Restaurants, pubs and hotels including The Pass, The Belfry and Le Pont de la Tour tell us about special events and promotions they are running to attract customers.
Theo Randall started his career at The River Cafe where he remained for 17 years. Next month he celebrates the fifth birthday of his restaurant at the InterContinental on London’s Park Lane.
Frederic Bau, executive chef and director of Valrhona's Ecole du Grand Chocolat, has compiled a book which aims to share the top tips of working with chocolate from some of France's best pastry chefs.
Tourism Minister John Penrose is set to partake in a work placement at an outdoor pursuits firm in Western-Super-Mare, in order to further understand the challenges and opportunities facing tourism industry small businesses such as red tape.
The Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA) has launched a new campaign to embolden diners to ask for doggy bags and to encourage restaurants to make patrons feel more comfortable about it.
Michelin has awarded Restaurant Sat Bains and the Hand & Flowers second stars in the 2012 UK & Ireland Guide with Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, Pollen Street Social and Coworth Park among those gaining their first star.
Almost two years after opening the award-winning Princess of Shoreditch restaurant, Scott Hunter and Maria Larsen have opened their second venue, The Lady Ottoline in Bloomsbury.
As chief executive of the Malmaison and Hotel du Vin business, Robert Cook has embarked on a voyage of discovery into the standalone restaurant sector: Is he steering a successful course?
Gordon Ramsay Holdings (GRH) is gearing up for further forays into the casual-dining arena in 2012 to add to its new Bread Street Kitchen restaurant in the City.
Luxury linen company Lissadell Liddell has added two anti-allergy products to its range which could enable hoteliers to offer 'allergy free' rooms to their guests.
The bar manager at the Rockwell bar at Trafalgar Hotel in London, has started listing the calorie count of each drink on his cocktail menu to meet growing demand for nutritional information from customers.
Gordon Cartwright, managing director of Visionary Dining and former AA restaurant inspector, is organising a series of culinary events in support of Hospitality Action.
The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has suggested that live sport could now become more affordable for pubs, after landlady Karen Murphy has won a court battle over the use of a foreign TV decoder to screen football matches.
The Waterside Hotel, located in the heart of the Lake District, is set to re-open next summer after the owners secured a multi-million pound deal to extend the structure.
Andy Varma, who formerly operated the V8 Gourmet business with his brother Arjun, is to over see a new restaurant called Chakra in London’s Holland Park.
Chef James Hatswell trained at HMS Raleigh’s Cookery School after joining the Navy at 16. During his eight years in the forces he visited 36 countries, developing a love of global cuisine. He currently runs a tight ship as head chef at the Heron Restaurant...
Pub, restaurant and hotel owners are being warned to banish cigarette vending machines from their premises following a move to make it illegal for tobacco to be bought from them.
Oyster farmers The Wright Brothers are launching a raw seafood bar within their second London restaurant Wright Brothers Soho Oyster House this autumn.
MWB the majority owner of boutique hotel chain Malmaison and Hotel du Vin, has come to an agreement with lenders to extend its £282.5m facility for Malmaison to the end of 2014, enabling it to reduce its debt to £180m.
Tax specialists Ray Chidell and Ian Sutton have written a book specifically for owners of hotels, restaurants and pubs that could help them save tax through capital allowances.