, the annual Italian festival in London’s Business Design Centre, is returning for its sixth year next month with a variety of Italian chefs and producers present
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
Aubrey Allen and the British Culinary Federation have announced the 10 finalists competing in the BCF Chef of the Year 2010 at Hotelympia in London’s Excel next month