Articles by Date : August 01 2006 - August 31 2006

Painswick hotel sold off £2m asking price
First-time buyer Marchella Courtfield-Mah has acquired the Painswick hotel, which features in the Cotswolds’ Finest Hotels guide. more
(31 August 2006 17:58)

New owner plans to reopen bedrooms at Warwickshire hotel
Warwickshire licensed operator Sue Hawkins has snapped up the Grade II-listed George hotel, bar and restaurant in the Cotswold market town of.... more
(31 August 2006 17:56)

Lincolnshire publicans buy Forres hotel
Lincolnshire publicans Lloyd and Julia Kenny have bought the Cluny Bank hotel in Forres, Morayshire. more
(31 August 2006 17:52)

Experienced operators buy coaching inn near Snowdon
A Grade II-listed coaching inn near Snowdon in North Wales has been sold to Carl Holden and Brian Jones, who have a combined 45 years’ experience in.... more
(31 August 2006 17:47)

Zimbabwean buyer for top Torquay restaurant
Zimbabwean Leo Fynn has bought Edwards, one of Torquay’s top restaurants. more
(31 August 2006 17:44)

West Highlands guesthouse changes hands
The Distant Hills guesthouse in the West Highlands village of Spean Bridge has been sold to first-time buyer Peter McIntosh and his wife. more
(31 August 2006 17:40)

Staffordshire restaurateurs buy Lake District restaurant
Staffordshire restaurateurs Julian and Liz Ankins have bought the Bridge House restaurant in Kendal, Cumbria, which they have renamed Number One.... more
(31 August 2006 17:37)

New owner for Somerset village pub
The Swan at Kingston near Taunton has changed hands for the first time in 11 years. more
(31 August 2006 17:19)

Roof-top restaurant and bar for sale in Barnstaple
A bar and roof-top restaurant in the heart of the North Devon town of Barnstaple is seeking a new owner. more
(31 August 2006 14:26)

New owners sought for Thames hotel barge
The Actief, a six-cabin Dutch barge that cruises the River Thames between Windsor and Oxford, would make an ideal purchase for a hotelier with.... more
(31 August 2006 14:01)

Devon community pub with micro-brewery for sale
The Dartmouth Inn community pub in the South Devon market town of Newton Abbey has been put on the market by Venture Inns. more
(31 August 2006 13:53)

Government to introduce work permit system for EU entrants
The Government is reportedly planning to introduce a work permit system for Bulgarians and Romanians that will require them to prove they can fill.... more
(31 August 2006 12:57)

Henry J Beans owner appoints new board director
Henry J Beans owner the Food & Drink Group has appointed Raymond McClymont to the board as chief operating officer. more
(31 August 2006 12:06)

Whitbread’s TGI Friday’s and pub restaurants suffer weak start to year
Whitbread’s pub and high-street restaurant chains have started the year poorly, with TGI Friday’s fairing particularly badly. more
(31 August 2006 11:43)

Midsummer House's Daniel Clifford to open pub
Daniel Clifford, chef at the two-Michelin-starred Midsummer House restaurant in Cambridge, is to launch a gastropub in Essex next year. more
(31 August 2006 11:42)

London hotels boost revpar by 36%
London hotels boosted revenue per available room (revpar) by 36.3% in the week ending 27 August, according to figures from hotel benchmarking service.... more
(31 August 2006 10:48)

Taman Gang rescuers plan series of launches
The entrepreneurs responsible for rescuing Pan-Asian Park Lane restaurant Taman Gang from administration are planning to extend their burgeoning.... more
(31 August 2006 10:47)

Mike Audis tells managers they're way off target
The chief executive of Elior UK, the UK's fourth-largest contract caterer, has slammed his company's efforts to hit its financial targets. more
(31 August 2006 10:31)

Food service sales to grow by a third in just five years
Rising numbers of households and more mobile lifestyles will fuel a 33% growth in global food service sales by 2010, experts have predicted. more
(31 August 2006 10:30)

The Bench: London weekly hotel performance to 27 August, 2006
London hotels boosted revenue per available room (revpar) by 36.3% in the week ending 27 August, according to figures from hotel benchmarking service.... more
(31 August 2006 10:28)

The Bench: North-western hotel performance in July 2006
Hotels in the North West increased revenue per available room (revpar) by 10.7% during the month of July. more
(31 August 2006 10:21)

Chez Panisse Cooking
I first came across this book in about 1990 (it was published in 1988) after a mate who was working at Bibendum at the time told me about it. more
(31 August 2006 00:00)

Arbutus: Uncorking their potential
Things are going well at Arbutus. The restaurant was greeted by rave reviews, and an anticipated slowdown after that initial burst has not appeared -.... more
(31 August 2006 00:00)

China: Orient express
While the tiger economies were growling on to the world stage, China remained a sleeping dragon. Now, though, it has woken up and is ready to once.... more
(31 August 2006 00:00)

The Marquess, Islington, London
Just opened and already in the running for a top award, the Marquess gastropub hits the right taste notes, says Fiona Sims more
(31 August 2006 00:00)

Technology: Online mapping products
Among the most useful innovations to appear on the internet in recent times have been those in online mapping. And the companies behind the.... more
(31 August 2006 00:00)

