To celebrate the re-opening of the Waterside Inn following the new kitchen installation, Hobart is offering one lucky Caterersearch reader dinner for two at The Waterside Inn, including a glass of Champagne on arrival. Six lucky runners up will win a signed copy of Michel Roux's latest book, Pastry.
The deadline for the RSPCA good business awards, which recognise ethical business approaches to animal welfare, is looming.
The 2009 Hotel Cateys entry process is now in full swing as well. So to be considered for one of these prestigious awards, get your entry in now.
It's not a good time to be an unsecured creditor with businesses failing left, right and centre, but a good week for Fat Duck chef Heston Blumenthal.
The Michelin-starred chef was recognised by the Craft Guild of Chefs for his “commitment and overwhelming contribution” to the industry as a whole, even if he wasn't consulted on plans to take his Little Chef menu national.
Still with nearly a third of Brits planning to holiday in the UK this year there’s opportunities to be had and business to be won. We do like to be beside the seaside, after all.
The issue of rent reviews has come to the fore at London restaurant Just St James and as Gordon Brown continues to take a political kicking, a survey for Premier Inn found the public think MPs should use budget hotels rather than claim second home allowances.
Caterer Vacherin won a deal at music publisher EMI and appointed two new directors to beef up its management team, while Michelin-starred, British-born chef April Bloomfield revealed she is to open a third restaurant in New York.
Gordon Ramsay admitted how close to disaster his restaurant empire came and celebrity chef John Burton Race was forced to declare himself bankrupt.
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"The overall picture is very worrying and seems to be deteriorating. The status quo is unsustainable."
Business and Enterprise Committee chairman Peter Luff on the relationship between pub companies and their tenants.
By Chris Druce