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Warm April weather has seen a rise in spending in pubs and restaurants

Consumers continue to spend more on eating out

By Sophie Witts

Increasing consumer confidence and the warm weather saw a rise in people eating and drinking out in April, according to the latest Barclaycard Consumer Spending Report.

Andrew Scott of Scott Hospitality Services gives his tips for success

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Andrew Scott of Scott Hospitality Services gives his tips for success

By Michelle Perrett

Andrew Scott of Scott Hospitality Services started working as a kitchen porter at the age of 13. Now, 27 years later he runs coffee shop brand Heaven Scent, Kinnairds restaurant at Knockhill Racing Circuit, a vending business, wedding company and an event...

Whitbread has pledged to create 6,000 apprenticeships within five years

Whitbread announce 2020 sustainability and jobs targets

By Sophie Witts

Whitbread PLC, owner of Costa and Premier Inn, has committed to reducing its environmental footprint and creating 15,000 new jobs by 2020 as part of its Good Together corporate responsibility programme.

Steve and Claire Love whose Birmingham restaurant Loves Restaurant will close at the end of the month

Loves Restaurant in Birmingham to close

By Emma Eversham

Steve and Claire Love, the owners of Loves Restaurant in Birmingham are closing the business after six years to allow Steve to focus on the Bocuse d'Or and Claire to pursue her wine business. 

Business Profile: PizzaExpress

Business Profile: PizzaExpress

By Mark Wingett

Two years into his role as chief executive of PizzaExpress, Richard Hodgson is excited about the brand's future both in the UK and internationally. 

Customers are expecting bespoke and premium airside sites

The changing face of airport hospitality

By Sophie Witts

Airport dining has changed dramatically in the last ten years. While motor-way service style free-flow restaurants used to be the norm, heavy investment has seen the airside food offering start to outpace the high street.

Andrew Scott is looking to roll out his Heaven Scent Coffee Shop concept to other sites in Scotland's surburban neighbourhoods

Heaven Scent Coffee Shop owner plans expansion

By Michelle Perrett

Andrew Scott, owner of restaurant, coffee shop and catering business Scott Hospitality Services, is looking for investors to help roll out his Heaven Scent Coffee Shop concept. 

Smaller operators are driving growth by expanding across the UK high street

Small restaurant brands upbeat about expansion

By Sophie Witts

Over half (54 per cent) of small UK foodservice entrepreneurs are planning to open more than five outlets in the next 12 months, according to Horizon’s latest Ones to Watch survey.

Having a transparent supply chain will ensure minimal risk to your corporate reputation says Whitbread's Mark Parker

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How to ensure a sustainable supply chain

By Mark Parker

Mark Parker of Whitbread talks about why having a transparent and sustainable supply chain is 'vital' within the hotel, restaurant and pub business and suggests ways to ensure your business is complying. 

Restaurant's Stefan Chomka (l) and Joe Lutrario (r) attempt Red Dog Saloon's The Devastator Challenge

Eating challenges: Do they make financial sense?

By Joe Lutrario

Eating challenges are big business for many restaurants but do they make financial sense and what place do they have within an industry that’s increasingly trying to avoid excess and waste? Restaurant's Joe Lutrario finds out. 

Staff at Yotels at Heathrow, Gatwick and Schiphol now clock on and off by simply placing the palm of their hand on a biometric reader

Yotel intalls biometric systems to record staff attendance

By Emma Eversham

Hotel group Yotel has installed automated biometric systems to record the attendance of staff at three of its airport hotels which it says will enable its general managers to better plan cover and improve the payroll process. 

Coffee shop Grind & Co turns into a cocktail bar at night.

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Battle for non-traditional trading hours intensifies

By Mark Wingett

The battle for non-traditional trading hours among fast food, café, pub and restaurant operators is set to intensify during the coming year as more and more brands look to stretch their offer.

Rola Wala currently operates a permanent site in Leeds

Rola Wala plans London expansion

By Sophie Witts

Leeds-based Rola Wala is popping-up in London, and plans to open two permanent sites in the capital later this year.

Chains offering a wider variety of cuisine have expanded rapidly in the last five years

'Globalisation' of UK food scene drives chain operator growth

By Sophie Witts

The rise of street food and the ‘globalisation’ of the UK restaurant scene have led to the unbroken growth of chain operators over the last 17 years, according commercial property and real estate services advisors CBRE.

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