Hospitality businesses in England face a ‘dangerous cost of doing business crisis’ with high street business rates set to rise £3.1bn on 1 April, according to Altus Group.
Brixton's iconic Market House is to reopen this week following an extensive refurbishment, with cult chicken brand Wingmans permanently taking over the kitchen.
Hospitality businesses have been left disappointed after Chancellor Rishi Sunak failed to offer fresh financial support in his Spring Statement to help firms weather rising cost inflation pressures.
Revolution Bar Group says it is to increase employees’ pay over and above the new increased National Minimum Wage this April – at a cost of £2m to the business.
Soaring energy costs are forcing some hospitality businesses to raise their prices and cut trading hours, according to a new survey by four leading trade bodies.
Former St Leonards chefs Andrew Clarke and Daniel Watkins have found a permanent home for their vegetable-focused barbecue concept Acme Fire Cult at 40FT Brewery in London's Dalston.
Gordon Ramsay has said the Covid-19 pandemic has 'wiped the arrogance from the industry', adding that it had also wiped the slate clean of 'crap' restaurants.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak is reportedly considering a freeze in VAT for hospitality businesses at the current reduced rate of 12.5% beyond April in his Spring Statement tomorrow (23 March).
The founder and CEO of New York-based LDV Hospitality, which operates Sette in London's Knightsbridge, on building a successful international restaurant and bar group.
Just Eat for Business orders have doubled since the online food order and delivery group rebranded it from City Pantry last year, with more and more operators joining the platform.
With its hugely successful 'dirty' ice cream brand, eye-catching bakery, and fusion ramen restaurant, Omar Shah and Florence Mae Maglanoc’s Maginhawa group is giving Filipino food the fillip it deserves in the capital.
Burger & Lobster is calling for leading London restaurants to unite to provide employment for Ukrainian refugees seeking work as they arrive in the UK.
The chef behind Jöro in Sheffield, who recently triumphed in the Great British Menu's North East and Yorkshire heat, on childhood memories of eating profiteroles and an unusual dessert-related customer request.
This week's main hospitality news stories include Rudy’s Pizza's plans for expansion, Soho House heading to south London and Manchester, and Casa do Frango's first central London site.
The managing director of leisure property agency Shelley Sandzer has said premiums are now 'almost non existent' and the pandemic has given landlords a 'greater understanding' of restaurant business models.
London-based pub and hotel group Cubitt House is plotting an 'aggressive plan of growth' with three more openings slated for this year and another three expected in 2023.
JD Wetherspoon’s revenues were down 13.5% to £807.4m in the half year to 23 January, though the pub company has seen a 'return to normal' trading in recent weeks.
Delivery and takeaway sales continue to run at more than twice the level seen before Covid-19, the latest CGA & Slerp Hospitality at Home Tracker reveals, though growth has slowed.
MJMK founders Marco Mendes and Jake Kasumov have confirmed that their Portuguese restaurant brand Casa do Frango will make its central London debut later this year in Mayfair.
Soho House will make the move south of the river in the capital this summer with the opening of a club in Balham, south London, as well as going north for the first time with a Manchester venue.
