After saving Luminar from administration in December 2011, Peter Marks labelled the business 'a crash waiting to happen', but the nightclub veteran was convinced he could restore the industry giant to its former glory. Just over a year on, are...
Simon Radley, executive chef at the Michelin-starred Chester Grosvenor hotel, has launched a chef academy to help give young people with a passion for food the chance to learn how to become a chef while on-the-job.
The owners of Christopher's American Grill in London are hoping to bring a 'new lease of life' to the Covent Garden restaurant following a three month refurbishment project.
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has described 2012 as a year of 'significant progress' for the company as it revealed revenue per available room (RevPAR) grew by 2.5 per cent in the UK.
Catering equipment supplier Nisbets is now supplying the new range of Zoin refrigeration units which are a suitable for a variety of establishments and budgets.
John Derkach, the chief executive of Tragus, has revealed he hopes to have completed an ambitious project to refurbish the ‘vast bulk’ of the Café Rouge estate within three years in order to make the brand more contemporary.
The Professional Association for Catering Educators (PACE) has invited sector skills council People 1st to deliver a joint programme for this year's annual learning and development conference to help provide a better link between educators, training...
Revere Pub Company, the unbranded and premium pub format created by Marston's, has revealed it will open its first pub with rooms next month and plans to operate seven by the end of 2013.
Italian restaurant chain Obikà has acquired a site in Charlotte Street for its third UK restaurant with plans to open a fourth venue, also in the West End, later this year.
The general manager of the Hard Days Night hotel in Liverpool has been forced to close all 110 of its bedrooms until further notice after a fire broke out on the four-star hotel's fifth floor on Valentine's Day.
The UK's booming specialist world cuisine restaurant sector appears to have received a reprieve as the Home Office has been advised to keep skilled chefs on the Shortage Occupation List allowing restaurateurs to continue to employ non-EU chefs.
Kitchen equipment specialist Mitchell & Cooper has released the Bonzer Zip Zester, allowing UK chefs to zest fruits quicker and easier with minimal mess.
De Vere has signed three deals to launch its first Scottish hotels under the Village Urban Resorts brand with chief executive Robert Cook hoping the properties in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen will be open by autumn 2014.
The Community Pubs Minister Brandon Lewis has been unveiled as the keynote speaker for the 25th annual BII Lunch to be held at Grosvenor House hotel in May.
The UK’s largest hotel and restaurant operator, Whitbread, has found horsemeat in its lasagne and beef burger products that were reportedly sold in Premier Inn, Brewers Fayre, Beefeater Grill and Table Table outlets.
Late Night London, the subsidiary of Novus Leisure which owns 45 restaurants, bars and nightclubs across the capital, has just completed the refurbishment of three of its venues and is set to re-launch another next month.
Following a planned refurb, Gordon Ramsay's three Michelin-starred Chelsea eatery Restaurant Gordon Ramsay is to be relaunched in partnership with head chef Clare Smyth who will become standing chef-patron of the business.
Ibis, the economy hotel brand from France-based global operator Accor, has been named as the leading hotel brand in Europe with 1,277 hotels now operating under the Ibis name.
Frenchman Frederic Brugues started his career as commis sommelier for Marco Pierre White in 1996. As wine director for London restaurant Sketch he has steadily built up the wine cellar to over 750 bins. He consults on individual tastes and requirements...
Training provider The Luxury Academy has launched a new course for hotel staff that is designed to enhance service and elevate standards within luxury hotels.
The Giggling Squid in Crawley was raided last night by the UK Border Agency over what turned out to be false claims that the Thai restaurant has been employing illegal workers.
Two pubs linked to Marco Pierre White's Wheeler's of St James's brand are among five venues up for sale after pub company Powder Train entered administration earlier this month.
Inbound tourism contributed £19bn to the UK economy in 2012 as 31 million international tourists flocked here for the Olympics and the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations, figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) have shown.
With the Government currently investigating how horsemeat has made it into processed beef products, restaurant, hotel and pub owners are being urged to take extra steps to know the provenance of the produce they are using to avoid being embroiled in future...
The owner of the Princess of Shoreditch pub in East London has claimed that running a pub in the current climate isn’t difficult, and that the reason so many pubs are closing across the UK is because they’re being run by people that ‘don’t know what they’re...
