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Hotel Indigo featuring Marco Pierre White restaurant to open in Newcastle in £20m development

05-Apr-2012 By Luke Nicholls

Hotel developer Sanguine Hospitality is to venture into the north east for the first time with the opening of a £20m Hotel Indigo in Newcastle, complete with a Marco Pierre White Steakhouse Bar & Grill restaurant and in partnership with Savannah Lifestyle...

The Sustainable Restaurant Association signs up pub companies Peach and Renaissance

15-Mar-2012 By Emma Eversham

Pub companies Peach and Renaissance have pledged to become more environmentally friendly and continue to improve on areas such as dealing with food waste and sourcing food locally by signing up to the Sustainable Restaurant Association's (SRA) rating...

Top 50 northern hospitality industry members named

14-Mar-2012 By Emma Eversham

The Northern Restaurant & Bar Show has named its top 50 members of the hospitality industry who are based in the north of England. 

Pesto plans three more Pesto in the Pub openings

21-Feb-2012 By Peter Ruddick

Pesto, the Italian restaurant chain founded by La Tasca founder Neil Gatt, is to open three more sites under the Pesto in the Pub concept in the next six months after the first under the brand was successfully opened at a Punch Taverns site in Cheshire...

Les Routiers reveals Restaurant, Hotel and Pub of the Year winners

21-Feb-2012 By Luke Nicholls

Ten hotels, restaurants, pubs and inns have been awarded by guide Les Routiers UK for demonstrating ‘exceptional service, hospitality and quality of food’ throughout the year.

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London Fashion week at The May Fair and Trendy Cocktails at The Fifth Floor Bar

17-Feb-2012 By Luke Nicholls

Restaurants, hotels, pubs and bars including The May Fair, The Fifth Floor Bar, The Mulroy and Jurys Inn tell BigHospitality about special events and promotions they're running to attract new customers.

Enterprise Inns announces new chairman and slight trading boost

09-Feb-2012 By Peter Ruddick

Enterprise Inns has announced the appointment of Robert Walker as chairman and released its interim management statement ahead of an AGM with figures revealing a slight boost in trade as like-for-like income per pub rose by 1 per cent in the 18 weeks...

Fuller’s acquires 15 pubs from Enterprise Inns in £23m deal

03-Feb-2012 By Peter Ruddick

Fuller’s, the brewer and pub operator, has announced they are to acquire 15 freehold, tied and tenanted pubs from the pubco Enterprise Inns in a deal costing the London-based company £22.9m.

Macdonald Hotels adds historic coaching inn to its portfolio

30-Jan-2012 By Luke Nicholls

Macdonald hotels & Resorts, the UK’s largest privately owned hotel operator, has added the historic 48-bedroom Haycock Hotel in Wansford near Peterborough to its portfolio.

Peach pub company end 2011 with strong trading, plan 2012 openings

16-Jan-2012 By Peter Ruddick

Independent pub company Peach reported a like-for-like sales increase of 9 per cent last December in what was one of the most productive months of 2011 for the operator.

Marco Pierre White recruiting restaurant couples for new Channel 5 TV Show

10-Jan-2012 By Peter Ruddick

Channel 5 is looking for restaurateur couples to prove to Marco Pierre White that their restaurant is the finest in the country for a brand new TV show for the celebrity chef

New Moon Pub Company plan two new venues after just six months trading

09-Jan-2012 By Peter Ruddick

Less than a year after launching the New Moon Pub Company Paul Newman, former marketing director of Living Ventures, and chef David Mooney are planning to add two new pubs to their portfolio.

Mark Hix to serve international menu at HIX Belgravia

12-Dec-2011 By Emma Eversham

Seasonal British food champion Mark Hix is to move away from his signature style at his latest venue - HIX Belgravia - to serve a menu with an international focus.

Marco Pierre White’s restaurant at The Swan Inn sold to Mitchells & Butlers

09-Dec-2011 By Luke Nicholls

Marco Pierre White’s restaurant at The Swann Inn in Aughton, Lancashire, has been sold and will close for three months on 2 January, before re-opening as a Mitchells & Butlers pub.

Gastropub chef Craig Minto opens third venture after acquiring The Fleece in Addingham

05-Dec-2011 By Emma Eversham

Gastropub chef Craig Minto has re-opened former Punch Taverns pub The Fleece in Addingham, West Yorkshire as a pub, deli and cook school.

