Articles by Date : November 01 2005 - November 30 2005

Police chief renews call for pubs to pay for policing
Renewed calls from the boss of the Metropolitan Police force for pubs to pay for policing drunken members of the public have met with disdain from.... more
(30 November 2005 14:34)

Malmaison owner buys conference business
The parent company of hotel chains Malmaison and Hotel du Vin has offered £325m for the conference arm of Rentokil. more
(30 November 2005 14:33)

Blockbuster teams with McDonald's
Video and DVD rental company Blockbuster and fast food chain McDonald’s are launching a joint promotion this week. more
(30 November 2005 12:35)

De Vere suffers from dip in profit
British hotel and leisure operator De Vere Group posted a 7.8% dip in full year pre-tax profits today, but remained “cautiously” upbeat for the.... more
(30 November 2005 11:54)

Mitchells sees future in food
Mitchells & Butlers has seen food become its biggest selling product as the public’s appetite for pub grub sees no sign of abating. more
(30 November 2005 11:41)

Londoners top spending league on dining out and hotel stays
Londoners spend 25% more on dinning and hotels than their regional counterparts, according to a new survey. more
(30 November 2005 11:41)

French hotels fined for price fixing
Six of Paris’ most prestigious hotels have been fined nearly half a million pounds, after they were found to have been colluding over prices by the.... more
(30 November 2005 10:54)

Ember Inns and Macmillan to raise £50k over Christmas
Ember Inns and Macmillan Cancer Relief have joined forces in a bid to raise £50,000 this Christmas. more
(30 November 2005 10:49)

McDonald's not up to scratch
McDonald's will acknowledge next week that it has not done enough to assuage concerns among the European market about the nutritional value of its.... more
(30 November 2005 10:36)

Metropolitan hotel wins Visit London's Large Hotel of the Year Award
Park Lane’s Metropolitan hotel has been named Visit London’s Large Hotel of the Year 2005, at an awards ceremony held last night at Old Billingsgate.... more
(30 November 2005 10:26)

Greenpeace wins landmark case over Spanish hotel
Spanish environmentalists have won a landmark battle for the partial demolition of a massive 21-storey, 400-room hotel complex in Seville. more
(29 November 2005 16:57)

Jarvis Hotels Ltd
Employer of choice profile for Jarvis Hotels Ltd. more
(29 November 2005 14:58)

Employer of choice profiles
These are the profiles of companies who have entered the Best Places To Work In Hospitality awards. Covering all sectors of the hospitality &.... more
(29 November 2005 14:24)

Indian restaurant owners launch in-flight service
Indian restaurant owners Arjun and Andy Vama have launched their latest venture, Khana, an Indian in-flight meal service. more
(29 November 2005 14:10)

Shire Hotels
Employer of choice profile for Shire Hotels more
(29 November 2005 12:54)

Employer of choice profiles
These are the profiles of companies who have entered the Best Places To Work In Hospitality awards. Covering all sectors of the hospitality &.... more
(29 November 2005 12:32)

Jamie crowned top TV chef
Jamie Oliver has been awarded yet another accolade, as he is crowned the world’s favourite TV chef by BBC Food magazine. more
(29 November 2005 12:22)

Paramount Group of Hotels
Best places to work profile for Paramount Group of Hotels. more
(29 November 2005 12:13)

Fuller’s shareholders approve Gales bid
London pub operator Fuller’s £91.8m bid for Hampshire-based rival George Gale and Company has been accepted today by shareholders at an extraordinary.... more
(29 November 2005 10:51)

God buys Ukraina hotel in Moscow
Investment in the Russian property market is looking up after God bought the Ukraina Hotel in Moscow for nearly 8 billion rubles (£160m). more
(29 November 2005 10:51)

Compass co-operates with investigation as UK market disappoints
Compass Group is continuing to co-operate with authorities over a probe into alleged business malpractices involving a United Nation (UN) contract in.... more
(29 November 2005 10:09)

Scottish chiefs draft blueprint to boost tourism
Scottish tourism chiefs have devised a blueprint to boost the value of tourism in the country by half over the next 10 years. more
(29 November 2005 10:08)

Schools honoured for serving healthy food
Primary schools serving healthy food have been honoured in the second annual Soil Association School Food awards last week. Celebrity chef Jamie.... more
(28 November 2005 16:50)

South Bank is most popular London attraction
Overseas visitors to London like nothing better than a good stroll along the South Bank, according to a new survey by tourism body Visit London. more
(28 November 2005 15:13)

We are back on track, says Ultimate Leisure
Ultimate Leisure, the North-east-based bar and night club operator has said efforts to turnaround its business are on track, with its refurbishment.... more
(28 November 2005 15:13)

