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Belfast caterer Mount Charles Group has opened its first contract outside of Northern Ireland, with a multimillion-pound deal at Exeter Airport. The company will invest £250,000 in the new venture, which sees Mount Charles named the exclusive food and drink provider at the site.
Posted: 02 May 2012 | 10:50
Pub chain JD Wetherspoon remains "cautious" as it readies itself for the impact of a £50m tax bill, the company said today. Like-for-like sales in the year to date (39 weeks to 22 April) were up 2%, but the pubco reiterated its concerns about high taxes in a Q3 trading update.
Posted: 02 May 2012 | 10:02
A new café has opened at Pearce's Farm Shop near Puckeridge in Hertfordshire, as the business bids to capitalise on the burgeoning eating out market. The site sits 90 inside and a further 90 outside on the terrace and is staffed by eight full-time workers including chefs Dan Brinklow and Andrew Flatts, a pastry chef and a sous chef.
Posted: 01 May 2012 | 17:27
Gavin Williams, the chief executive of the West Cornwall Pasty Company, has written a letter to Chancellor George Osborne warning that proposals to close a loophole on VAT exemptions for hot take-away food - the so-called pasty tax - could damage the Cornish economy.
Posted: 01 May 2012 | 17:17
Independent brewer Bath Ales has launched its latest seasonal brew, called Summer's Hare. The brewer said the beer is light, hoppy and "well balanced with some fruit and malt". It has been brewed using pale Maris Otter floor-malted barley and a mix of Bramling Cross and Chinook hops.
Posted: 01 May 2012 | 16:37
Alan Murchison's 10 in 8 Fine Dining Group has merged with Nina and Gerard Basset's Hotel TerraVina in the New Forest. The merger sees Nina Basset take on the role of group managing director and will see the development of the TerraVina brand as well as the creation of a cookery and wine school.
Posted: 01 May 2012 | 15:32
Mitie has signed a record £775m bundled services contract with Lloyds Banking Group. The five-year deal, with a possible one-year extension period, is worth around £155m a year and is reckoned to be one of the UK's biggest private client facilities management deals.
Posted: 01 May 2012 | 15:12
Heston Blumenthal has reaped a significant financial reward from his growing restaurant empire, after his company paid out a big dividend to its directors for the first time. SL6 released a £750,000 dividend, according to its latest annual accounts.
Posted: 01 May 2012 | 13:28
The British Hospitality Association is set to showcase the breadth and depth of the UK's hospitality and tourism industry by bringing together a host of industry leaders and key politicians at its first-ever Hospitality and Tourism Summit on 1 June. The event will take place on the Friday of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee weekend.
Posted: 01 May 2012 | 12:09
Boutique hotel Strattons in Swaffham, Norfolk, has further bolstered its green credentials with an innovative new approach to removing spent coffee grounds from its waste stream. By naturally drying the grounds and re-bagging it in its original packaging, it can be handed out to guests as a horticultural compost.
Posted: 01 May 2012 | 11:51
Cucina managing director Steve Quinn has hit back at Jamie Oliver's latest attack on Michael Gove's attitude to school food standards, arguing that it may fool the public into thinking that not much has been achieved in raising nutritional standards in academies...
Posted: 01 May 2012 | 11:47
Despite the UK officially going back into recession last week, research carried out by accountancy firm RSM Tenon has shown that hospitality and leisure businesses are far more confident about the second quarter of 2012 than they were at the beginning of the year.
Posted: 01 May 2012 | 11:26
Devon & Cornwall police have indicated that three guests are still unaccounted for, following the fire that ravaged the Falmouth Beach Hotel yesterday. It was reported that hotel staff and around 30 guests, including Blur guitarist Graham Coxon, were evacuated from the Best Western hotel.
Posted: 01 May 2012 | 11:16
A friendly atmosphere and quality food are the two key factors when it comes to customers choosing a pub, according to a new survey by the Mystery Dining Company (TMDC). The survey of 350 pubgoers found that the type of clientele a venue attracts was the third-most important consideration.
Posted: 01 May 2012 | 10:44
City caterer Lusso has launched "ugly fish Friday" in a stand against the North Sea fishing quota system that sees half of all fish caught there thrown back, dead. Lusso, part of CH&Co, will serve a variety of "ugly fish" at its sites every Friday that are all species on the Marine Stewardship Council's approved list.
Posted: 01 May 2012 | 10:36
Ampersand has added the Museum of London and the Cutty Sark to its growing list of venues in the capital at which it has approved caterer status, the company has announced. The caterer, part of CH&Co, was also recently named as one of 11 caterers to make it on to the approved list for the Science Museum for 2012-2014.
Posted: 30 April 2012 | 18:11
Fewer teenagers are eating chips for their school lunch, following the introduction of mandatory nutritional standards aimed at improving school meals, according to new research by the School Food Trust (SFT).
Posted: 30 April 2012 | 17:14
Westbury Street Holdings (WSH), the UK's largest independent food services management operator, has teamed up with the Academy of Culinary Arts to help school...
Posted: 30 April 2012 | 15:02
Ten fire engines were called to the scene of a massive blaze at the Falmouth Beach Hotel, in Falmouth, Cornwall, today. The fire was reported at the 120-bedroom Best Western property at Gyllyngvase beach seafront at 12.09pm.
Posted: 30 April 2012 | 15:00
Six top chefs have made a film to promote British food as part of VisitBritain's Great Britain campaign. The film, made in association with the Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA), features Raymond Blanc, Brett Graham, Ruth Rogers, Atul Kochhar, Angela Hartnett and Fergus Henderson.
Posted: 30 April 2012 | 14:24
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