Denmark-based Japanese restaurant chain Sticks'n'Sushi has revealed it has secured a venue in Covent Garden for its second UK site which it hopes to open before Autumn 2013.
With grilled dishes now having a greater presence on menus, McCormick has decided to make its Schwartz Grill Mates range of seasonings available for foodservice.
Town & Country Inns is set to launch Fleet Street Kitchen, a new ‘farm to fork’ British restaurant featuring a Barbacoa open-fire grill, which will sit alongside the bar operator’s Après and Mechu outlets in Birmingham’s Summerrow development.
The Clove Club Restaurant & Bar, the business from chef Isaac McHale which has been partly funded by investors using a crowdfunding website, is set to open in Shoreditch Town Hall next month.
The team behind city-based contemporary Japanese restaurant K10 has said it plans to continue expansion following the opening of its second restaurant in Appold Street, London, at the end of the month.
Tri-Star Packaging has added a portable ice bucket to its PortaBrands range of out-of-home drinks carriers, which it says could help operators drive sales of Champagne, wine and beer at outdoor events and venues this summer.
The Baum in Rochdale, Lancashire, has today been crowned the best pub in Britain by the Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) in its National Pub of the Year competition.
Rebecca Dibben, restaurant supervisor at Deseo Mediterranean Restaurant at Gleneagles Hotel in Scotland, has won the first Gold Service Scholarship after wowing judges with her 'charm, enthusiasm and technical skill'.
From William Curley to Claire Clark, the UK has produced some of the leading masters in chocolate, sugar and all things sweet. However employers still report difficulties in filling pastry chef vacancies - so is a career in pastry as valued in this country...
Food and drink sales at railway stations are continuing to rise faster than those on the high street according to the latest figures from Network Rail, who says that the areas now provide operators with some of the most lucrative trading environments...
Hotel planning application data from 2012 indicates that there is a significant net investment growth in the sector, but the opening of 31 properties in London this year could in fact cause a decline in Revenue per Available Room (RevPAR) across the capital.
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall has confirmed the third River Cottage Canteen restaurant will open in Bristol on 4 March and will help showcase growers, breeders and producers in the area.
Nick Brodie, new head chef at Welsh country house hotel Llangoed Hall, has revealed ambitions for a Michelin star and four AA rosettes after taking up the helm at its restaurant.
Fruit juice brand Sunmagic has added four new flavours to its range - Mango, Pomegranate, Passion Fruit and Pineapple and Coconut - which it says take it into a more 'exotic arena'.
Confidence among UK businesses has hit its lowest level in at least 21 years but the hospitality industry has 'reason to be confident’ as one of the few sectors planning for growth and creating jobs.
Wahaca founders Mark Selby and Thomasina Miers’ unconventional approach to business has created a burgeoning Mexican chain that’s showing no sign of slowing.
City Pub Company, the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS)-funded pub operator established by the team behind the Capital Pub Company, has unveiled plans to raise a further £10m to expand its estate of ‘individual’ pubs across the South of England.
A two-year focus by hotel chain Jurys Inn to refurbish its estate and re-position itself as a 'credible alternative' to four-star and budget hotels has paid off with the company seeing an increase in corporate guest business of 8 per cent over...
Poultry supplier Plusfood has introduced three flavoured chicken wing products to its range designed for busy caterers who want to cook freshly prepared meals to order.
With Valentine's Day fast approaching, hotels, restaurants and pubs and bars are looking for innovative ways to market their business but one hotel believes its campaign is truly unique - it is testing brand new Twitter video app Vine.
Peter Marks, chief executive of nightclub operator Luminar, has claimed that late-night venues have become an ‘easy target’ for local authorities and the police when it comes to reducing crime rates, as an increase in phone thefts is shadowing a significant...
Tom Kitchin, chef proprietor of Michelin-starred Edinburgh restaurant The Kitchin, is to open a pub restaurant in the Scottish capital with fellow chef Dominic Jack.
The NEC Group’s event catering company Amadeus has revealed plans to rebrand 21 of its retail outlets across the UK as ‘The Oak Kitchen’ in a £1m, three-year rollout programme.
Swiss ice cream brand Mövenpick has taken inspiration from the cuisine of Oceania and added a new flavour to its gourmet range - Macadamia Dulce de Leche.