How to run a sustainable restaurant or pub

01-Dec-2011 By Emma Eversham

It is now almost two years since the Sustainable Restaurant Association launched in a bid to help restaurants, pubs and caterers become more sustainable and hundreds of businesses have since been audited and rated.

Nathan Outlaw sees 30% rise in restaurant turnover following Michelin stars

01-Dec-2011 By Luke Nicholls

Nathan Outlaw has revealed that his two restaurants in Cornwall are continuing to go from strength to strength, with Restaurant Nathan Outlaw up 30 per cent overall since being awarded two Michelin stars last year.

Oakman Inns & Restaurants’ sixth site: The Blue Boar, Witney

01-Dec-2011 By Luke Nicholls

Oakman Inns & Restaurants, the five-strong pub restaurant operator, is set to unveil The Blue Boar in Oxfordshire this month following a £1.5m restoration programme of an 18th Century coaching inn.

Harbour Hotels reveals plans for £25m luxury hotel at Southampton’s Ocean Village

30-Nov-2011 By Luke Nicholls

Harbour Hotels, operator of five hotels along the South Coast, is set to build a brand new, £25m hotel and spa in Southampton’s Ocean Village.

Robert Cook: What the restaurant and pub industries can learn from the hotel sector

25-Nov-2011 By Luke Nicholls

Malmaison and Hotel du Vin chief executive Robert Cook has claimed that restaurants and pubs should be applying similar business approaches and sales techniques to those used in his hotels if they want to increase profits.

Byron named Best Overall Restaurant Chain of 2011

24-Nov-2011 By Luke Nicholls

Byron, the rapidly-expanding hamburger chain, has been voted the Best Overall Restaurant Chain of 2011 at the third annual R200 Awards run by Restaurant magazine.

Marco Pierre White recruits head chef and manager for Birmingham restaurant

10-Nov-2011 By Emma Eversham

Marco Pierre White has appointed an executive head chef and restaurant manager for his latest venture the Marco Pierre White Steakhouse & Grill in Birmingham.

Yorkshire pub named Michelin Pub of the Year

03-Nov-2011 By Luke Nicholls

The Pipe and Glass Inn, in South Dalton near Beverly, has been named the 2012 Michelin Pub of the Year.

Fuller’s acquires five new pubs from rival pubco Marston’s

24-Oct-2011 By Luke Nicholls

Fuller’s, the London brewer and pub operator, is set to acquire five new pubs from Marston’s in a deal worth £16m.

Scottish Highlands hotels up for sale

21-Oct-2011 By Luke Nicholls

Two Scottish Highlands hotels under the Glenorchy Lodge Hotels portfolio have been put up for sale on the instruction of administrators.

Peach Pubs to open 15th site in Hertfordshire next week

20-Oct-2011 By Emma Eversham

Peach Pubs will open its 15th site next week at the Brookmans pub in Brookmans Park, Hertfordshire.

Career Profile: Phil Davison

19-Oct-2011 By Emma Eversham

Phil Davison began his career as a chef, running restaurants and pubs before finally buying his own pub - the Sun in the Wood, near Newbury - which he has run with his wife Lauren for the past 15 years.

Whitbread gets go-ahead for Blackfriars Premier Inn

05-Oct-2011 By Emma Eversham

Whitbread has been given the go-ahead to start work converting a former office block in Blackfriars, London into a 258-bedroom Premier Inn.

Galvin brothers voted Chefs' Chefs 2011 at AA Hospitality Awards

27-Sep-2011 By Emma Eversham

Galvin brothers Chris and Jeff picked up the prestigious Chefs' Chef award at the AA Hospitality Awards last night.

Pub visits fall 19% in a year

01-Sep-2011 By Emma Eversham

The number of visits made to pubs in the past year has fallen 19 per cent to 4.3 per month as cash-strapped consumers are forced to cut their leisure budget.

Redefining the gastropub: Definition 3 - the food-led pub

24-Aug-2011

The fourth part of our feature series, first published in Restaurant magazine, continues to define the term 'gastropub' by looking at whether a pub serving great food would be better describing itself as 'food-led' than 'gastropub'.

Redefining the gastropub: Definition 2 - the bona-fide gastropub

17-Aug-2011

The third part of our feature series, first published in Restaurant magazine, looks at what kind of pub really makes the grade as a 'bona-fide gastropub'.

