Articles by Date : September 01 2004 - September 30 2004

Cutlery Limited
  Cutlery Ltd is giving away 48 x 7pce high quality 18/8 'Milan' cutlery sets. We supply a wide range of 18/8.... more
(09 September 2004 13:33)

Foster Refrigerator
Foster Refrigerator is offering readers the chance to win a brand new Foster Icemaker, worth £695. Foster's Icecubers produce ultra-cold square.... more
(09 September 2004 13:32)

Wine & Food Academy
WSET Level 3 Advanced Certificate in Wines & Spirits We teach the Wine & Spirit Education Trust NVQ Intermediate and Advanced courses, the.... more
(09 September 2004 13:27)

Villeroy & Boch
  Villeroy & Boch is pleased to offer four lucky readers the chance to win a 24-piece canteen of Hotwave.... more
(09 September 2004 13:24)

Pritchitts
    Thousands of chefs all over Britain are switching to Millac Gold, the.... more
(09 September 2004 13:21)

Rollover
Rollover, supplier of The Best Hot Dog in the World, is offering a fantastic prize package comprising its unique Hot Dog Spike and Drum Machine.... more
(09 September 2004 13:12)

Accor profits up by 25% but budget hotels struggle
French hotelier Accor has reported half-year pre-tax profits up by 25%, with its upmarket brands doing well in the USA, UK and Asia, but economy.... more
(09 September 2004 13:06)

HACCP
HACCP Works with Digitron - Complete Automated Solution for HACCP Compliance   The integration of Digitron.... more
(09 September 2004 13:04)

Coffee House
Own a piece of history. The Retro Coffee maker is a hand-made copper replica of what many coffee connoisseurs believe to be the best brewing device.... more
(09 September 2004 13:02)

Contact Grill Company
  In continuous production at the Surrey factory since 1994, the Rutland Express is the m more
(09 September 2004 12:57)

Helo
HELO is a leading supplier of childcare products to the Hospitality, Nursery and Leisure industries. All our products are highly engineered for use.... more
(09 September 2004 12:54)

Next Visitor
First prize: one year's PREMIUM, corporate subscription to www.nextvisitor.com, the mailshot manager for the hospitality industry. 20 runner-up.... more
(09 September 2004 12:51)

Classic
The Eco1 delivers quality results, is reliable, fast, efficient and long lasting, and easy to use - you just load it and leave it. Backed by parent.... more
(09 September 2004 12:50)

School meals problems drag down Compass profits
Operating profits for 2004 will be down by £30m, contract caterer Compass warned today, despite the fact the company will have secured a record.... more
(09 September 2004 12:42)

InterContinental plans to sell UK hotel properties for £1.3b
Hotels giant InterContinental moved today to put the vast majority of its UK hotels onto the market for a total of £1.3b, as its disposal programme.... more
(09 September 2004 11:55)

London's hoteliers back Olympic bid with 40,000 rooms
London's hotel chiefs have joined forces to back the capital's 2012 Olympic bid and have agreed to provide 40,000 affordable rooms for the event. more
(08 September 2004 18:56)

Caterers slam £1m funding for improving school meals
Government plans to invest £1.1m to improve school meals have been lambasted by caterers for being far too thrifty. more
(08 September 2004 18:54)

Visitor numbers on the rise, says Government
Record numbers of overseas tourists visited Britain in July, the Government announced today. more
(08 September 2004 17:59)

Little Chef puts 38 restaurants on the market
Little Chef has put 38 of its restaurants up for sale with a combined price tag of about £10.5m. more
(08 September 2004 17:52)

Ex-Hanover managing director joins Dawnay Shore
Charles Prew, former managing director of hotel group Hanover International, has left the company to join newly-established Dawnay Shore Hotels (DSH). more
(08 September 2004 16:54)

Growth in overseas visitors picks up again, say tour firms
The number of overseas visitors coming to the UK was up by 6.8% in July compared with the same month in 2003, according to figures from the British.... more
(08 September 2004 16:20)

Pre-opening costs hit Tiger Tiger owner
New openings helped boost turnover by 5% at bar-nightclub operator Urbium during the first half of this year. But the associated pre-opening costs.... more
(08 September 2004 15:55)

Wagamama gets £13m for expansion
Noodle chain Wagamama is set to launch an aggressive expansion programme after securing £13m from investors. more
(07 September 2004 16:30)

Budget hotels and big-city recovery boost Jurys
Jurys Doyle Hotel Group increased pre-tax profits by 1.5% during the six months to 30 June 2004, thanks to a recovery in London and Washington and a.... more
(07 September 2004 15:54)

