Hospitality businesses have been boosted by the news that People 1st has secured £6.8m from the Employer Investment Fund in a bid to reduce youth unemployment, increase professionalism and ultimately achieve economic growth for the industry.
Obikà Mozzarella Bar, an Italian restaurant chain with 17 sites worldwide, is set to hit the UK with a restaurant to open in London’s Canary Wharf later this month and three more sites to follow in 2012.
Table decorations supplier Table Art has created a new range of winter-inspired illuminated art pieces for hotel tables at Christmas and New Year’s Eve events.
Elena Arzak is the third generation of chefs to work at Arzak in San Sebastian in Spain. She currently runs the restaurant, number eight on the S.Pellegrino World's 50 Restaurants list, with her father Juan Mari.
Hospitality businesses are being warned to plan ahead for the huge logistical challenge posed by the 2012 Olympics, following the release of detailed hotspot information from Transport for London (TfL).
Yesterday's public sector strikes reportedly had a positive effect on trade at child-friendly restaurants as school closures forced parents to find other ways to keep their children entertained.
The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) has reached 100 members for its SIBA Locals scheme, which launched this summer in a bid to help licensees capitalise on growing demand for locally-sourced food and drink in pubs.
Bookings made by corporate guests at Best Western’s 279 member hotels have risen 16 per cent in the past six months which the group claims is its highest level of corporate bookings ever.
Oakman Inns & Restaurants, the five-strong pub restaurant operator, is set to unveil The Blue Boar in Oxfordshire this month following a £1.5m restoration programme of an 18th Century coaching inn.
Nathan Outlaw has revealed that his two restaurants in Cornwall are continuing to go from strength to strength, with Restaurant Nathan Outlaw up 30 per cent overall since being awarded two Michelin stars last year.
It is now almost two years since the Sustainable Restaurant Association launched in a bid to help restaurants, pubs and caterers become more sustainable and hundreds of businesses have since been audited and rated.