Richard Caring

Bill’s develops new bar brand following ‘record-breaking’ financial results

02-Apr-2024 By Joe Lutrario

Bill’s is trialling a new more bar-orientated sub brand that will offer a wider variety of sharing dishes alongside draft beers and more hot drinks options.

Friday five: the week's top restaurant news stories

02-Feb-2024 By Restaurant

This week's most read articles include the closure of Greg Marchand's Frenchie restaurant in Covent Garden, the return of Le Caprice and the latest crop of Michelin Bib Gourmands.

Richard Caring to relaunch Le Caprice at The Chancery Rosewood on Grosvenor Square

31-Jan-2024 By James McAllister

Richard Caring will relaunch his iconic London restaurant Le Caprice at The Chancery Rosewood, the luxury hotel and leisure redevelopment of the former US Embassy building in Mayfair.

Richard Caring puts The Ivy restaurant group up for sale at £1bn

29-Jan-2024 By Restaurant

Richard Caring has reportedly launched an auction for his share in The Ivy and its sister restaurants starting at £1bn

Richard Caring reportedly looking to sell a ‘big’ stake in The Ivy Collection

22-Dec-2023 By Joe Lutrario

Richard Caring is reportedly considering selling a ‘big’ stake in the The Ivy Collection in a deal that could see the circa 40-strong business valued at ‘around £1bn’.

Caprice Holdings returns to profit as turnover soars

09-Oct-2023 By James McAllister

Caprice Holdings is back in the black after reporting a strong rise turnover in its latest financial results.

Expansion drives ‘strong growth’ for The Ivy Collection

05-Oct-2023 By James McAllister

Troia (UK) Restaurants, the parent company of The Ivy Collection, has reported ‘strong growth’ across both sales and profits, driven by the expansion of The Ivy Asia brand.

Richard Caring: ‘Bill’s is back on track’

04-Sep-2023 By James McAllister

Richard Caring has said that Bill’s is ‘back on track’ after the group reported that trading was ‘ahead of expectations’ in its half year results.

Sexy Fish confirms Manchester opening

09-Aug-2023 By James McAllister

Richard Caring's Caprice Holdings is taking its Sexy Fish brand to Manchester for its second UK outpost, which it claims will hold the ‘largest Champagne collection in the country’.

Bill's shutters a further 12 sites

17-Feb-2023 By James McAllister

All-day restaurant group Bill's has confirmed it shuttered a further 12 sites amid 'difficult market conditions' following the removal of Covid-19 restrictions.

Friday five: the week's top hospitality stories

07-Oct-2022 By Restaurant

The crowning of the World's Best Bar, the second launch from Mexican Japanese restaurant brand Los Mochis, and fresh details of Richard Caring's brash Greek restaurant Bacchanalia are among this week's most read stories in hospitality.

Caring invites Mayfair to ‘indulge in life’s riches and rarities’ at Bacchanalia

03-Oct-2022 By Joe Lutrario

Richard Caring’s upcoming Mayfair restaurant Bacchanalia will employ 180 staff and invite Londoners to ‘indulge in life’s riches and rarities’.

Scott's to target younger crowd with new Richmond restaurant

11-Jul-2022 By Restaurant

Mayfair restaurant Scott’s will open a second venue in London this autumn on the banks of the River Thames designed to attract a younger audience.

Richard Caring 'not intending to pursue' Corbin & King acquisition

07-Feb-2022 By James McAllister

Richard Caring has said he is 'not intending to pursue' a deal to acquire Corbin & King after the group was placed into administration by its majority shareholder last month.

Bill’s confirms closures as losses widen

13-Dec-2021 By Georgi Gyton

Bill’s has confirmed it has closed 14 loss-making restaurants during the last financial year as cost pressures forced it to revaluate its performance.

Le Caprice reopens as training academy

26-Jul-2021 By James McAllister

Iconic London restaurant Le Caprice has reopened as a training academy in response to the worsening staff shortage hitting the hospitality sector.

Caring Family Foundation pledges 80,000 meals to children this Christmas

01-Dec-2020 By Restaurant

The Caring Family Foundation has launched a campaign that will provide 80,000 meals to children that are in danger of going hungry this Christmas.

Richard Caring urges Government for more information on how restaurants can reopen

15-Jun-2020 By Restaurant

Richard Caring has warned that Boris Johnson’s “weakness and indecision” on reopening restaurants, pubs and cafes will cost more than two million workers their jobs.

Bill's founder Bill Collison on why he chose to stick around

06-May-2020 By Joe Lutrario

The founder of Bill’s is now playing a much bigger role in the business following a string of senior management departures, with the all-day restaurant group tackling a recent sales slump with a heavy investment into its 80-strong estate.

Baton Berisha takes the reins at Bill's as Campbell and Hills depart

09-Jan-2020 By Finn Scott-Delany

Bills executive chairman David Campbell and managing director Sarah Hills have left the all-day dining group with Baton Berisha, managing director of The Ivy Collection, taking on the running of the Richard Caring-backed chain.

The Ivy Collection sees turnover double amid expansion drive

03-May-2019 By Sophie Witts

The Ivy Collection saw turnover double to £98.4m last year as it continued its expansion outside London.

Richard Caring: "Bill's needed help"

17-Sep-2018 By Mark Wingett

Richard Caring says he received approaches for Bill’s last year, but that he didn’t think the all-day dining restaurant group was “dressed well enough to be sold” and that “it needed help”.