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The last two weeks of the festive period were the most profitable for chain restaurants and pubs

Last minute festive boost for restaurant and pub chains

By Emma Eversham

Sales at some of the UK’s largest restaurant and pub chains benefited from a last minute flurry of visits in the last two weeks of the festive season according to the latest Coffer Peach Business Tracker.

First Look: Inamo Covent Garden

First Look: Inamo Covent Garden

By Sophie Witts and Liam Garrahan

Tech-driven restaurant Inamo re-located its St James's site to Covent Garden last week and BigHospitality was one of the first to see it.

Jackson & Rye is now under the ownership of Cote

Cote buys Jackson & Rye and Limeyard

By Mark Wingett

Cote, the BC Partners ­backed group, has acquired Jackson & Rye and Limeyard from Richard Caring for an undisclosed sum, with plans to roll out both fledgling concepts.

Feathers Inn pub to switch to five-day week

Feathers Inn pub to switch to five-day week

By Liam Garrahan

The Feathers Inn pub in Hedley, Northumberland, is to follow in the footsteps of Michelin-starred kitchens by switching to a shorter working week to offer staff a better work-life balance.

Nines Global Buffet opening in Cambridge

Nines Global Buffet opening in Cambridge

By Liam Garrahan

Nines Global Buffet is to open to the public this month following a ‘complete design overhaul’ of the old premises of Lucky Star Buffet.

Possible exit route: Azzurri, among others, could offer shares in the coming year

2016: The year of the IPO, the taco and Brazilian food

By Stefan Chomka

The Rio Olympics, the continued rise of grab-and-go food and a growing number of restaurant groups weighing up their exit strategies will each have an impact on the eating-out sector in 2016, according to predictions from industry experts.

Big Hospitality Conversation set for Dundee

Big Hospitality Conversation set for Dundee

By Liam Garrahan

The Big Hospitality Conversation is to take place in Dundee later this month, with over 50 Scottish hospitality and tourism businesses expected to attend.

Spotlight on Service

Service hiccups: Gold Service Scholarship finalists 2015

By Liam Garrahan

Everyone can have a bad day every now and then, as the Gold Service Scholarship finalists have been discussing. In the latest in our Spotlight on Service campaign, we reveal to you some of the moments that left the best in the business rather red-faced.

Brett Redman of Jidori on the Japanese cuisine explosion

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Brett Redman of Jidori on the Japanese cuisine explosion

By Liam Garrahan

Brett Redman’s Japanese venture, Jidori, follows the trend set by its sister restaurants, Elliots and The Richmond, by being vastly different to each other, yet following the same principles of serving quality produce cooked over a wood or charcoal grill....

Earl of Sandwich relaunching at Bluewater

Earl of Sandwich relaunching at Bluewater

By Liam Garrahan

Having closed its only UK branch in March 2014, Earl of Sandwich has announced that it is to be returning to England in Bluewater shopping centre, Essex.

Heston’s dishes blasting into orbit

Heston’s dishes blasting into orbit

By Liam Garrahan

Heston Blumenthal is to create seven dishes for British astronaut, Tim Peake, which will be blasted into space to give him a flavour of home during his six-month mission on the International Space Station.

Taiwanese concept Mr. Bao opening in Peckham

Taiwanese concept Mr. Bao opening in Peckham

By Liam Garrahan

Taiwanese restaurant, Mr. Bao, is set to open its doors Peckham, London, with the aim of ‘breathing new culinary life and much-needed Asian flavours’ into the community.

Computer generated images of the hotel

The Peninsula London: Planning permission granted

By Liam Garrahan

Joint venture developers, Grosvenor Britain & Ireland (Grosvenor) and The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels ltd. (HSH), have been granted planning permission to build The Peninsula London hotel on London’s Hyde Park Corner in central London.

IHG opening Stock Burger Co. in January

IHG opening Stock Burger Co. in January

By Liam Garrahan

Stock Burger Co., a new burger-centric bar and restaurant from hotel group InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), is set to open in Brighton on 14 January.

The Red Hotels kitchen team

Shift revamp at Red Hotels to tackle chef crisis

By Liam Garrahan

Chefs at Red Hotels properties in Cornwall are to benefit from new shift patterns which will see them have two days off per week in an attempt to tackle the chef shortage and improve their work/life balance.

JD Wetherspoon admits data breach

JD Wetherspoon admits data breach

By Liam Garrahan

JD Wetherspoon has become the latest hospitality business to admit that some customer and staff data, including credit and debit cards, names, mobile phone numbers, email addresses, and dates of birth, has been accessed illegally by a third party.

Pizza Hut launches apprenticeship scheme

Pizza Hut launches apprenticeship scheme

By Liam Garrahan

Pizza Hut, has launched its first apprenticeship scheme which will see the company pledge 1,500 new apprenticeships across all of its restaurants over the next five years.

61% of Brits to dine out on Christmas Day

61% of Brits to dine out on Christmas Day

By Liam Garrahan

Almost two-thirds of the British public have opted to eat out on Christmas day to alleviate the stress of cooking on themselves and their families, according to a report by Bookatable, while the website has seen a 251 per cent increase in Christmas bookings...

ALMR calls for ‘healthy options not harmful taxes’

ALMR calls for ‘healthy options not harmful taxes’

By Liam Garrahan

The Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) has asked the Government to consider the impact of the sugar tax on pubs and bars and that the tax alone is unlikely to tackle issues regarding obesity.

Hospitality Openings: November 2015

Hospitality Openings: November 2015

By Liam Garrahan

BigHospitality monthly round-up of openings includes the highly anticipated German Gymnasium as well as a first solo venture for Jun Tanaka.

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Sugar Tax: Report urges Government to ‘wake up’ and take action

By Liam Garrahan

The Government Health Select Committee has urged MPs to take action and introduce a sugar tax on soft drinks, although it has expressed concerns that the hospitality industry could  ‘absorb’ the tax instead of passing it onto consumers. 

People on the Move in Hospitality: November 2015

People on the Move in Hospitality: November 2015

By Liam Garrahan

BigHospitality rounds up a number of appointments across the hospitality sector including the arrival of a management team for Oxford’s first Hilton, The Robert Parker Collection and El Gato Negro.

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