Latte Pro, a stainless steel milk frothing jug that removes the need for use of a stick thermometer and helps turn out frothed milk of a consistent quality, is set to come to the UK after being awarded the right to be launched globally.
James Robson, the owner of British brasserie Mews of Mayfair, has taken over the site of Rocket in Mayfair and turned it into his own pizza restaurant.
The line-up for this year's Caffè Culture Show has been revealed and the focus will be on giving hospitality industry professionals business advice and practical tips on everything from perfecting a hot chocolate to raising beverage standards.
Hotels outside London have experienced revenue and profit growth for the first time since 2009 according to the latest UK Chain Hotels Market Review by market intelligence firm HotStats.
In spite of what is expected to be the coldest Easter since 1910, hotels, restaurants and pubs are gearing up for the ‘eggs-tended’ weekend with as over 2.5m Brits plan to take at least one overnight holiday trip here in the UK.
Simon Vincent, the European president of hotel operator Hilton Worldwide, has welcomed the Home Office's decision to split the responsibilities of the UK Border Agency and has called on the Government to use the move to simplify the visa process...
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has announced it has agreed to sell the famous InterContinental London Park Lane hotel for £301.5m to Constellation Hotel (Opco) UK, an affiliate of Middle Eastern private investment group Constellation Hotels.
Duncan Bannatyne has told BigHospitality he thinks many hospitality businesses across the UK have ‘a serious lack of training and knowledge’ when it comes to first aid provision, after the Dragons’ Den star experienced his own emergency last year.
Italian restaurant group Carluccio's is celebrating a 'record year' after its annual results brought pre-tax profits of £6.8m, a 15 per cent rise on the previous year.
An entrepreneur in south London has turned to crowdfunding website Kickstarter to help raise funds to set up London's first self-sustaining community gastropub.
Adnams, the Suffolk-based brewer, distiller and retailer, has revealed its profits jumped by 3.5 per cent in 2012 but has admitted difficult pub trading conditions are continuing and are making it difficult for the company to be 'too positive'...
Husband and wife business partners Charlie Raworth and Emma Hutchinson, who run the two Shepherd’s Bush live music and events venues Bush Hall and The Music House for Children, are set to launch a neighbouring all-day restaurant this spring.
Coffee brand Taylors of Harrogate has developed a range of coffee pouches for foodservice that contain just the right amount of ground coffee to produce a 1.5 litre jug of filter coffee.
In the third part of our special feature on non-alcoholic drinks, BigHospitality sat down with leading mixologist and bar owner Tony Conigliaro for an exclusive video on how to make money from mocktails and to discover some current trends and practical...
De Vere Village Urban Resorts is placing an extra focus on attracting the family market with the launch of Vinny & Vito, a new healthy casual dining Italian restaurant brand which the hotel group hopes will appeal to what it calls an ‘increasingly...
London-based bar operator ETM Group has just agreed terms to open a modern European restaurant and cocktail bar on the ground floor of the One Canada Square skyscraper in Canary Wharf.
Street Kitchen – the Airstream caravan concept from Jun Tanaka and Mark Jankel – has just opened up a third venue on Shoreditch High Street, which will run until the end of the year ahead of a potential permanent site within the upcoming Shoreditch Village...
Hotel giant Accor has today announced the launch of Adagio – its European aparthotel brand – into the UK, with the first property opening in Liverpool tomorrow (27 March) and more to follow in Birmingham, London, Edinburgh, Manchester and Glasgow.
Cocktail bar group Be At One opens its first site outside London this week in Reading and is set to open up to 10 venues outside the capital as it looks to grow to 30 sites within three years.
Take five and catch up with the latest innovations in tea and coffee within the industry in the second installment of our focus on non-alcoholic drinks.
German coffee machine manufacturer WMF has launched the 1200s coffee machine in the UK to give operators of the smallest hospitality businesses the chance to offer bean to cup coffee to their customers.
Pan Asian restaurant chain Cosmo, which currently has 12 sites across the UK, is set to open its first outlet in the East Midlands next month with the conversion of a 15,000 sq.ft cinema in Derby into an all-you-can-eat buffet, serving 180 dishes from...
The Bristol Thali Company is set to open its biggest restaurant to date this week with a view to expanding further and opening its first UK venue outside Bristol by the end of the year.
