Venues

Keep up to date with the latest openings, closures and property deals in the restaurant, pub and hotel sectors.

Planet Hollywood relocates to Haymarket

15-Jun-2009 By Becky Paskin

Planet Hollywood has launched its new £5m flagship London restaurant and bar on Haymarket after relocating from The Trocadero in January

Charlton House Hotel goes into administration

15-Jun-2009 By Emma Eversham

The Somerset country house hotel and spa bought by Mulberry founders Roger and Monty Saul in 1996 looks for a new owner after it falls victim to the economic downturn

Rezidor launch flagship Park Inn in Manchester

12-Jun-2009 By Becky Paskin

The Rezidor Hotel Group has opened its flagship Park Inn hotel for the north in Manchester, the group’s 24th Park Inn in the UK

Jamie Barber to roll out Villandry Kitchen concept

12-Jun-2009 By Emma Eversham

Villandry owner Jamie Barber and Ed Standring, owner of Relish Restaurants launch their first joint venture - an all day cafe and bistro called Villandry Kitchen

John McClements sells off Barnes Ma Cuisine

11-Jun-2009 By Emma Eversham

South west London-based restaurateur John McClements puts one of his Ma Cuisine sites on the market following a review of his business

Jamie's Italian plans seven new sites for 2010

10-Jun-2009 By Emma Eversham

The casual Italian restaurant chain fronted by Jamie Oliver plans to double its estate by opening seven new sites in the UK next year

Gordon Ramsay’s Petrus to reopen in Belgravia

08-Jun-2009 By Becky Paskin

Gordon Ramsay’s restaurant that formerly resided at The Berkeley in Knightsbridge, is to reopen just yards down the street in September

First Rezidor and Missoni hotel opens in Edinburgh

04-Jun-2009 By Emma Eversham

The first Hotel Missoni - the collaboration between the Rezidor Hotel Group and the Italian fashion label Missoni - will open in Edinburgh next week

Real Hotel Company’s Birmingham property sold

03-Jun-2009 By Becky Paskin

The Quality Hotel in Birmingham, formerly owned by The Real Hotel Company that went into administration in January, has been sold

Fifth Jimmy Spice's restaurant to open in former bar

02-Jun-2009 By Emma Eversham

Fusion buffet operator Jimmy Spices will open its fifth restaurant in a former Yatess bar in Stratford-upon-Avon later this month

Chef's coastal hotel on market after going into administration

01-Jun-2009 By Emma Eversham

Administrators for The Staincliffe Hotel in Seaton Carew near Hartlepool, owned and managed by chef Mark Jones, seek a buyer

Nando’s unveils first eco-friendly branch

29-May-2009 By Paul Wootton

Nandos Junction 27 in Leeds becomes the first restaurant to be powered only by its waste cooking oil

The Hardwick in Abergavenny to expand

29-May-2009 By Stefan Chomka

Chef Stephen Terrys restaurant in Abergavenny will become a restaurant with rooms at the start of next year following a refurbishment programme

Charity hotel awaits buyer

28-May-2009 By Emma Eversham

Brian Burnie, the man who has lovingly converted Doxford Hall in Northumberland into a luxury hotel and spa, waits for a buyer for it so he can donate all the proceeds from its sale to charity