All news articles for February 2012

Roast founder acquires Indian street food restaurant Moolis

Roast founder acquires Indian street food restaurant Moolis

By Peter Ruddick

Roast founder Iqbal Wahhab has bought Soho's Indian street food restaurant Moolis from administration with plans for menu changes before expansion aspirations for the business beyond the current Frith Street site.

Pearls of Wisdom: Jeremy Lee

Pearls of Wisdom: Jeremy Lee

By Stefan Chomka

The newly-installed head chef and partner at Quo Vadis in London reflects on his Soho surroundings after 16 years at Bermondsey’s The Blueprint Café, which is owned by D&D London.

Kevin Georgel, managing director, Admiral Taverns

Admiral Taverns introduces prize freeze for licensees

By Luke Nicholls

Pub company Admiral Taverns is to freeze the prices of a broad selection of its draught beers in an attempt to hit back at imminent increases in the amount of duty levied against alcohol sold in pubs and bars.

Interior designer and DJ pair hit success with their first bar

Interior designer and DJ pair hit success with their first bar

By Peter Ruddick

An interior designer and international DJ from Northampton have hit success after opening their first bar, Borija, in the town with a business plan that sees them hit profit in the first year before looking at a possible second site.

IHG reveals strong profit and revpar growth in 2011 results

IHG reveals strong profit and revpar growth in 2011 results

By Peter Ruddick

InterContinental Hotel Group (IHG) has announced global operating profits of over $550m in 2011, representing annual growth of 26 per cent, while revenue per available room (RevPAR) also rose despite a fall in the last quarter of the year in the UK and...

Pubs and restaurants experience unusually busy January

Pubs and restaurants experience unusually busy January

By Emma Eversham

Traditionally a quiet month for the hospitality industry, January is the time when many businesses plan for the year ahead or recover after the busy festive season, but evidence has shown that many restaurants and pubs have been experiencing an unusual...

The nine-bedroom Ellangowan Hotel is being marketed at a guide price of £200,000

The Wicker Man hotel up for sale

By Luke Nicholls

The fictional 'Green Man Inn' from the iconic 1973 British film The Wicker Man is being offered for sale.

Skye Gyngell and Petersham Nurseries part company

Skye Gyngell and Petersham Nurseries part company

By Peter Ruddick

Petersham Nurseries Café has confirmed the departure of head chef Skye Gyngell after eight years at the Michelin-starred venue and announced she will be replaced by Austalian chef Greg Malouf.

Valentine's Day diners love Italian and special offers

Valentine's Day diners love Italian and special offers

By Peter Ruddick

Two surveys have revealed the way to the hearts of Valentine's Day diners could be Italian or French cuisine or a special offer with 55 per cent of Britons planning to take advantage of money saving deals when they treat their loved one this year.

Benito's Hat King's Cross site a 'statement of intent'

Benito's Hat King's Cross site a 'statement of intent'

By Peter Ruddick

Benito's Hat Mexican Kitchen founder and director, Ben Fordham, has declared the forthcoming opening of a King's Cross site a 'statement of intent' for the restaurant chain with plans for two more sites this year and a move outside...

Former Pubfolio sites among package of 74 pubs put up for sale

Former Pubfolio sites among package of 74 pubs put up for sale

By Mark Wingett

A 74-strong package of closed freehold and long-leasehold pubs, which includes sites from the former Pubfolio and Goldtry estates, has been placed on the market, according to BigHospitality's sister publication M&C Report.

Sudha Saha, executive head chef, the Saffron Group

Career Profile: Sudha Saha

By Luke Nicholls

Chef Sudha Saha has an impressive culinary career. At 17, he was given a place to train hotel management at Chennai. He then joined the Ambassador hotel and trained with the Taj Group. A few years later, Saha moved to Dubai to take up his first executive...

Enterprise Inns announces new chairman and slight trading boost

Enterprise Inns announces new chairman and slight trading boost

By Peter Ruddick

Enterprise Inns has announced the appointment of Robert Walker as chairman and released its interim management statement ahead of an AGM with figures revealing a slight boost in trade as like-for-like income per pub rose by 1 per cent in the 18 weeks...

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