Westminster City Council

London council threatens crackdown on restaurants using delivery apps

13-Dec-2017 By Georgia Bronte

Westminster City Council plans to crack down on restaurants that are branching out into home delivery, to prevent neighbourhood disruption.

US embassy to be converted in to luxury hotel and restaurants

05-Apr-2016 By Sophie Witts

The US embassy in Mayfair is to be converted in to a Qatari-owned luxury hotel with five restaurants as part of a £1bn development of Grosvenor Square.

Dinner by Heston Blumenthal temporarily closed after norovirus outbreak

03-Feb-2014 By Luke Nicholls

Heston Blumenthal’s two-Michelin-starred London restaurant Dinner has shut up shop for a week following an outbreak of norovirus affecting members of staff and guests.

Westminster parking charges postponed until after 2012 Olympics

16-Dec-2011 By Luke Nicholls

The controversial plans by Westminster City Council (WCC) to introduce weekend and night-time parking charges in London’s West End have been halted after a High Court judge granted campaigners a judicial review.

West Ending: Hospitality’s elite unite with 15,000 workers and residents to oppose Westminster parking charges

13-Dec-2011 By Luke Nicholls

They have been slammed by Caprice Holdings’ Richard Caring, strongly opposed by MPs and London Mayor Boris Johnson, and estimated to threaten over 5,000 local jobs. Now, over 15,000 West End workers and residents have united in signing petitions to halt...

Richard Caring: Westminster parking charges ‘the dumbest thing I ever heard’

22-Nov-2011 By Luke Nicholls

Richard Caring, chairman of Caprice Holdings which manages several West End restaurants including The Ivy and Scott’s, has slammed Westminster City Council’s (WCC) decision to extend car parking charges in the area to midnight Monday to Saturday.

BHA opposes Westminster parking extension

25-Jan-2010 By Emma Eversham

The British Hospitality Association voices its opposition to plans by Westminster City Council to extend car parking charges in the area to midnight Monday to Saturday.