Venues

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

Cumbria's Swan Hotel re-opens six months after floods

07-May-2010 By Emma Eversham

The Swan Hotel & Spa at Newby Bridge in Cumbria has re-opened for business six months after floods swept the county

Michel Roux Jr Westminster restaurant to open next week

07-May-2010 By Becky Paskin

Michel Roux Jr and Compass Group will finally open a fine dining restaurant at Parliament Square next week, over a year since the venture was first announced

Goodman steakhouse secures second London site

06-May-2010 By Joe Lutrario

Goodman - the top-end steakhouse concept - has completed on a site in the City, its second in London

Second Bavarian Beerhouse to open in London

06-May-2010 By Emma Eversham

The Bavarian Beerhouse Group is opening a second Bavarian Beerhouse in London following the success of its first site in Old Street

World's 50 Best lunch at Bar Boulud

05-May-2010 By Becky Paskin

As the S.Pellegrino World's 50 Best awards drew to a close for another year, BigHospitality caught up with Daniel Boulud at his first London restaurant at Mandarin Oriental Hotel, where he cooked for the top 50 chefs in the world

Duncan Bannatyne saves Charlton House hotel

05-May-2010 By Chris Druce

Dragons’ Den star Duncan Bannatyne has rescued West Country hotel Charlton House from administration, saving 62 jobs at the property

Marco Pierre White to open restaurant at Hotel Indigo Liverpool

05-May-2010 By Emma Eversham

Marco Pierre White is to open a restaurant under his name at the 151-bedroom Hotel Indigo in Liverpool next  year

Archangel restaurant with rooms to open in Somerset

04-May-2010 By Stefan Chomka

Archangel, a restaurant with rooms that is being renovated from an ancient coaching inn, will open early next month in the Somerset town of Frome

Bjorn van der Horst changes focus at Eastside Inn

04-May-2010 By Emma Eversham

Bjorn van der Horst has decided to change the focus at his east London restaurant Eastside Inn introducing a more 'homely' menu throughout the 84-cover venue

Centre Point’s Paramount restaurant to open to public

30-Apr-2010 By Becky Paskin

Paramount, the restaurant and bar situated on the top three floors of London’s Centre Point building, will next month open to the public for the first time

Healthy-eating chain Tossed to expand to 25 sites by 2013

30-Apr-2010 By Becky Paskin

Healthy eating restaurant group Tossed has announced plans to operate 25 sites by 2013, after receiving a £1.5m development fund from venture capital company Beringea

Liverpool £56m dual hotel build to create 250 jobs

29-Apr-2010 By Becky Paskin

A £56m hotel development on Liverpool’s Oldham Street has secured planning permission, creating 250 new jobs in the area

Bill's Produce lines up trio of sites

29-Apr-2010 By Mark Stretton

Bill’s Produce, the grocer-meets-upmarket-café concept, is set to open a trio of new sites this year – including a London flagship

Circle set to increase in north as sites sought

29-Apr-2010 By Stefan Chomka

CIrcle Club, Manchester's private member's club and restaurant, is looking to expand in the north of England and create six new Circle venues within the next two years

Del'Aziz reveals plans for restaurant number six

26-Apr-2010 By Martyn Leek

Del’Aziz, the Mediterranean restaurant and deli operator, has revealed plans to open its sixth restaurant by September and also wants to develop a London-based central kitchen and bakery