Casual Dining

Chiquito poised to enter administration

Chiquito poised to enter administration

By Sophie Witts

Chiquito looks set to be one of the first big restaurant groups to collapse amid the coronavirus shutdown after its owner filed a notice of intention to appoint administrators.

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The Lowdown: BrewDog's Online Bar

By James McAllister

With the Coronavirus crisis impelling operators to diversify, BrewDog is set to open its first ‘online bar’.

Government Job Retention Scheme hospitality furlough coronavirus

OPINION

It’s time for everyone to get in the boat

By Jonathan Downey

Too much time is being spent looking at the detail of the Government’s Job Retention Scheme when what the industry should be doing, as a matter of urgency, is getting everyone on furlough.

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Live advice bureau - experts answer your hospitality questions

By Stefan Chomka

Have you got a question about your on-trade business that you can’t find an answer for even though you’ve searched online and listened to Boris’s daily updates? Our United We Stand campaign is here to help

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Time to takeaway? The restaurants tackling delivery

By James McAllister

The Government has thrown restaurants businesses a lifeline by relaxing rules to allow them to operate a takeaway or delivery element. Could refocusing your restaurant as a delivery enterprise be the key to riding out the Coronavirus storm?

"Mass repossessions" if government does not step in

By Finn Scott-Delany

The majority of landlords are refusing to negotiate meaningfully on rent payments despite the threat of widespread restaurant closures, Imbiba property director Kieran Sherlock has said.

Restaurant chain YO! Sushi temporarily closes 54 restaurants, but 16 remain open coronavirus

YO! Sushi temporarily closes 54 restaurants, but 16 remain open

By Stefan Chomka

YO! Sushi is temporarily closing 54 of its restaurants but a further 16 will remain open as part of its measures in light of the Coronavirus epidemic and to try safeguard the future of the brand and the livelihoods of it staff.

The rise of Sri Lankan restaurants in London including Hoppers, Paradise and Kolamba

Kari the day: the rise of Sri Lankan cuisine

By James McAllister

With Hoppers opening its biggest site to date in London’s King’s Cross last month, and two Sri Lankan restaurants recently launching in Soho, the lesser known subcontinental cuisine has moved into prime London territory.

Restaurants see 69% sales plunge

Restaurants see sales plunge 69%

By James McAllister

Sales at UK restaurants, cafes and pubs plunged 69% year-on-year in the last week as social-distancing measures were ramped up across the country due to the Coronavirus outbreak.