Restaurateur and chef Mark Hix is to expand his current nine-strong restaurant portfolio after entering into a joint venture with Westbury Street Holdings (WSH), the owner of Searcys, BaxterStorey and Benugo.
Who are the people who really shape the UK's eating out industry? Here Restaurant reveals the chefs, restaurateurs, boardroom bigwigs and others who exercise significant influence over this country's restaurant scene and who are the true power...
Details of the 10 'disruptors' of the restaurant world chosen for The Power List: Restaurant magazine's 100 most powerful people in the restaurant industry.
Coffee chains such as Starbucks and Costa are at risk of ‘brand fatigue’ with customer loyalty beginning to waver, according to new research by Allegra and BRITA.
Adding a spa to your hotel business is guaranteed to get people talking about you, but it’s easy to lose sight of the target - to increase your customer offering and your revenue, says SPA Creators managing director Alistair Johnson. Here he shares five...
The owner of newly opened Frenchie in Covent Garden on the differences between London and Paris, the challenges of finding staff and enjoying the honeymoon period.
Manchester-based restaurant group Solita has bought two of chef Paul Heathcote's restaurant sites - The Olive Press and Heathcote's Brasserie in Preston.
Chef Gary Usher has confirmed he will open a third bistro named Hispi, near Manchester, after last night exceeding his second crowdfunding target of £50,000 to make £58,650.
Hanger, a new ‘steakhouse and liquor bar’ focusing on hanger steak and old-fashioned cocktails, and with a L’Enclume-trained chef at the helm, is to open in south west London this summer.
Chef Scott Smith - a protégé of Geoffrey Smeddle, owner of the Michelin-starred The Peat Inn - is taking over the site of the former Plumed Horse in Edinburgh with a new restaurant Norn.
Crazy golf-themed cocktail bar and food outlet Swingers – The Crazy Golf Club, is set to open its first permanent site next month following the success of a pop-up in Shoreditch last year.
Robin Gill, the chef behind the London sites The Dairy and The Manor, is replacing his Delicatessen with a new tapas bar concept called Counter Culture after admitting that the former venture didn’t work at the site.
Global hotel operator AccorHotels has acquired home rental service onefinestay in a bid to take a greater share of the serviced homes and luxury accommodation markets.
Unique Vacations Ltd, the company behind Caribbean resorts Sandals, Beaches and Grand Pineapple, has opened the UK's first high street store dedicated to a hotel brand.
The deadline to enter Le Cordon Bleu UK Scholarship Award 2016 – with a prize including an internship at the three-Michelin-starred Restaurant Gordon Ramsay ‒ is fast approaching.
The Chinese-led consortium bidding to takeover Starwood Hotels & Resorts has formally withdrawn its offer, paving the way for Starwood’s merger with Marriott to go ahead.
Marriott International is shaking up its food and beverage strategy by offering local entrepreneurs the chance to create pop-up bars and restaurants in its city centre hotels.
Online restaurant reservations provider OpenTable has unveiled new 'lickable' technology which allows diners to taste dishes from their favourite restaurants.