How hoteliers can make the most of online agents
Online agents can raise occupancy levels and increase profitability, but are you making the most of your presence on these websites? It pays to know.... more
(31 August 2006 00:00)

Table Talk
Some people just don't know when they're beaten. A recent case in point was chip maker McCain, which has written to caterers and head teachers.... more
(31 August 2006 00:00)

Caterer loves... blackberries
It may involve scratching your arm to shreds, but nothing compares to the autumn tradition of harvesting blackberries from the bottom of the garden. more
(31 August 2006 00:00)

Profile: Andrew Main, chief executive of Amamark
Money isn't everything, according to Andrew Main, UK chief executive of contract caterer Aramark. This sounds like strange talk from a man who works.... more
(31 August 2006 00:00)

Post-conflict blues for hotels in Lebanon
As the fragile ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel enters its third week, Tom Bill investigates how badly Lebanon's hotel economy has been hit more
(31 August 2006 00:00)

Eden denies it will quit state school catering
Eden Foodservice (formerly Initial Catering Services, part of Rentokil Initial) has denied speculation it will pull out of the state school.... more
(31 August 2006 00:00)

Blackpool holds on to dream of supercasino
Blackpool has dismissed speculation that the Millennium Dome is the frontrunner in the race for the UK's only supercasino after Wembley pulled out.... more
(31 August 2006 00:00)

UK leads Europe in hotel sales volumes
The UK was responsible for more than half the €6.7b-worth (£4.5b) of European hotel portfolio deals sealed in the first half of this year, global.... more
(31 August 2006 00:00)

Parents 'a threat' to healthy eating in schools
Parents and fast-food outlets pose the biggest threat to healthy eating in schools, experts have warned. more
(31 August 2006 00:00)

Ken McCulloch puts Columbus back one year
Malmaison founder Ken McCulloch's first Columbus hotel in the UK has been delayed by more than a year because of energy supply problems at the.... more
(31 August 2006 00:00)

Tourist attraction operators hit back over obesity slur
Tourist attraction operators have responded angrily to claims from the Soil Association that their catering provision is fuelling childhood obesity. more
(31 August 2006 00:00)

War slashes occupancy at Israel's hotels
Hotel occupancy rates in northern Israel dropped from 56.3% to 29.4% in July because of the conflict with Lebanon, according to the country's Central.... more
(31 August 2006 00:00)

Freelance chefs: we're in it for the money
As the author of the original letter which appeared in your publication (Caterer, 3 August, page 16), I'm glad it has struck a chord with a number of.... more
(31 August 2006 00:00)

Moët uncorks new look for its Champagne
Luxury drink producer Moët & Chandon has revealed a new look for its Champagne - marking the first redesign of the iconic brand in nearly 150 years. more
(31 August 2006 00:00)

Good week/bad week
GOOD Political correctness Owners of the Hitler Cross restaurant in Kharghar, India, bow to pressure and change name. Decency Conservative.... more
(31 August 2006 00:00)

Hugo Swire MP, Conservative shadow minister for tourism
Hugo Swire MP is the Conservative Party's shadow minister for tourism. He launched a campaign this summer against the bed tax being considered by Sir.... more
(31 August 2006 00:00)

Kool Kola flavour Cactus Jack's Schnapps Shotz range
Kool Kola is the latest flavour to be added to Cactus Jack's Schnapps Shotz range, and joins Candy Slam, Blak Zam Slam, Blue Chilli Slam, Cheeky Slam.... more
(31 August 2006 00:00)

Employing immigrants
The Home Office is launching a "get tough" policy over illegal foreign workers. Businesses should act now to stay on the right side of the law, says.... more
(31 August 2006 00:00)

Glenn Savage, operations manager, City Inn, Bristol
City Inn has appointed Glenn Savage operations manager for its Bristol hotel. He was deputy general manager at the Beales hotel, Hatfield,.... more
(31 August 2006 00:00)

Yvonne Jackson, general manager, Park Royal hotel, Warrington
Yvonne Jackson's career in hospitality began when she spotted an advert in her local paper for a receptionist job at a De Vere hotel near her home in.... more
(31 August 2006 00:00)

Jeanette Ward, director of sales, Hilton hotel, Glasgow
Glasgow's Hilton hotel has appointed Jeanette Ward its new director of sales. She was sales director at the Macdonald Inchyra Grange hotel in.... more
(31 August 2006 00:00)

JP Kavanagh, general manager, Sheraton Grand hotel, Edinburgh
Starwood Hotels & Resorts has recruited JP Kavanagh as general manager of the 260-bedroom Sheraton Grand hotel in Edinburgh. Kavanagh was operations.... more
(31 August 2006 00:00)

Julian Haddon, regional director, sales and marketing, Fairmont
Fairmont has selected Julian Haddon as regional director, sales and marketing, based in the company's global sales office in London. He was director,.... more
(31 August 2006 00:00)

Kate Dunne, guest relations manager, Radisson SAS hotel, Liverpool
Liverpool's Radisson SAS hotel has promoted Kate Dunne to the post of guest relations manager. She joined the hotel ahead of its opening in 2004 as.... more
(31 August 2006 00:00)