Articles by Date : April 01 2005 - April 30 2005

Vicki Harrison, regional director of sales, Rosewood Hotels
Rosewood Hotels and Resorts has appointed Vicki Harrison as regional director of sales, UK, Ireland and Scandinavia. Harrison has joined from.... more
(21 April 2005 00:00)

Aine Martin, front office manager, Clarence Hotel
Dublin's Clarence Hotel has recruited Aine Martin as front office manager. She was special visits manager at London's Dorchester hotel. more
(21 April 2005 00:00)

CI Traders look on the bright side
Blubeckers restaurants owner CI Traders remains upbeat about the chain’s prospects despite “dull market conditions” over the past 12 months. more
(20 April 2005 16:30)

Deschamps to take over from Driscoll at Brakes
Bill Driscoll, the chief executive of food and equipment supplier Brakes, has resigned to return to his native America. more
(20 April 2005 00:00)

Italian hotel group snaps up Sloane Hotel
The Sloane Hotel in Chelsea, London, has been sold for more than £7.5m. more
(20 April 2005 00:00)

Hot and handy
Best known for its free-standing vending machine, Sielaff has now introduced the first table-top hot drinks machine under its own name. The CIT 500.... more
(19 April 2005 00:00)

Advice zone
The introduction of the new licensing regime, as laid out in the Licensing Act 2003, is not just an issue for publicans, and has far-reaching.... more
(18 April 2005 11:09)

Buddha bar team buys East@West site
The site of the former award-winning London restaurant East@West is to be transformed into a new Latino bar and restaurant concept by the people.... more
(18 April 2005 10:56)

Don't be sleeping when China awakes
I want you all to repeat after me: "Ni hao ma... ni hao ma... ni hao ma." Got that? Good. You are now able to say "Hello, how are.... more
(18 April 2005 10:25)

Dinner ladies to test skills course pilot
School catering staff could soon be sent on a healthy food training course to help the Government hit its targets on healthy eating. People 1st, the.... more
(18 April 2005 10:15)

Table talk
A rare bird breeder has hatched 10 quails' eggs, bought from a supermarket, into healthy chicks... more
(18 April 2005 00:00)

Handles with care
Turnstyle Designs has just launched a 64-page catalogue showing its new designs of handles and interior accessories, including a new plated brass and.... more
(18 April 2005 00:00)

Bhatia to open in Moscow
Indian chef Vineet Bhatia is widening his sphere of influence with a new restaurant opening in Russia this summer. Agni, which means sacred flame in.... more
(17 April 2005 00:00)

Organic move by schools
Twenty-five schools in the London borough of Kensington and Chelsea are among the first in the country to offer a menu based mainly on organic.... more
(16 April 2005 00:00)

Warmer parts
Hatco has introduced two new holding cabinets for heating and holding savoury and sweet products. The FSHC-7-1 is a shallow unit measuring 749mm deep.... more
(16 April 2005 00:00)

Heated holding cabinets from Hatco
Hatco has introduced two new holding cabinets for heating and holding savoury and sweet products. The FSHC-7-1 is a shallow unit measuring 749mm deep.... more
(16 April 2005 00:00)

Confusion still reigns over licensing rules
Councils remain unclear about the rules governing personal licences with just months to go before the new alcohol licensing regime takes effect in.... more
(15 April 2005 00:00)

Licence fees probe
The Department for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) is assembling a panel of industry and local government representatives to study the effect of last.... more
(15 April 2005 00:00)

Children's choice
Innocent has launched a new range of smoothies for kids. As can be expected from the fruit purists, the new smoothies contain no sweeteners, no.... more
(15 April 2005 00:00)

The Rose-in-Vale Country House Hotel, Cornwall
This week's star buy is a classic country house hotel near the north coast of Cornwall. more
(14 April 2005 11:25)

Langoustines four ways
This four-part dish from French master chef Pierre Gagnaire gives diners a guided tour of the possiblities of langoustines. He talks Michael Raffael.... more
(14 April 2005 09:55)

Grange charity push
Grange Hotels is hoping to raise £100,000 to help survivors of the Indian Ocean tsunami in Sri Lanka. more
(14 April 2005 00:00)

Mystery over 'sale' of Stapleford Park hotel
Rumours surrounding the future ownership of country house hotel Stapleford Park are circulating after Caterer received tip-offs suggesting it was.... more
(14 April 2005 00:00)

US firms dismayed at supercasinos U-turn
American leisure group Caesars Entertainment has slammed the Government's concession to slash the number of supercasinos from eight to one, saying it.... more
(14 April 2005 00:00)

