Articles by Date : June 01 2004 - June 30 2004

Your Shout: Angus Marshall, founder of Disabled Hotel Access
Are you ready for 1 October? more
(02 June 2004 17:29)

Dale Head Hall, Lake Thirlmere, Lake District
This week we've upped the budget a bit to include this historic country house hotel in the Lake District. more
(02 June 2004 17:00)

Fruitful Launch
Italian food specialist IB Food has launched a range of fruits of the forest berries in natural syrup. more
(02 June 2004 15:56)

Feel Good Factor
Spritz, a new fruit juice and sparkling water drink, is the latest addition to the health and adult soft drinks market from The Feel Good Drinks.... more
(02 June 2004 15:55)

Silent Killer
Summer, and with it buzzing flies, will soon be upon us but Mechline can help with a new method of killing airborne insects from Mo-el. more
(02 June 2004 15:45)

Madisons to boost war chest and change name
Madisons Coffee, the former coffee bar operator now concentrating on its Richoux restaurant chain, plans to change its name to Gourmet Holdings and.... more
(02 June 2004 15:42)

Holding Good
The Lantern coffee holder is the latest innovation from Tri-Star... more
(02 June 2004 15:37)

Giant Twins
Bulk coffee brewer and water boiler manufacturer Marco-TSE has introduced two new giant twin-urn coffee brewers to the market: the QuikBrew Twin and.... more
(02 June 2004 15:36)

Farmhouse Fare
Ravens Oak is a tiny dairy on the Allwood family farm in Cheshire that since 1999 has produced a range of soft cheeses, including one made from the.... more
(02 June 2004 15:34)

Glasgow's Arthouse hotel is on the market at £6.5m
Glasgow's Arthouse has been put up for sale with a price tag of £6.5m, just over two months after corporate recovery firm KPMG was sent in to try to.... more
(02 June 2004 15:18)

Ramsay's TV tirades 'would land him in court'
Lawyers have hit out at Gordon Ramsay's behaviour and language on reality TV programme Hell's Kitchen, saying if he treated his employees like that.... more
(02 June 2004 15:17)

QMH sells its Sloane Square hotel
Troubled hotel group Queens Moat Houses (QMH) has signed a deal to sell its 105-bedroom hotel in London's Sloane Square. more
(02 June 2004 15:14)

Foodservice briefing
A round-up of the latest news from the contract catering industry... more
(02 June 2004 15:14)

London hotels face huge rise in liability for losses by guests
London hoteliers will have to pay up to 15 times more for lost, stolen or damaged guests' property from 13 July onwards. more
(02 June 2004 15:13)

Support for call to bring back cookery in schools
Caterers have shown widespread support for calls to reintroduce cookery lessons in schools after a damning Government report finally called for a.... more
(02 June 2004 15:10)

Cuban restaurant and bar plan for Conran's Mezzo
Conran Holdings' Mezzo-Mezzonine operation in Soho is to be transformed into a new restaurant and Cuban bar concept, the group exclusively revealed.... more
(02 June 2004 15:05)

TVF suspends 12 staff after Channel 4 film...
Tillery Valley Foods, the Sodexho-owned foodservice company, has suspended 12 members of staff following broadcast of Channel 4's Dispatches.... more
(02 June 2004 15:00)

De Vere withdraws from Premier race
De Vere group has pulled out of the bidding for Premier Lodge, saying the budget hotel chain was too expensive. more
(02 June 2004 10:00)

Ex-QMH director fined £250,000 over role in collapse
Martin Marcus, the former deputy chairman of Queens Moat Houses (QMH), has been fined £250,000 and excluded from membership of the Institute of.... more
(01 June 2004 16:35)

Free school meals
Local councils need to rethink their approach to offering free school meals, as too often children would rather go without than accept what they see.... more
(01 June 2004 15:45)

Irish government claims smoking ban success
The Irish government has hailed its move to ban smoking in pubs, restaurants and bars as a success, with 97% of establishments complying with the.... more
(01 June 2004 14:55)

What the weekend papers say
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry... more
(01 June 2004 10:26)

Manufacturers win food and drink awards
Four food manufacturers are among the winners of the 2004 Scottish Food and Drink Excellence Awards. more
(01 June 2004 09:43)

Two named Young Guns
Hospitality students Lucinda Bence and Joanne Coates have been named as Richmond Events' 2004 Young Guns competition winners. more
(01 June 2004 09:42)

Woman on a mission
Jeanette Orrey is a dinner lady with a difference. She has revolutionised catering at her own school and is now bringing the message to other.... more
(01 June 2004 09:40)

Seats of earning
Making more of a school's restaurant space might be one way for educational caterers to make their service more profitable. Janet Harmer takes a.... more
(01 June 2004 09:38)

Legislation on changing use
Mark Harnett, a property partner at law firm Fladgate Fielder, examines how changing the use of your premises is about to become a lot more.... more
(01 June 2004 09:35)

The Nobody does it better
Devon publican Nick Borst-Smith is known for his wine expertise and reasonable mark-ups. Now he's added a wine bar in Exeter to his growing empire more
(01 June 2004 09:32)