The hospitality industry’s desperate need for more staff has been highlighted in the latest Report on Jobs by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and KPMG.
Azzurri Group, operator of Zizzi and ASK Italian, is to follow PizzaExpress in removing the 8 per cent administration fee on tips made by electronic card payments from November this year.
The Craft Guild of Chefs named five ‘exceptional’ young UK chefs as ones to watch at its annual Graduate Awards at the Lancaster London hotel on Friday.
Nick Childs, founding partner of Childs & Sulzmann Architects and member of the Hospitality Experts, gives advice on obtaining planning permission to convert country houses or other historical buildings into hotels.
Omar Allibhoy - the chef dubbed the ‘Antonio Banderas of cooking’ by Gordon Ramsey - has announced details of his new Tapas Revolution restaurant in Birmingham.
Small and medium-sized hospitality businesses (SMEs) such as restaurants, pubs and bars are more optimistic about future growth than those in other major sectors.
Jamie Oliver and campaign group Sustain have today (4 September) launched a Children’s Health Fund to encourage restaurants and cafes to impose a tax on sugary drinks.
The experienced back and front-of-house duo will open their restaurant Ellory at Hackney’s Netil House later this month. Young received rave reviews for his cooking at Mayfields (also in Hackney) and Lewens has worked in the restaurant industry for 20...
Pizza Express has buckled to ongoing public pressure and announced that it will no longer deduct an eight per cent administration fee from staff tips paid on credit card.
Compass Group UK & Ireland's fine-dining division Restaurant Associates is continuing its links with the Roux family by hiring Emily Roux, the daughter of Michel Roux Jr, as a consultant.
The hospitality VAT cut campaign has put forward a plan to the Government for a staggered reduction in the level of the tax for hospitality businesses.
Chorley-based Leisureplex Hotels and coach holiday group Alfa Travel have completed an employee-backed buyout which has seen the business become controlled by its workforce.
Hotels which encourage and respond to online reviews generate nearly four times as many page views as other venues, according to new research from TripAdvisor.
Casual Dining Group (CDG), the Café Rouge and Bella Italia operator, has completed its second significant deal in the sector in under two months, after agreeing to acquire La Tasca, the c40strong Spanish tapas chain, in a deal valued at between £20m...
The Government is asking for information on how tips are collected and distributed in restaurants as part of an investigation into what it calls the 'abuse of tipping' within the sector.
BigHospitality's Dish Deconstructed series goes behind the scenes at Tom's Kitchen with executive chef Richard O'Connell as he shows us how to make a Beef Wellington.
