Cantina Laredo, the US-based upmarket Mexican restaurant chain, has opened its first restaurant in Europe, in the St Martin’s Courtyard development in London’s Covent Garden, and stated that it intends to open a total of 35 sites across the UK and Ireland
David Ramsden, chief executive of the Edinburgh-based Dogs restaurant group, on making the transition from fine to casual dining, finely tuned margins and ambitious expansion plans
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley may force restaurants and pubs to display calorie counts on their menus if they do not respond to attempts to instate a voluntary system
Restaurants, hotels and pubs, including Mango Tree and Corrigan's Mayfair tell us about the extra activities they're planning to promote the Glorious Twelfth and game season
Thistle Hotels has appointed a renowned executive chef for its Glasgow property, while Courthouse Doubletree by Hilton in London appoints a general manager
Action Against Hunger has launched an emergency response to help the 2.5m people affected by severe flooding in Pakistan, and is asking British restaurateurs and diners for their help
Orient-Express Hotels has received more than £3m in damages from the owners of the former Cipriani restaurant in London’s Mayfair, according to its latest results
Labour leadership hopeful David Miliband hopes to give tenants the choice to opt out of the beer tie and reinstate a pubs minister under a new campaign to save the British pub
