Chef Ben Spalding's outdoor dining concept Stripped Back is to become a regular feature at Street Feast, the night food market in Dalston, when it returns to a new venue this week.
Chef, restaurateur and food campaigner Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall has welcomed a report by MPs which has accused the Government of letting the Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs) project 'flounder'.
The Seafood Pub Company, the Lancashire-based pub group set up by Jocelyn Neve two years ago, has appointed an operations director to help grow the business.
With Restaurant magazine recently reporting on the capital’s booming pizza market, BigHospitality headed down to the final of Giropizza – the largest pizza competition in Europe – to get some key pieces of advice for UK operators looking to tap in on...
New World Pubco, the pub arm of Living Ventures, is to open its fourth site in Liverpool after receiving £2.7m of funding from Hill Capital Partners Food & Beverage fund.
Starwood Hotels & Resorts has announced Roeland Vos, president of its Europe, Africa, & Middle East (EAME) region, will step down to be succeeded by Starwood veteran Michael Wale.
Following a strong set of sales results in 2012 for Italian restaurant chain Prezzo, chief executive Jonathan Kaye has reported a ‘good start’ to 2013 and is keen to expand the business along with the group’s Mexican concept, Chimichanga.
Scottish restaurateur Tony Hussain has revealed major expansion plans for his Italian restaurant brand Papa Tony's which could see up to 23 new sites open in Scotland by 2018 and the brand reach England for the first time.
In an exclusive video interview with BigHospitality, Travelodge chief executive Grant Hearn has revealed how he plans to learn from the growth of supermarkets as he leads the budget hotel operator following its turbulent recent past.
Tiger Bills, the restaurant concept launched by Lifestyle Hospitality Group (LHG) in 2007, has signed its first regional, multiple franchisee in the Midlands and has revealed a target list of 24 cities in which it wishes to operate.
The Goring has been awarded The Tea Guild's 2013 Top London Afternoon Tea Award after gaining a 'near perfect' score from the guild's anonymous judges.
The British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) has whittled down the competition for its prestigious 2013 Licensee of the Year Award, with a rigorous examination process identifying six top publicans from across the UK as the final candidates.
The head chef and co-owner of the 16-cover Artisan restaurant in Hessle has claimed that a Michelin star could have potentially changed the fate of the fine-dining restaurant which is now set to close at the end of the month.
Sodexo Prestige is to open a riverside bar on the upper deck of museum ship HMS Belfast this summer following the opening of a café bar next to the main entrance.
Marriott International has brought its luxury, independent hotel brand the Autograph Collection into the UK this spring with the 74-bedroom Threadneedles in London and the 65-bedroom Glasshouse in Edinburgh.
North West entrepreneur and restaurateur Jaf Siddiqi has launched a new bar and restaurant concept in Liverpool which he is hoping to use as the blueprint for a number of new venues in the area.
The London Distillery Company has launched Dodd's Gin, a new small batch London gin which is inspired by 18th century distiller and entrepreneur Ralph Dodd.
Budget hotel chain Travelodge has today moved a step closer to completing the offload of 49 hotels under its financial restructuring programme, with 18 properties transferring to new owners and 20 moving under franchise agreements.
The rising cost of food has forced restaurants and pubs to push up the price of dishes on their menus by 6 per cent over the last six months with the average price of a dish now up to £6.69 from £6.29
The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) has urged hospitality businesses to ensure they guard against asbestos exposure after Britannia Hotels was fined £160k and ordered to pay more than £40k in costs following a recent court case.
French chocolate firm Valrhona has expanded its range of Grand Cru cooking chocolates with the launch of Kalingo, a 65 per cent cocoa solid chocolate from Grenada.
Coeliac UK, the national charity for people suffering with coeliac disease, is encouraging chefs from across the UK to enter its Gluten-free Chef of the Year competition.
Budget hotel group Z Hotels will open its first venue outside London this month when it opens a hotel in Liverpool city centre ahead of the launch of a new property in Glasgow and further expansion in the capital.
Rob Star, a club and event promoter who currently owns two London pubs, has acquired his third site and will open the Star by Hackney Downs this month as part of a plan to eventually operate six venues in the capital.
Two high-profile mobile pizza vendors are taking permanent premises in London, becoming the latest outfits to join the capital’s booming premium pizza market.
Cleaning solutions provider P&G Professional has released a new washing-up liquid ‘designed to tackle the toughest cleaning needs’ for restaurants, hotels and pubs.
The management team of The Mere Golf Resort & Spa in Cheshire has revealed its intention to set up a hotel management business next year that could see it take its successful operational blueprint to other properties across the North West.
Jamie Oliver has announced his original Fifteen restaurant will be re-launched at the end of April with a more relaxed, neighbourhood restaurant feel following a full refurbishment.
Oxfordshire-based pub operator Brakspear has opened its first managed pub in Henley-on-Thames and has said it is not ruling out operating further managed sites.
LivingSocial, the social e-commerce platform that helps restaurants find and retain customers, has released research which reveals that 89 per cent of British consumers now go online to discover new businesses.
London-based brewer and pubco Fuller's has announced current group managing director Simon Emeny will become the company's chief executive later this year.
The Hospitality Action charity (HA) is calling on organisations and professionals from all sectors of the hospitality industry to unite for the fifth annual Hospitality Action Week which takes place from 13-19 May.
London-based Italian restaurant group Made in Italy will re-launch its 'signature' restaurant Luna Rossa next month as part of development plans for the business.
Foodservice businesses across the UK are being urged to take more responsibility for serving the right type of fish after a survey has found that seven per cent of cod and haddock sold in restaurants was actually another species.
The Ivy House pub in Southwark is set to reopen this summer after a co-operative group completed an acquisition of the venue which they successfully listed as a community asset under the Localism Act.
International restaurant group Hakkasan has closed its fine-dining Japanese restaurant concept Chrysan just six months after opening the site on Broadgate West.
What skills do you need to be a hotel manager? Following a special media masterclass for select hospitality journalists, this was the question posed to Arie van der Spek, chief executive of Glion Institute of Higher Education.
The Key - a mysterious new cocktail bar, restaurant and live music lounge situated in a ‘hidden location’ in London’s West End – is set to open in May as the first in a series of themed bars across the capital from a new collective of nightclub and private...
Nadia Santini, head chef at Dal Pescatore in Italy, has been named as the 2013 Veuve Clicquot World's Best Female Chef by The World's 50 Best Restaurants, sponsored by S.Pellegrino and Acqua Panna.
Jason Atherton is planning to launch two further London restaurants by the end of this year, adding to the spring openings of Little Social and Social Eating House.
The Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) has hailed the scrapping of the Beer Duty Escalator in last month’s Budget as ‘a new beginning’ for the British pub and brewing industries as the consumer group launches a month-long celebration of British community pubs.
Eric Zwiebel from the Summer Lodge hotel and spa in Dorset has been named as the fourth best sommelier in the world at the finals of the prestigious Association de la Sommellerie Internationale (ASI) contest held in Tokyo.
