Former Ivy head chef-turned restaurateur Des McDonald is to open a Japanese izakaya-style restaurant on the 16th floor of the Park Regis hotel in Birmingham.
Chancellor George Osborne announced a range of measures to help hospitality businesses, including a freeze in beer duty, business rates support and a rise in the corporation stamp duty threshold in today's Budget, while also bowing to pressure to...
Restaurants and hotels boasting spotlessly clean table cloths and bed linen are more likely to receive positive reviews, according to a survey by P&G Professional with 45 per cent of independent operators believing clean linen has a significant impact...
Greene King, Pizza Hut and Compass are among the 100 food companies and organisations who have signed up to an agreement to tackle food and drink waste greenhouse gas emissions and water intensity by 2025.
Compass Group UK & Ireland is continuing its links with the Roux family by hiring Emily Roux to oversee the menus at this year’s Wimbledon championships and the Investec Derby at Epsom.
Foodservice businesses could better capitalise on the £4bn family market by focusing on small aspects of service such as talking to children, bringing them their food first and supplying them with smaller cutlery, an academic report has found.
Amaris Hospitality, the hotel investment and hospitality group established by Lone Star last summer, has added the Crowne Plaza in Marlow to its portfolio.
Former Bar Boulud maitre d' Paulo de Tarso and Nicolas Jaouën, the former manager at La Petite Maison will open their new Italian restaurant Margot in London' Covent Garden this summer with chef Maurizio Morelli heading up the kitchen.
The average room rate across the UK’s hotels rose 4 per cent in 2015 with hotels in cities outside the capital seeing the biggest rise according to the latest Hotel Price Index from Hotels.com
Being rushed through a meal to give up a table is the biggest annoyance for 26 per cent of diners, while staff getting an order wrong is also likely to make 25 per cent of them grumpy according to survey by Waitrose Good Food Guide.
River Cottage HQ, PizzaExpress and The Clink restaurant in Cardiff are among the companies making this year's Sustainable Restaurant Association's (SRA) Food Made Good Awards shortlist.
Ashley Palmer-Watts, executive head chef for the Fat Duck group, has been seeking culinary inspiration in Thailand for the first of the 50 Best Explores series.
At the start of National Apprenticeship Week 2016 Jill Whittaker, managing director of HIT Training discusses considerations for hospitality businesses when hiring an apprentice.
Leon, Gordon Ramsay Plane Food and Fortnum & Mason are among the hospitality businesses taking part in a scheme to make Heathrow the world’s most sustainable hub airport by 2020.
The number of hospitality businesses employing staff on zero-hours contracts has halved since 2014, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
Rising hourly rates of pay for hospitality workers means the Living Wage could cost the industry far less than originally predicted, according research from Fourth Analytics.
As it celebrates its 50th anniversary, the Royal Garden Hotel's general manager Jonathan Lowrey tells us how he caters for celebrity guests like Justin Bieber and shares the secrets of the business's success.
The Hotel Marketing Association (HMA) has signed a management agreement with the Hospitality Finance, Revenue Management and IT Professionals Association (HOSPA) to provide hospitality marketing expertise to its membership.
Raphael Francois has been appointed chef patron at Michelin-starred Launceston Place in South Kensington following former head chef Tim Allen's departure last year.
You have secured a business loan, found the perfect site and decided on the style of food you’ll serve. Now comes the tricky part: what do you call your restaurant?
Bar side dining is growing in popularity in UK restaurants with 55 per cent of diners now visiting a restaurant specifically for their bar menu, a survey by restaurant booking service OpenTable has found.
Marriott International is expecting to double the size of its hotel estate in Europe following the completion of its merger with Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide.
Investment in the UK's hotel sector is predicted to remain high in 2016, but hotel operators will be expected to work hard and secure a 'decent return' on capital, a law firm has warned.
Despite losing his older brother to cancer, Peter Sanchez-Iglesias has flawlessly executed the family’s plan to move Casamia from the suburbs to central Bristol. And his ambitions don’t end there.
Bartenders from across the UK are being invited to enter the third Ultimate Bartender Championship (UBC) with the chance to win a fully stocked pop-up bar at London Cocktail Week.
Staff retention in many professional kitchens could be improved if more chefs completed stages in other kitchens and welcomed others into theirs, according to HIT Chef Academy principal Paul Mannering.
