All news articles for September 26, 2012

(Top-left to bottom-right): Cyrus Todiwala, Sarah Hartnett, Philip Howard and David Malcahey will be among the judges for this year's National Chef of the Year final

National Chef of the Year 2012: Last-minute advice for the final eight

By Luke Nicholls & Peter Ruddick

With less than two weeks to go before the final of The Craft Guild of Chefs National Chef of the Year competition, BigHospitality spoke to the competition’s judges to find out exactly what they’re looking for from the eight remaining candidates.

Business Secretary Vince Cable announced details of the new business bank at the Lib Dem conference in Brighton on Sunday

Business bank: is the Government missing the point again?

By Luke Nicholls

The new ‘business bank’, which will be handed £1bn of taxpayers’ money in a bid to kick-start lending to small and medium-sized British firms, is ‘missing the point’ and will have to overcome the same barriers as high street lenders.