Greene King appoints new FD
Pub company Greene King has appointed ex-telecoms boss Ian Bull as its group finance director. more
(28 November 2005 14:47)

Drinkers still choose to have night-cap at home, says survey
Off licences rather than pubs and clubs are benefiting most from the longer licensing hours introduced last Thursday in England and Wales, according.... more
(28 November 2005 14:46)

What the weekend papers say
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: Tchenguiz looks set to buy Spirit; Compass denies bugging.... more
(28 November 2005 10:15)

Hotel customers are 'confused' by brands
Yotel boss says hotel brands fail to define their products more
(28 November 2005 10:14)

Portuguese hotel group enters London
Portuguese hotel group Pestana has found a site for its first UK property - a €45m (£31m) hotel development in London. more
(28 November 2005 10:13)

Britvic share price revealed
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), Whitbread and drinks company Pernod Ricard have revealed the price range of Britvic shares ahead its planned.... more
(28 November 2005 09:52)

Clark pub company for sale
Scotland’s Clark Pub Company has been put on the market for more than £6m. more
(28 November 2005 09:52)

Fullers enjoys a boost in turnover
Fuller’s, the London-based brewer and pub operator that tabled a £92m offer for rival Gales earlier this month, has reported solid growth for the six.... more
(25 November 2005 14:34)

Fine dining restaurant near Newbury changes hands
First-time buyers Peter Watling and family from Stokenchurch in Buckinghamshire have snapped up The Harrow fine dining restaurant on Newbury Downs. more
(25 November 2005 11:35)

Scottish hoteliers buy Lake District guest house
The seven-bedroom Rayrigg Villa guesthouse in Windermere has been sold for close to the asking price of £550,000. more
(25 November 2005 11:33)

Southampton Boathouse Bar sold to Worcester trio
The Boathouse Bar and Brasserie, which overlooks Hythe Marina on Southampton Water in Hampshire, has been sold through the Winchester office of .... more
(25 November 2005 11:30)

Urban Dining considers selling up
Urban Dining’s chief executive has resigned in a boardroom shake-up and the company has admitted it may be forced to sell-up due to weak trading. more
(25 November 2005 11:30)

Glasgow’s Saracen and Brothers Bars bought from administrators
A Glasgow-based pub company has bought two traditional community pubs in Possilpark, north of Glasgow, from administrators PricewaterhouseCoopers. more
(25 November 2005 11:20)

Tyneside pub owners buy country hotel in Northumberland
Richard and Dee Slade, owners of the Magnesia Bank pub at North Shields, Tyneside, have bought the Battlesteads Hotel, in Wark, Northumberland. more
(25 November 2005 11:17)

Ex-footballer sells freehouse in Constable country
Former West Ham footballer Julian Dicks has sold his Shepherd & Dog freehouse in Essex to a couple from London. more
(25 November 2005 11:15)

Serious Fraud Office denies formal Compass investigation
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has denied media reports saying it has started a full-blown investigation into caterer Compass Group. more
(25 November 2005 11:03)

Dunne buys another part of Ballsbridge puzzle
Jurys Doyle’s Berkeley Court hotel on the Ballsbridge site in Dublin has been sold for €119m (£81m) to property developer Sean Dunne. more
(25 November 2005 10:26)

Peyton bounces back with two openings
Beleaguered restaurateur Oliver Peyton has signed contracts to open two new London restaurants. more
(25 November 2005 10:25)

Park Plaza to sell off bricks and mortar?
Park Plaza Hotels Europe is believed to be negotiating a £350m sale-and-leaseback deal for its UK and European assets. more
(25 November 2005 10:25)

Marston Hotels bought back from shareholders
English four-star hotel group Marston Hotels has been taken in-house by its major shareholders. more
(25 November 2005 10:25)

Wiltshire’s Windmill restaurant on the market for nearly £600,000
Wine entrepreneur Chris Ellis has put his top-end rural restaurant The Windmill in Wiltshire on the market. more
(25 November 2005 00:00)

Give the new licensing regime a chance
The media frenzy over the new licensing regime has been misplaced, argues Mark Hastings, director of communications at the British Beer and Pub.... more
(24 November 2005 17:35)

Partial smoking ban will brand England as 'health-policy laggard'
A partial ban on smoking will mark England out as a health-policy laggard rather than a health policy leader according to the Government’s chief.... more
(24 November 2005 17:18)

Accor founders to leave the board
The founders of French hotel group Accor have announced that they are to leave the board. more
(24 November 2005 16:56)

Scents and sensibilities
This article has been extracted from Secrets of Wine by Giles Kime, former editor of Decanter Magazine and is part of the 52 Brilliant Ideas series.... more
(24 November 2005 16:42)