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The five-red-AA-star, 20-bedroom Seaham Hall in Durham has become the latest former Von Essen hotel to be sold. Originally put on the market for £12.5m, the price was later slashed to £5m. It is believed that the new owners Seasons Holidays paid less than the asking price.
Posted: 02 April 2012 | 16:06
School meals are small, carbohydrate-heavy and cost more, according to a survey of teachers. A snap poll of 503 members of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) indicates that two-thirds of schools are charging as much as £100 more a year for meals.
Posted: 02 April 2012 | 15:32
Nicola Horlick, the investment manager and chief executive of Bramdean Asset Management, is set to open a new café/restaurant in the Barnes village. Georgina's, named in honour of Horlick's late daughter, will offer casual dining throughout the day before transforming into a destination restaurant by night.
Posted: 02 April 2012 | 15:09
Creativevents and the Fine Food Company have been awarded a lucrative five-year contract to provide the public catering at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. The two event caterers are no strangers to working in partnership with each other as well as the Royal Horticultural Society.
Posted: 02 April 2012 | 15:01
Rhubarb has been named an accredited caterer at Rhodes House in Oxford, expanding its reach in the historic city. Rhodes House, home to the Rhodes Scholarship, was specifically designed to facilitate events of all varieties. Built in the colonial style, it features a several event spaces.
Posted: 02 April 2012 | 14:33
Laura Ashley has bought a 49-bedroom hotel in Hertfordshire to showcase its range of furnishings and design service. The Edgwarebury hotel in Elstree, was purchased by the high-street group for £5.8m from Corus Hotels, which is controlled by MUI Group.
Posted: 02 April 2012 | 13:33
The Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) and the Bar, Entertainment and Dance Association (BEDA) are set to merge. In a announcement this...
Posted: 02 April 2012 | 13:04
Scottish bar and inn company Maclay Group has appointed Michael Denny as its new chairman of the board. Denny succeeds Gavin Reed, who has retired from the post he has held at the firm since 2001. Denny, who has been a director of Maclay Group since 2010, said: "This is an exciting time for Maclay...
Posted: 02 April 2012 | 12:52
What's on the menu? A round-up of the latest reviews: Jay Rayner finds good basic cooking skills at Incanto in Harrow-on-the-Hill but is unimpressed by the attempts at creativity, while Zoe Williams enjoys excellent food at "almost-silly" prices at Restaurant Tristan, in Horsham, West Sussex...
Posted: 02 April 2012 | 12:29
One of the original founders of Luxury Family Hotels (LFH), Nicholas Dickinson, has returned to the UK hotel market to buy the three-red-AA-star, 26-bedroom Congham Hall in North Norfolk - one of the last remaining hotels from the Von Essen administration to be sold.
Posted: 02 April 2012 | 12:25
Simon Rogan has said that he plans to spend much more time working hands-on at his London restaurant Roganic, following the resignation of its head chef, Ben Spalding. Spalding announced his decision to leave on Twitter over the weekend.
Posted: 02 April 2012 | 11:42
The 29-bedroom Royal Crescent hotel in Bath - one of the trophy assets in the collapsed Von Essen portfolio of hotels - has been sold for a rumoured £18m to private international investment company the Topland Group. The Grade I-listed hotel was originally put on the market for £22m.
Posted: 30 March 2012 | 18:22
Bettys Café Tea Rooms in Northallerton, North Yorkshire, has been named as the best place in Britain to enjoy afternoon tea, according to the Tea Guild. The 40-year-old tea rooms - the most northerly of the Yorkshire family firm's six premises - scooped the award for Top Tea Place 2012.
Posted: 30 March 2012 | 18:05
The Best Western group of independently owned hotels has announced its first new members joining at the Best Western PLUS level. Best Western PLUS Maldron Hotel in Cardiff (pictured) and the Best Western PLUS Park Grand London Heathrow Gateway are two newly built hotels.
Posted: 30 March 2012 | 14:41
The changes in Britain's weather and its effect on farming could have a detrimental impact on Britain's brewing and distilling industries, which rely on 1.7 million tonnes of high-quality malted barley from the UK's farmers every year. That's the warning from research conducted by brewing giant Molson Coors.
Posted: 30 March 2012 | 12:45
A group of competing hotels in Perthshire have come together to produce a film showcasing the area's environmental tourism credentials to audiences throughout the UK and overseas. The film features Perthshire's Green Resorts group working together to exchange ideas and promote sustainability.
Posted: 30 March 2012 | 12:28
Celebrity chef Cyrus Todiwala OBE cooked lunch for the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh as the royal couple kick-started their Diamond Jubilee tour. The chef-patron of Café Spice Namasté was supported by his wife, Pervin, as well as a brigade of chef peers and students from three of London's top culinary colleges.
Posted: 30 March 2012 | 11:58
A hotel bar manager has been ordered to pay £1,400 after serving two short measures. Andrew Halliday, who works at the Ramada hotel in Salford Quays, was caught out by trading standards officers when they ordered a shot each of gin and whiskey, according to The Metro.
Posted: 30 March 2012 | 10:39
Restaurant chain Spaghetti House has launched the first of what it is describing as a "new generation" of restaurants, with a new venue in Kensington High Street. The new style will see the decor move towards subtle and stylish interiors. Meanwhile, the kitchen is at the heart of the restaurant and in full view of the diners.
Posted: 29 March 2012 | 17:31
Education specialist Pabulum has negotiated a series of deals across the London Borough of Croydon that has culminated in new contracts valued at more than £1.8m a year. Over 90 schools in the area have been involved in re-tender processes in the past few months...
Posted: 29 March 2012 | 16:46
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