Britain’s 5,000 beer brands bare to be boosted by new entrants into the lower-tax category as the fifty per cent tax break on lower strength beers goes live tomorrow.
The Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) has announced that over 1,000 pubs have now signed up to its cider pub accreditation scheme, ahead of National Cider and Perry Month which begins tomorrow.
Having drawn up the shortlists and anonymously revisiting all the finalists, Time Out has announced London’s best new restaurants, bars and cafés of 2011.
Restaurants, pubs and hotels including Terre à Terre and The Chester Grosvenor tell us about special events and promotions they are running to attract more customers.
Restaurant bookings provider toptable have added a new celebrity chef auction to the Love Food Give Food Festival run in partnership with Action Against Hunger.
Michelin-starred Indian chef Atul Kochhar is exploring a number of areas throughout the UK for the relocation of his Vatika restaurant, following the closure of the Southampton site on 20 September.
BigHospitality takes a look at some of the Christmas decorations, including contamporary decorations from Ambius and an early bird deal on Christmas trees from Xmastreesales.co.uk. With bookings for Christmas trees and decorations are already up 35 per...
London hoteliers have so far successfully ridden out the economic storm, while rates in the provinces have remained ‘stubbornly flat’, according to the latest PricewaterhouseCooper (PwC) report.
The new products and services of 300 exhibitors will be available to visitors to The Restaurant Show this year with many suppliers using the show to launch brand new innovations.
BigHospitality takes a look at some festive-themed drinks including Crabbie’s Mulled Ginger Wine, Medieval ale, Christmas coffee and Winter Shield ale. All of these drinks are available to the on-trade, and all are sure to make your business stand out...
Food is being dubbed a 'lifeline' for many pubs, despite the operating costs involved in serving food being 7 per cent higher than they are in wet-led pubs, the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) reports.
BigHospitality takes a look at some festive-themed food including Redwood’s turkey-style vegetarian Celebration Roast and Brakes tapas range and game casserole. All of these food products are sure to make your business stand out from the crowd during...
As sales in the UK’s foodservice sector are beginning to decline, restaurant, bar and café operators are keeping customers eating out by introducing new brands, changing their menus and broadening their food and drink offering.
Cask ale drinkers are twice as likely to visit the pub as non-cask drinkers, spend more when they’re there and, most importantly, can’t switch to the supermarket to purchase their favourite drink.
Italian cuisine is ranked as the nation’s favourite when dining out, while traditional British food still tops the menu for home cooking, according to the How Britain Eats 2011 Report.
A new report has revealed that major sporting events in the first half of this year led to average hotel price increases of nearly 30 per cent, lending weight to predictions that even larger price hikes are due for next year’s Olympics.
BigHospitality takes a look at some festive-themed deserts including mulled wine and Champagne-flavoured sorbet, frozen tårta, and sherry trifle, which are all sure to make your business stand out from the crowd during the busy Christmas period.
James Knight-Pacheco, a previous contestant on Raymond Blanc's BBC2 series The Restaurant, is to open a restaurant exploring the link between art and food in Shoreditch next month.
Four hundred restaurants across the UK including major groups, independent favourites and fine dining establishments are having their sustainability credentials tested by a new rating scheme.
Hotels, restaurants and bars across Liverpool are expecting huge revenue over the coming days with the Labour Party Annual Conference about to take place in the city for the first time.
Britain’s beer drinkers are paying a staggering 40 per cent of the entire European Beer Tax bill, according to a new report from global accountancy firm Ernst & Young, commissioned by the European brewing industry.
Boris Johnson has called on London’s small and medium-sized businesses to take advantage of the latest wireless technology during next year’s Olympic Games.
Restaurants and hotels such as The Penny Black Restaurant and Park Plaza Sherlock Holmes Hotel tell us about special events and promotions they are running to attract more customers.
Carl Weldon has worked in finance within the hospitality industry for almost 40 years, counting Forte Hotels, Holiday Inns International and Regal Hotels as former employers. He has been chief executive of the British Association of Hospitality Accountants...
Spanish restaurant chain La Tasca is to refurbish its ‘tired’ estate and brand identity to allow it to be more competitive in the casual dining market.
Best Western has restructured its business into three tiers - Best Western, Best Western Plus and Best Western Premier - to better differentiate between facilities and standards offered by each of its 276 member hotels.
Hospitality operators should make a proper Christmas plan, mix innovative ideas with tradition and market their offering as early as possible to make this festive season profitable, according to Kerry Foods.
The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has revealed it is ‘deeply disappointed’ with a recent report from the Business, Innovation and Skills Committee.