Clapham House rolls out Bombay Bicycle Club
Clapham House Group, the company set up last year by two former directors of PizzaExpress, is to open a new Bombay Bicycle Club restaurant in.... more
(07 September 2004 15:05)

Blumenthal buys local pub
Three-Michelin-starred chef Heston Blumenthal has bought a pub in the same Berkshire village as his Fat Duck restaurant. more
(07 September 2004 13:17)

Good hotels
Hands-on ownership is the key to a successful hotel, according to the editors of the Good Hotel Guide 2005, out this week. more
(07 September 2004 12:52)

César Award winners 2005
The Good Hotel Guide has announced the winners of its 2005 César Awards. more
(07 September 2004 12:51)

The Cuisine of Jacques Maximin
got given this book by Jacques Maximin back in 1986 when I dined at his two-Michelin-starred restaurant, Chantecler, at the Hôtel Négresco in Nice..... more
(07 September 2004 10:47)

Hilton sells its two Aviemore hotels
Hilton has sold two of its Scottish hotels to Macdonald Hotels for an undisclosed sum. more
(06 September 2004 16:08)

New shake-up for school meals
The Government has unveiled a radical overhaul of school meals, in an effort to encourage children to eat more healthily. more
(06 September 2004 12:33)

Eaton Group sold off to ISS Facility Services
Eaton Group, the London-based business and industry caterer, has been bought by ISS Facility Services for £15m after four months of negotiations. more
(06 September 2004 12:20)

Review of the Reviews
McClements treads a careful line between dazzling modern French refinement and the satisfying indulgence of the brasserie... more
(06 September 2004 12:13)

Put your questions to one of France’s top chefs
Next week Caterer & Hotelkeeper magazine is interviewing Michel Bras, one of the most influential of France’s three-Michelin-starred chefs... more
(06 September 2004 11:52)

Whitbread plans Marriott sale and leaseback
Leisure group Whitbread is considering selling off a raft of its hotel assets, but continuing to manage the actual properties, in a deal that could.... more
(06 September 2004 11:52)

Table Talk
The Meow Mix Café, the world's first restaurant for humans and their feline pals, opened last month in New York... more
(03 September 2004 16:21)

Profits slip at Hard Rock
Turnover and profit at Rank's Hard Rock Café division both dropped during the six months to 30 June. more
(03 September 2004 15:32)

Increased costs and competition hit Wetherspoon
Competition from supermarkets, increased excise duty and measures to combat binge drinking have all been blamed for a fall in profits at pub group JD.... more
(03 September 2004 10:57)

First Premier Travel Inn hotels open for business
The first of Whitbread's Premier Travel Inn budget hotels have opened just six weeks after the company's £536m acquisition of the Premier Lodge chain. more
(02 September 2004 17:29)

People Moves: Julia Clark, Norrie Oswald, Simon Smith...
All the latest appointments and promotions... more
(02 September 2004 15:52)

Spanish group Hesperia buys London hotel
Spanish hotel group Hesperia has bought a 212-bedroom hotel close to London's Victoria train station for £35m. more
(02 September 2004 13:35)

Budget hotels do the business for Whitbread
Whitbread's Travel Inn budget hotels were the star performers for the group in the first 24 weeks of the company's financial year. more
(02 September 2004 12:16)

How do I switch from night to day?
I have worked as a night manager for the past 13 years and have experience in hotel operation (budget to five-star), particularly front desk. I want.... more
(01 September 2004 17:26)

Costa to open in WH Smith stores
High-street retailer WH Smith is to open 20 Costa Coffee concessions in stores around the UK in an effort to woo back customers. more
(01 September 2004 17:16)

Scots smoking ban looks more likely
A decision on whether to ban smoking in pubs, bars and other public places in Scotland could be taken by Christmas. more
(01 September 2004 16:44)

Last supper
A family outing to Anfield, home of Liverpool FC, for a Champagne dinner of scallops and beef shared with 42,000 fans is William Drabble's idea of.... more
(01 September 2004 16:31)

The boss brigade
In a mixture of Hell's Kitchen and Back to the Floor, contract caterer Avenance is sending its managers into the kitchen to cook their hearts out for.... more
(01 September 2004 16:23)

Pearl's flight plan passes legal test
Michael Davis, the American wine director at new London restaurant Pearl, has invented a jumbo wine flight to comply with UKlicensing laws more
(01 September 2004 16:21)

How to...
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(01 September 2004 16:18)

Roux takes Le Gavroche to Mauritius
Michel Roux Jnr is taking his Le Gavroche restaurant overseas for the first time since the two-Michelin-starred restaurant opened in London in 1967. more
(01 September 2004 16:14)