Sat Bains to reopen Hotel des Clos as restaurant with rooms
Nottingham's Hotel des Clos is set to reopen as a restaurant with rooms under the chef-patronage of Sat Bains this week following a four-month.... more
(14 April 2005 00:00)

Managers accuse Little Chef of bullying staff out of jobs
A group of Little Chef managers has accused the company's owner, Permira, of bullying staff and setting unrealistic budgets. more
(14 April 2005 00:00)

Ramsay is top of the hospitality profits list
Gordon Ramsay Holdings (GRH) is Britain's fastest-growing hospitality company, according to the Sunday Times annual Profit Track league table. more
(14 April 2005 00:00)

Royal couple share 'afternoon tea' with 800 reception guests
A traditional British afternoon tea was the culinary centrepiece of Saturday's royal wedding of the Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles. more
(14 April 2005 00:00)

Supply chain: Net profits
Fish is the choice of more and more diners, but the survival of some of our most popular species is now in question. In our second look at the UK.... more
(14 April 2005 00:00)

Advice
Save money through energy audits more
(14 April 2005 00:00)

Table dressing
Your plates, glasses and cutlery have to match your target market just as closely as your food offering. Matthew Batham reports more
(14 April 2005 00:00)

Graze
The critics have not been kind to Sebastien Gagnebé's new restaurant, but he's determined to pursue his experiments on the plate, as he tells Dan.... more
(14 April 2005 00:00)

Make the cut
The Apuro range of Stressa meat slicers offers a choice of models designed to cope with a range of applications. more
(14 April 2005 00:00)

Conger eel, Israeli samphire, and Scottish beef
The first of the Israeli fresh samphire... more
(14 April 2005 00:00)

Cutting Wedge
Food packaging provider Tri-Star has unveiled a new biodegradable and biocompostible sandwich wedge for food manufacturers and retailers. more
(13 April 2005 00:00)

Organic offerings
A new cereal bar and two flapjacks bearing Fairtrade, organic and vegetarian certificates are launched by Doves Farm Foods. The cereal bar is the.... more
(12 April 2005 00:00)

What the weekend papers say
A round-up of the weekend’s news affecting the hospitality industry… more
(11 April 2005 00:00)

Return to blender
A stick blender can be a useful bit of kit for bartenders. It can crush ice, blend, whisk and purèe. But bartenders need smaller models, so Robot.... more
(11 April 2005 00:00)

W&D to buy Jennings Brothers
Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries (W&D) has made a £46m offer for family-owned pub company Jennings Brothers. more
(11 April 2005 00:00)

Urbium adds two more bars to estate
Tiger Tiger operator Urbium has purchased two new London bars, boosting its total number of venues in the City of London to eight. more
(11 April 2005 00:00)

Avoiding the rush
Taking telephone ordering a stage further, EPoS technology specialist HIT Solutions has developed new online ordering technology for the hospitality.... more
(10 April 2005 00:00)

Earthquake puts back post-tsunami recovery
The devastating earthquake that hit Indonesia last week has sparked fears that Asia will now face an even bigger battle to get back to normal.... more
(09 April 2005 00:00)

Table Talk
Forget swingometers and cagoule-clad clipboard holders in the high street - at last there is a poll people can really get their teeth into... more
(09 April 2005 00:00)

Hospitality lags behind other industries over apprenticeship scheme
Only 4% of employers are looking to offer hospitality apprenticeships, a survey revealed this week. more
(08 April 2005 00:00)

Awards will highlight best practice among hospitality employers
Next month sees the launch of Caterer & Hotelkeeper's inaugural Best Places to Work in Hospitality Awards, which aim to highlight and reward.... more
(08 April 2005 00:00)

Bathe in the wood
Devon furniture company William Garvey has designed a new Geo Bath based on traditional Japanese bathing practices. Ideal for boutique hotels or.... more
(08 April 2005 00:00)

The Luncarty Inn and Howards Inn & Restaurant, Perthshire
This week's featured property is essentially two businesses in one. The Luncarty Inn, Howards Inn & Restaurant in the village of Luncarty,.... more
(07 April 2005 11:16)

MWB earmarks £100m to expand Malmaison and Hotel du Vin chains
Marylebone Warwick Balfour (MWB) is to spend £100m on expanding its Malmaison and Hotel du Vin hotel brands to 25 properties by 2007. more
(07 April 2005 00:00)

Cash for Copthornes
Millennium & Copthorne has revealed plans to deliver the kiss of life to its Copthorne brand. Copthorne managing director Grant Wilkins talks to Karl.... more
(07 April 2005 00:00)

Advice zone
Tax relief on building alterations more
(07 April 2005 00:00)