Italian causal dining chains Pizza Express and Azzurri are expected to announce restaurant closures and financial restructures as the fallout from the Coronavirus pandemic continues.
The majority of customers in restaurants and pubs would like to see waiting staff using face coverings, according to new research from guest experience management expert HGEM.
Jun Tanaka, chef-patron at The Ninth in Fitzrovia, says his restaurant won’t reopen until mid August when he has his full front of house team back in operation.
Only just over half of restaurant and pub businesses say they will participate in the Government’s Eat Out to Help Out scheme, this week’s Hospitality Leaders Poll by MCA Insight/HIM has found.
Pizza and pasta group Vapiano’s UK restaurants have been bought by a group of investors led by former Vapiano director Mario Bauer in partnership with the Savour Group in a deal that safeguards 209 jobs.
Leisure property agency Shelley Sandzer and advisory firm Gerald Edelman are launching a new business venture called Shelley Sandzer Corporate Finance (SSCF).
Independent restaurants have voiced their concerns over customers expecting them to pass on the reduction in VAT at a time when their businesses need to use the Government support to survive.
From mobile ordering and payments to systems that can feed information to the Government’s Track and Trace system, here is some of the latest technology that’s helping restaurants to re-open for business safely and profitably.
Jeremy Chan and Iré Hassan’s celebrated West End restaurant Ikoyi will re-open this Friday (17 July) with a new a la carte menu that’s also available for pick-up and delivery.
More chefs and restaurants have added their voices to the current no-show debate following Tom Kerridge’s public slamming of people who failed to honour their bookings as “disgraceful” and “short-sighted”.
Tomas Lidakevicius, former executive chef at Jason Atherton’s City Social, is pairing up with family-run Borough Market stall holder Turnips to bring a vegetable centred dining experience to Borough Market.
Retail specialist Category Wins and foodservice PR and marketing agency William Murray have launched a joint venture to get more restaurant brands onto supermarket shelves.
The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) and Society for Independent Brewers (SIBA) have attacked a promotional poster from JD Wetherspoon advertising lower prices for alcoholic drinks following Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s announcement of a VAT reduction last week.
Sheffield social enterprise restaurant Blend Kitchen is to move to a new location after receiving fresh support from local businesses and musician Richard Hawley.
Simon Rogan at Home, the meal delivery service set up by the two Michelin-starred chef during lockdown, has been named the best value Michelin starred takeaway meal in the UK.
JD Wetherspoon (JDW) has announced it will be cutting food and drink prices across its pub estate in wake of the reduction in VAT just one week after it said that they were set to increase.
Restaurants and other establishments serving food for on premises consumption are being encouraged to sign up to the Government’s Eat Out to Help Out initiative.
Digital menus, pay-at-table apps and even robots that deliver food could become more prevalent in restaurants following the Coronavirus pandemic as businesses look at ways to reduce contact between staff and customers.
Fred Sirieix, Heston Blumenthal and Tom Kerridge are the faces of a new campaign by Hospitality Action asking owners and customers of restaurants, bars, hotels and takeaways to sell and buy ‘Invisible Chips’ to raise money for people in the sector.
Restaurateurs have reacted with dismay at the level of customers failing to honour their bookings on the second weekend of trading after the lifting of lockdown.
The Government's announcement of a cut in vat to 5% for hospitality was the leading story this week - here are some of the other stories that stole the headlines.
Atul Kochhar has doubled his presence in the affluent Buckinghamshire town of Marlow with the opening of Vaasu today (10 July) in the site that was once home to veteran Italian restaurant Villa D’Este.
The high profile chef on turning his hugely successful Meals from Marlow initiative into a fully-fledged charity and what he thinks of the Government’s response to the pandemic.
Wagamama and Frankie and Benny's owner The Restaurant Group has secured a loan of £50m through the Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CLBILS) as it looks to increase flexibility in its banking facilities.
A campaign to raise awareness among people working in food delivery who may be able to spot signs of child abuse in the home has been launched by The Children’s Society and National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC).
The winner of the 2020 Gold Service Scholarship on why she chose to work in restaurants, her pet hate in the dining room and the industry figure she most admires.
The Minster for Business and Industry, Nadhim Zahawi, has said the Government has 'no plans' to extend further support to businesses in Leicester currently forced to remain closed.
Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed that pubs and restaurants in Scotland can reopen for indoor service from next Wednesday (15 July), providing they follow strict health measures.
Westminster Council says it will be asking businesses operating an outdoor service to implement a ’no seat, no service‘ policy, and enforcing a clear ‘no licence, no trade’ message.
Burger King UK CEO Alasdair Murdoch has said the economic damage triggered by the Coronavirus pandemic could cause the fast food chain to close up to 10% of its estate.
