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The hospitality industry was out in force on Monday 27 February to celebrate the work of Hospitality Action and The Springboard Charity at The Big Event 2012. The gala dinner, which took place at Park Plaza Westminster Bridge on the Monday of Hotelympia, raised about £80,000.
Posted: 08 March 2012 | 15:22
British pie-maker Pieminster has announced the acquisition of a third London site, taking the total number of shops to eight. The company, founded in 2003 by Bristol-based entrepreneurs Jon Simon and Tristan Hogg, has bought the lease to the former Le Regal café in London's Leather Lane...
Posted: 08 March 2012 | 09:32
Stockport-based brewer and pub operator has signed an unprecedented deal with Lake District craft brewery Hawkshead, to sell its beer in Robinsons pubs. The deal marks the first between the Cheshire family brewers and any small brewer. Hawkshead Brewery's Lakeland Lager will be sold, initially, in some of...
Posted: 08 March 2012 | 09:32
A full round-up of special awards and medal winners from La Parade des Chefs and all the competition classes at Le Salon Culinaire International de Londres at Hotelympia 2012, held at London's ExCel exhibition centre last week
Posted: 07 March 2012 | 17:00
The deadline to get nominations in for the Craft Guild of Chefs Awards 2012 has been extended to 23 March. Designed to recognise and reward the top talent working in kitchens across the industry, the 15 categories, plus a special award for an overall industry high-flyer, will be announced at a ceremony at Wembley Stadium on 13 June.
Posted: 07 March 2012 | 13:14
Tight consumer spending has caused on-trade sales of wine to drop 6% for the year to 24 December, with spirits down 2%, according to the latest market report by the Wine and Spirit Trade Association (WSTA). The off-trade also suffered, with wine sales down 2% in the year to 4 February, while shop sales of spirits were down 1%.
Posted: 07 March 2012 | 13:02
Hospitality operators could save thousands on energy bills by switching to better utility deals, claims buying specialist Lynx Purchasing. With oil prices increasing as tensions in the Middle East and Africa continue, Lynx believes that businesses should be looking at signing up to multi-year contracts to guard against volatility in the utilities market.
Posted: 07 March 2012 | 12:26
The British Hospitality Association (BHA) is urging hospitality businesses to support the new VisitEngland campaign aimed at encouraging people to holiday at home. Launched today by the Culture Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, the Holidays at Home are GREAT promotion kicks off with a celebrity-led TV advertisement,
Posted: 07 March 2012 | 10:17
Nominations are being invited for the Women 1st Shine Awards 2012, which recognise outstanding female achievement in the hospitality, passenger transport, travel and tourism industries. The awards also commend those businesses and individuals that are leading the way in supporting female...
Posted: 07 March 2012 | 10:06
Oxfordshire-based pub company Brakspear has hailed its Tax Free Beer Day as a "huge success" for the 10 Henley pubs participating in it. The move, designed to highlight punitive beer taxation, saw the pubs sell Brakspear Bitter, Oxford Gold, Kronenbourg, Foster's and Heineken at a discount of £1.30 - the amount of tax on a pint sold for £3.10.
Posted: 06 March 2012 | 17:38
Manchester-based pub group Clover Taverns has entered administration. The company has 10 pubs across the country, from Peterborough in Cambridgeshire, up to Preston in Lancashire. Clover Taverns claims to be the home of the "great British pub", although its food offer includes both US and South African cuisine.
Posted: 06 March 2012 | 12:41
Pub company Shepherd Neame has acquired the Camden Arms hotel in Pembury, near Tunbridge Wells, for an undisclosed sum. The 15-room inn is the latest addition to Shepherd Neame's estate...
Posted: 06 March 2012 | 11:39
David Cameron is set to push ahead with plans to introduce minimum alcohol pricing. According to reports, the prime minister will face down a cabinet backlash and approve a minimum price of 40p per unit. The weekend papers claimed that Cabinet Secretary Jeremy Heywood convened a special meeting at No 10 on Thursday.
Posted: 05 March 2012 | 15:41
Service is twice as important as price when it comes to consumers recommending a restaurant, research suggests. A survey by Market Force Europe, which questioned more than 5,000 UK consumers, found that more than a third (35%) of customers rated service as the most important element...
Posted: 05 March 2012 | 13:58
Eight hospitality businesses, including the Savoy, Brookwood Partnership and Red Carnation Hotels, have made it on to the 2012 Sunday Times Top 100 Companies to Work For list, published yesterday. Contract caterers Connect Catering and Catermasters were new entries to the list.
Posted: 05 March 2012 | 13:08
Covent Garden restaurant Tuttons and its adjoining cocktail bar Dirty Martini are to go undergo a redesign following their acquisition by CG Restaurants. The company, which has managed both sites for five years, has purchased them from landlord Covent Garden London for an undisclosed sum.
Posted: 02 March 2012 | 17:16
The Craft Guild of Chefs announced at Hotelympia that it is inviting the industry to explore Britain's "outdoor larder" with the launch of the Universal Cookery & Food Festival. By taking a closer look at seasonal produce and wild food, the event aims to enhance the culinary knowledge of chefs and caterers to farmers and growers.
Posted: 02 March 2012 | 15:39
A deluge of negative responses to its new ratings system has prompted TripAdvisor to remove displaying scores on its website from today. TripAdvisor introduced the feature, which allowed users of the website to give hotels and restaurants a score out of five earlier this week...
Posted: 02 March 2012 | 15:35
Many pubs and restaurants may need to consider alternatives to lamb owing to increasing costs and interrupted supply, as the Schmallenberg virus ravages stock around Europe. The disease has emerged in Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and now the UK.
Posted: 02 March 2012 | 13:06
The Olympics provides an unrivalled opportunity for UK hospitality operators, but will the coffee on offer stand up to the scrutiny of an international audience? Ian Boughton asks whether our beverages are of medal-winning quality
Posted: 02 March 2012 | 10:14
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