Restaurant and bar group Gusto has completed a management buyout from Living Ventures, the Tim Bacon-led premium operator, with funding from private equity group Palatine as it looks to add about 15 sites over the next four years, including a move into...
Pizza grab-and-go concept Pizza Rossa will open its first outlets in the City later this year after breaking a European record for securing start-up funding through crowdfunding.
The Beverage Standards Association (BSA) is calling on specialist coffee shops, cafes, tea rooms, hotel bars, beverage carts and restaurants to enter its hot drink awards and accreditation programme.
Hospitality businesses across the UK are gearing up for a bumper Easter weekend, with 3.4 million Brits planning to take a domestic holiday, generating some £800m in tourism spend.
Ed’s Easy Diner, the 24-strong 1950s-style American diner chain, has topped the 2014 Zolfo Cooper Profit Tracker - a list of the 50 fastest-growing restaurant and bar companies.
Chief executive of People 1st Brian Wisdom has criticised the latest Government report on gender in boardrooms for not taking into account organisations with active strategies for encouraging women at all levels.
Britain’s restaurant and pub groups saw collective like-for-like sales grow 4.6 per cent in March against the same month last year, marking 12 consecutive months of positive growth for the sector.
Tom Barnes, sous chef at Simon Rogan’s two-Michelin-starred L’Enclume in Cartmel, has won the 2014 Roux Scholarship. Relive the hotly contested final with BigHospitality in our exclusive photo gallery.
Restaurant group Hakkasan has today announced the formation of a joint-venture with gaming and hospitality company MGM Resorts International, to create a new international hotel management company - MGM Hakkasan Hospitality.
‘A new era is dawning’ for T.G.I Friday’s as the American restaurant chain today announced it will be opening its first outlet at a key transport hub under a newly created quick-service format.
Charterhouse Leisure, operator of the Coal Grill & Bar brand, has reported a 13.2% rise in company EBITDA to £727,000 for the year to the end of February and said it plans to grow from six to about 24 sites over the next three years.
According to a new report from Innova Market Insights, free-from foods are moving into the mainstream, with people now opting to avoid gluten and dairy for lifestyle reasons as well as food intolerances and allergies.
The Macdonald Holyrood hotel has unveiled the first stage in its planned £2m investment programme to improve the city centre hotel, part of Macdonald Hotels & Resorts ongoing £10m investment programme into a number of its hotels.
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) is pursuing its intention to make Holiday Inn a market leader in the meetings industry, with the development of two new business-focused hotels and new-look rooms at its Heathrow property.
Late Night London’s latest bar and restaurant Core opened in the City last week, combining the company’s new take on day-time eating and drinking with a late night offering.
Turtle Bay, the modern Carribean restaurant concept by former Las Iguanas director Ajith Jayawickrema, has secured a site at The Scene leisure development in Walthamstow.
The 27th National Restaurateurs’ Dinner (NRD) took place at the Dorchester on Tuesday, helping raise over £80,000 for hospitality training and education programmes.
Yorkshire’s hospitality sector has enjoyed a significant boost over recent months, with the regions’ restaurants now outperforming the rest of the country, according to data from insolvency trade body R3.
Home delivery service Meals.co.uk is launching in London, giving restaurants in the Capital the chance to tap into the takeaway trend and pull in as much as £200k additional revenue a year.
Hotels, restaurants and pubs are picking up the tab for more than £1.3bn of the annual £2.5bn bill for food waste across the UK’s hospitality and food service industry (HaFS). WRAP’s Hospitality and Food Service manager, Charlotte Henderson, looks at...
The hospitality and tourism sector has welcomed Sajid Javid into his new role as Culture Secretary, with Maria Miller’s replacement coming in at a time when the 'staycation' trend remains strong and international visitor spend has hit record...
Young people still value good customer service when they visit restaurants, with price and convenience also influencing choice, according to new research from Voxburner.
New southern Italian restaurant and wine bar Rotorino, a collaboration by Dock Kitchen’s Stevie Parle and wine expert Ruth Spivey, opens today (10 April) in Dalston.
Hospitality businesses across the UK are set to benefit from a £2bn boost to the economy as British parents will fork out an average of £478.25 over the Easter holiday.
Esteemed restaurateur and designer Sir Terence Conran is to receive Hotelympia’s Lifetime Achievement Award, which recognises his 50 years’ worth of involvement in London’s hospitality sector and the great impression he has made on the industry.
Deli and café brand The Natural Kitchen has taken the former Canteen site on Baker Street for its fourth delicatessen and artisan food store in central London.
Jumeirah Restaurants’ Southeast Asian casual dining brand The Noodle House is opening its first UK restaurant in London on 17 April under a franchise agreement with the EQ Group.
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) is tapping into the business potential offered by high-footfall transport hubs, with two debut All Bar One sites soon to open in Birmingham Airport.
Kloodos has launched a new range of Anassa herbal teas, suitable for restaurants and hotels looking to offer something a little more holsitc and hellenic on their hot drinks menu.
The rapid growth of the hospitality sector, combined with a rise in standards, has created a widening skills gap with many businesses now struggling to find and retain new staff. But where do the problems lie?
The Melia White House hotel’s new restaurant concept The Place, which focuses on lunchtime trade and takeaway, is having a positive effect on food and beverage revenue at the hotel.
