Average operating costs in the restaurant sector now account for over 50% of turnover, according to a new study in to the state of the licensed hospitality sector.
Low-effort pre-meal extras such as cured meats, cheese, olives and nuts can do wonders for your P&L sheets, and both the quality and variety of such products has greatly increased in recent years.
The UK’s eating out and leisure sectors have shown resilience in the second quarter of 2017, with household spending on hotels, restaurants and bars growing by 4.9%.
It’s hard to think of a region with a cuisine and culture that’s better source material for UK casual-dining concepts than the Caribbean. A simple formula of pulsating reggae, thrown-together-looking restaurants, rum cocktails and approachable yet exotic...
Irene Margariti (pictured) and Yannis Theodorakakos are heading eastwards for the second opening under their Suvlaki Greek restaurant brand with a site in Brick Lane, Shoreditch, set to open late this month.
The majority of Camden Lock Market and the wider area is open to the public as usual today after a fire damaged an adjacent building housing an Honest Burger last night (9 July).
It is the 10th International Beer Day on 4 August, an event that many restaurants may celebrate. But how genuine is the sector’s enthusiasm for craft beer?
The Low Pay Commission (LPC) has been urged to show caution on further increases to the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage or risk future investment and jobs in the hospitality sector.
Many people will be familiar with the following situation: after a long lunch or dinner in a restaurant, where you have been served a procession of small dishes, the chef magnanimously comes out and walks the room speaking to diners about their meal.
The food and beverage (F&B) market has 'cooled' over the last year in a shift described as 'concerning' in the Colliers International Midsummer Retail report.
Chef Danny Gill is running a pop-up restaurant in a school this week (7 July) to try and get teenagers interested in working in the restaurant industry. Gill, who was head chef at two-Michelin-starred Midsummer House and now runs Browns Pie Shop in Lincoln,...
Old World Hospitality is to replace its Chor Bizarre restaurant on Albemarle Street, Mayfair, with a UK outpost of Indian Accent, the highly rated top-end restaurant brand helmed by chef Manish Mehrotra.
Chef Adam Simmonds intends to open his debut London restaurant in Marylebone once his year-long pop-up restaurant The Test Kitchen in Soho has come to an end.
London-based Indian street food player Rola Wala shocked customers when it chose Leeds for its first permanent site. But now it’s back in the Big Smoke with a Shoreditch restaurant opening this month.
Three in five restaurant owners and managers have never heard of research and development (R&D) tax relief, which means that they are potentially missing out on a sizeable tax windfall.
Australasian-influenced restaurant Dickie Fitz in Newman Street has closed, along with London gastropubs Princess Victoria and The Lady Ottoline, following the closure of business owner Affinity Group.
The hospitality industry’s contribution to the UK economy has grown faster than any other sector since the 2008 downturn, but the status of EU staff means its future remains uncertain.
