Pret A Manger is to expand into the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland for the first time after securing a new agreement with existing franchise partner Carebrook Partnership.
Nightclubs in Northern Ireland will be closed and gatherings in pubs and restaurants will be limited to six people under new Coronavirus curbs set to be introduced from Boxing Day.
Work from home plans are being drafted by the Government as Boris Johnson considers bringing in tougher measures to slow down the spread of the Omicron variant.
Applications for a high street voucher scheme intended to boost hospitality and retail businesses in Northern Ireland that have been impacted by Covid-19 has opened.
Hospitality Ulster has accused the Northern Ireland Executive of failing to engage properly with the sector ahead of the country's planned reopening of outdoor hospitality settings tomorrow (30 April).
The Northern Ireland Executive has announced it is extending the business rates holiday for certain sectors, including hospitality, for a further 12 months.
Hospitality businesses in Northern Ireland have 'a genuine fear' more firms will collapse after the Executive's pathway out of lockdown failed to confirm when the sector can unlock.
Tens of thousands of hospitality workers in Northern Ireland have been left with 'no hope' after the Executive announced that lockdown restrictions on the sector would be extended further.
Northern Ireland's leaders have announced a one-week extension to the country's 'circuit-breaker' lockdown, with the hospitality industry allowed to begin partially reopening from next Friday.
Trade body Hospitality Ulster is calling on the the Northern Ireland Executive to create a rescue package for wet-led pubs, which have been told they can’t open until 1 September at the earliest.
‘Super-budget’ brand EasyHotel is to open its first site in Northern Ireland above chef Michael Deane’s Michelin-starred Deanes Eipic restaurant in Belfast.
Shirley Spear, the founder of Isle of Skye restaurant The Three Chimneys and John Hyde, executive training of hospitality training provider HIT Training are among those receiving honours in the Queen's 90th Birthday Honours list.
Great British Menu chef Will Brown recently refurbished the Old Schoolhouse Inn, introducing a new menu that combines Northern Irish classics with modern European ingredients, and was rewarded with a Michelin Bib Gourmand.
The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has formed a new partnership with Pubs of Ulster, the professional body of the Retail Licensed Trade in Northern Ireland.
Hotels in Northern Ireland say they are struggling to compete against hotels across the border in the Republic of Ireland because the VAT rate for hospitality and tourism businesses there is lower.
Heineken has renamed its leased pub operator, the Scottish & Newcastle Pub Company, Star Pubs & Bars and extended its range of agreements, increased the flexibility of its existing leases and added new initiatives for lessees including a food...
Hospitality and tourism staff in Northern Ireland are set to receive WorldHost customer service training ahead of key events in the next two years including the Titanic Centenary and Derry-Londonderry’s period as the first UK City of Culture.
An iPhone and Android app designed to increase hospitality trade for Belfast pubs in the run-up to Christmas and the New Year is being backed by the Northern Ireland Tourist Board and the professional body, Pubs in Ulster.
Mark Poynton joins Alimentum restaurant in Cambridge as head chef and Penny Thornberry joins the Fitzwilliam Hotel in Belfast as director of sales and marketing
Michael Deane's expansion of his restaurant empire continues apace with his signing on a new site at the Outlet retail complex in Banbridge, County Down. The standalone glass unit within the £70million development will be ...
