Having had to temporarily shut his Birmingham restaurant Carters of Moseley, Brad Carter is now producing up to 140 high-end meal boxes per week for delivery
Industry bodies from across the leisure, hospitality and retail sectors have called for the Government to take urgent steps this week to extend protection from rent enforcement activity.
Indian Accent has announced that it is to close permanently its Mayfair restaurant because of the challenges it has faced during the Coronavirus crisis and those of customer distancing it will face once lockdown is lifted.
Vegan pizza brand Purezza says that despite the unforeseen challenges of the Coronavirus pandemic, the company is still on track to expand its estate this year.
CEOs of restaurant groups including Itsu, Pizza Hut, Pret A Manger and Wagamama as well as delivery platform Deliveroo have written to the Prime Minister calling for measures to help support the hospitality sector.
Dessert-focused chain Creams is to introduce QR codes to access menus and an ice cream van jingle to prompt all team members to wash their hands and sanitise surfaces.
Chef Arbinder Dugal has discussed the difficulties faced by those such as himself, who were forced to change their restaurant opening plans as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic.
Richard Caring has warned that Boris Johnson’s “weakness and indecision” on reopening restaurants, pubs and cafes will cost more than two million workers their jobs.
The Government-mandated shutdown of the hospitality sector was responsible for nearly a quarter of the GDP losses felt by UK business in April, according to the CGA's latest UKHospitality Tracker.
An 'comprehensive' review of the two-metre social distancing rule has been ordered by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, as pressure continues to grow for the Government to relax the guidance.
Working with his brother Alan, Mark Wogan runs pizza-by-the-slice group Homeslice, which as well as recently reopening for delivery, has also launched a take and bake service across the capital.
As the Coronavirus crisis continues to dominate the headlines, we round-up some of the main stories regarding how it has affected the hospitality industry in the past week.
From pre-bottled Negronis and British rum to a caffeine-spiked liqueur and perfume-inspired gin, here's this month's rundown of the latest drinks products vying for space on your back bar
Chefs, restaurants, cafes and pubs from around the UK are coming together together for an online charity auction to raise funds for Action Against Hunger and Hospitality Action.
Hicce duo Pip Lacey and Gordy McIntyre are to open a food market next week in the space below their restaurant at Coal Drops Yard in London's King's Cross.
Just 11% of hospitality businesses have been able to operate normally during the Coronavirus lockdown according to a report from The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Hospitality and Tourism (APPG).
Restaurant businesses will be forced to slash staff numbers when the Government’s Job Retention Scheme (JRS) moves into its next stage in August, according to the latest weekly Hospitality Leaders Poll by MCA Insight/HIM.
With bars, cafés and restaurants facing catastrophic financial losses due to the Coronavirus, Belgium has launched the ‘helpy hour’ initiative, to try and stop its hospitality establishments from going under.
As the lockdown easing tentatively begins, restaurants owners’ minds are turning to reopening their businesses. But what does the short-term future hold for restaurants?
'Better chicken’ restaurant concept Chiktopia has gone into liquidation less than a year after opening its debut restaurant within the Intu Lakeside shopping centre in Essex.
Conservative MPs are reportedly calling on Prime Minister Boris Johnson to cut the two-metre social distancing rule, a move many hospitality operators have said will be integral to their survival.
Raymond Blanc's beloved English country house restaurant Belmond Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons in Oxfordshire has announced plans to reopen its doors in mid-July.
ASAP Pizza, the takeaway pizza restaurant that is being launched today (10 June) on the ground floor of Flor in London’s Borough Market, could occupy the site long after lockdown has been lifted, according to co-owner James Lowe.
UKHospitality Cymru has said that an orderly and clearly signalled opening date, which allows high summer season trading, could save as many as 40,000 jobs in the Welsh hospitality industry.
UKHospitality has warned of significant business failures and job losses across the sector if the Government fails to provide fiscal support to overcome the stand-off between landlords and tenants over unpaid rent.
The Business Secretary has confirmed that the earliest hospitality businesses will be able to reopen will be 4 July, dashing hopes that they may have been able to open earlier.
The Restaurant Group (TRG) has announced that its struggling leisure arm is to enter into a company voluntary arrangement (CVA) that will see its estate reduced by approximately 125 sites.
London-based commercial landlord firms Soho Estates and Shaftesbury are leading a campaign to temporarily pedestrianise the Soho area and allow hospitality businesses to set-up al fresco drinking and dining areas.
Pizza Express has taken another tentative step towards reopening its restaurant estate by adding an option to click and collect pizzas from the 13 sites in London that is has already opened for delivery.
