Historic Chelsea pub The Surprise is to reopen under new ownership, with alumni from Gladwin brothers restaurant Rabbit and The Harwood Arms overseeing the kitchen and general management respectively.
Pasta Remoli founder Simone Remoli is opening a grab & go format of his pasta brand next month, which is promised to be the first of many for high footfall locations.
UKHospitality analysis shows almost 8,000 venues, employing about 343,000 people will be paying full business rates in July, despite Budget measures to soften the acute rates burden.
The Mirror is reporting that 196 ex-employees of Jamie Oliver’s collapsed restaurant group have won up to £500,000 in compensation following a tribunal.
Time Out Group has confirmed it will no longer push ahead with plans to open a food market in London Waterloo, due to the financial hit from the Covid-19 pandemic.
Rick Stein is to open a coffee shop in Padstow in partnership with Cornish roastery Origin Coffee in the space that was once home to Rick Stein Patisserie.
Jo Fleet, former managing director at Flat Iron and Wahaca, has joined steakhouse group Hawksmoor to head up its nationwide meal kit distribution and London restaurant delivery operations.
Health-focused grab and go brand Pure is launching a new subscription membership service, which will give users a 20% discount, to coincide with the reopening of selected sites for takeaway.
US fried chicken chain Popeyes is to launch its first UK restaurant this year as part of an expansion drive to open more than 300 sites across the country.
The market for makeaway meal kits is booming with 10% of the British population having ordered one for the first time during lockdown, according to data from Barclaycard Payments.
Updated guidance on the Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG) has urged local authorities to ensure businesses previously ineligible for grant support are targeted.
The UK Door Security Association (UKDSA) has raised concerns over the state of the industry and the current licensed resource security numbers available once businesses reopen over the coming months.
The Government is being called on to allow people to be able to order at the bar from the indoor opening of restaurants and pubs on 17 May, and for customers to be allowed to consume drinks while standing outdoors.
The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has announced that £6m will be invested in directly supporting the reopening of London’s economy once Covid-19 restrictions are lifted.
Josh Eggleton has announced The Pony and Trap in Chew Magna, Somerset, will be renamed The Pony Chew Valley when it relaunches as a community interest company later this year.
Hospitality businesses will have greater flexibly to set up marquees and provide more outdoor space for diners as restrictions ease, the Government has announced.
The Kansas City-born restaurateur and pit master, who owns London barbecue joint Prairie Fire, on memories of White Castle burgers, and starting out as a prep chef at just 13.
This week's main hospitality news stories include Scotland's lockdown roadmap, research showing £8.2bn in beer sales was wiped from the pub sector last year, and Henry Harris joining Wright Brothers.
Operators that have invested in alfresco dining spaces are being caught out by changes to rules on what constitutes an outside space as well as inconsistent enforcement by local authorities.
Recruitment across the hospitality sector has grown by 39% in the last month as the sector prepares for reopening, according to data from job search engine Adzuna.
Restaurant and hotel businesses including Dishoom, Made in Oldstead, D&D London The Dorchester Collection & 45 Park Lane were named winners at last night’s (18 March) Springboard Virtual Awards for Excellence.
JD Wetherspoon has posted a pre-tax loss of £46.2m for the six months to 24 January, as the 'ever-changing Government guidelines' took their toll on takings.
The American restaurant and bar chain celebrates its 35th birthday in the UK today (18 March), making it one of the most enduring restaurant groups on these shores.
Former The Fat Duck group executive chef Ashley Palmer-Watts has joined forces with renowned English cyclist Sean Yates to launch a series of 'luxury destination getaways'.
Stonegate Pub Company, the UK's largest pub company, has reported a loss before tax of £746m for the full year to 27 September 2020 as a result of the pandemic.
Sacha Lord is taking his legal challenge against the Government's decision not to allow hospitality to reopen for indoor service until five weeks after non-essential retail to the High Court.
Pizza Pilgrims is looking to open four new pizzerias in the capital by late summer, and has a further four in negotiations, after its expansion pipeline was put on hold during the pandemic.
The Government is being urged to publish the data that underpins its decisions on the restrictions imposed on the hospitality sector, according to a new report published by the House of Commons’ Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee.
JOY at Portobello, the outdoor restaurant and retail space created by chef Stevie Parle, is facing an uncertain future that could see it close just a month after reopening.