Whitbread speeds up Premier Inn growth with three new Yorkshire hotels

10-Aug-2011 By Emma Eversham

Whitbread is speeding up its plans for growth with the news that it will open three more Premier Inns in Yorkshire in the next three years.

Gordon Ramsay sells The Warrington to Faucet Inn

04-Aug-2011 By Becky Paskin

Gordon Ramsay and Chris Hutcheson have sold their Maida Vale pub The Warrington to pub and hotel group Faucet Inn for a sum in excess of £5m.

Pubs selling food escape sector sales declines, finds survey

03-Aug-2011 By Lorraine Heller

Almost half of UK pub owners have reported a fall in sales over the past year, although serving food has been the saving grace for many pubs, according to a new survey.

Redefining the gastropub: Why there's a need to do it

02-Aug-2011

When the term 'gastropub' was coined in the ’90s few could have predicted its use would become so widespread. What was once a useful descriptor for a serious food pub has become a catch-all for all manner of places.

Football tournament-free June helps restaurant and pub sales bounce back

19-Jul-2011 By Emma Eversham

A football tournament-free June helped restaurant and pub sales bounce back from a flat May and perform better than the previous year, according to the latest figures from the Coffer Peach Business Tracker.

Wetherspoon to open three hotels this summer

11-Jul-2011 By Lorraine Heller

Pub group Wetherspoon is preparing to open three new hotels this summer, bringing up the number of hotels in its portfolio to 23.

Newcastle Airport Hotel bought out of administration after 30 months

07-Jul-2011 By Becky Paskin

The Cairn Hotel Group (CHG) has acquired the Newcastle Airport hotel, which has been in administration since January 2009.

Malmaison launches steak restaurant concept and eyes standalone roll out

07-Jul-2011 By Becky Paskin

MWB, the owner of Hotel du Vin and Malmaison hotel groups, is to launch a new high-end steak restaurant and bar at Malmaison Manchester with ambitions to roll the concept out as a standalone brand.

Strong food sales help deliver record profit at Greene King

30-Jun-2011 By Emma Eversham

Strong food sales at pub operator and brewer Greene King helped deliver the group record sales and profit last year.

Pubs outpace restaurants in value food sales

22-Jun-2011 By Lorraine Heller

The economical food offering in pubs is helping the sector attract consumers while traditional full-service restaurants continue to struggle, according to new market research.

Bulldog buys Best Western in Horncastle

01-Jun-2011 By Lorraine Heller

Bulldog hotel group has purchased the Best Western hotel in Horncastle, marking the fifth property for the expanding firm.

Michael Caines closes restaurant at ABode Glasgow

17-May-2011 By Becky Paskin

Michael Caines MBE has closed his award-winning restaurant at the ABode hotel in Glasgow after a difficult trading period.

Daniel Thwaites acquires The Fleece Hotel as character inn

12-Apr-2011 By Becky Paskin

Brewer Daniel Thwaites has acquired The Fleece Hotel in Cirencester as part of ongoing plans to create a 25-strong group of character inns by 2016.

Premier Inn opens 600th UK hotel

11-Apr-2011 By Lorraine Heller

Budget hotel chain Premier Inn has opened its 600th hotel in the UK this week, located in Stratford-Upon-Avon.

Peach takes on former Novelli pub in Harpenden

30-Mar-2011 By Becky Paskin

Peach Pubs has taken on its 14th venue, the former Jean-Christophe Novelli pub The White Horse in Harpenden, following the departure of its most recent owners Urban & Country earlier this year.

England triumphs with 14 new Michelin stars

18-Jan-2011 By Becky Paskin

Helene Darroze and Nathan Outlaw have both been awarded two Michelin stars, as the UK & Ireland guide announces 14 new awards this year.

Winter cocktails at Radisson Edwardian and New Year’s party at Fifteen London

17-Dec-2010 By Becky Paskin

Restaurants, pubs and hotels, including Radisson Edwardian Manchester and Fifteen London, tell us what they’re doing to attract customers.

John Burton Race to consult at Fuller’s Sanctum on the Green

25-Nov-2010 By Becky Paskin

John Burton Race will join Mark Fuller’s boutique hotel Sanctum on the Green in Cookham Dean as consultant executive chef