With alcohol consumption going down and the Budget pushing prices up on wine, cider and spirits yet again, there is arguably no better time to push non-alcoholic drinks like tea and coffee.
A selection of international chefs from the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list are uniting ahead of this year’s event to run ‘The Lab’, a three-night restaurant experience offering live entertainment, masterclasses and an interactive mixology workshop.
Laverstoke Park Farm is refusing to comply with what it calls an 'ill-informed and unjustified' ruling by The Portman Group to change the labelling of its bottles of beer and ale after the products were deemed to potentially appeal to children.
Andrew Fishwick, a successful theatre producer whose work has won Olivier awards, is to open the Truscott Arms pub in Maida Vale as a 'creative hub of fine food, drink and art.'
Just days after BigHospitality reported on the recent flurry of restaurant launches in Covent Garden, Heaton, Butler & Bayne – a modern British all-day dining concept from London-based restaurateur Robert Siegler - is now set to open on the corner...
MasterChef: The Professionals 2012 joint winner Keri Moss has embarked on her first restaurant venture, heading up the new Corner Restaurant and Champagne Bar on the second floor of Selfridges.
The Melville Bar, an Edinburgh pub which was closed after the previous leaseholder ran into difficulty, has reopened after it was refurbished by a pair of property developers who wanted to take the venue back to its former glory.
While there will inevitably be winners and losers from this year’s Budget announcement, the hospitality industry remains confident and defiant against a tough economic backdrop, with almost 50 per cent of businesses optimistic about the year ahead.
Frozen chicken specialist Plusfood has added four 'exotic' world flavours, including Mexican and Thai, to its range of chicken strips available to hospitality businesses.
The 54-year-old chef and co-owner of acclaimed restaurant Northcote in rural Lancashire is the founder of the well-established Obsession food festival. He and business partner Craig Bancroft also own the four-strong gastropub group Ribble Valley Inns...
Hospitality trade bodies and those representing tourism and airline firms have slammed the Government for failing to announce policies in this week's Budget which will help attract more tourists to the UK.
Now the dust has settled on George Osborne's fourth Budget speech, the race is on to identify the winners and losers from this year's announcements. BigHospitality has pored over the detail so you don't have to - our audio report contains...
In this exclusive gallery, BigHospitality rounds up some of the latest movers and shakers in the hospitality industry. The past month has seen a number of new appointments at hotels, restaurants, pubs including Amberley Castle, Hakkasan and Travelodge.
In yesterday’s Budget announcement, George Osborne introduced a number of measures to ease the financial pressure on businesses, which will come as good news for the restaurant sector after a survey found that 79 per cent of F&B managers regularly...
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has said its growth strategy in Europe will focus on key cities as the company as a whole concentrates on its 'preferred brands' such as Holiday Inn and Crowne Plaza.
Restaurant, hotel and pub owners will need to continue to train and develop their staff if they want to improve retention levels, says sector skills council People 1st with the release of its fourth State of the Nation report.
Venice Bakery, an established USA-based manufacturer of 'free from' thin and crusty pizza bases, has launched its gluten-free product in the UK at IFE 2013 under the name Venice Bakery UK.
Following the delivery of the Budget by Chancellor George Osborne earlier today BigHospitality caught up with some of the key organisations representing pubs, hotels and restaurants as well as individual operators for their reaction.
Pubs across the UK can breathe a sigh of relief today as Chancellor George Osborne has cut a penny off the price of a pint of beer and scrapped the punitive Duty Escalator in his 2013 Budget announcement.
The Savoy hotel is embracing a more casual style of dining with the opening of Kaspar’s Seafood Bar and Grill on Thursday 2 May, in place of the short-lived River Restaurant.
Today, once again, the Chancellor will present a Budget which will be closely watched for signs of improvement in the economy or help for businesses, but with rumours swirling about the future of the beer duty escalator, hospitality industry professionals...
SUPER!NATURAL, a new 100 per cent pure and natural energy drink developed in the Scottish highlands, is being exhibited at IFE 2013 for the first time this week.
Signature Living, which operates a number of serviced apartments and accommodation businesses in Liverpool, has acquired the city's Print Building and will open the Signature Hotel on the site later this month.
