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A new hotel and restaurant consultancy offering support in developing maximum value from a business is being set up by four of the most experienced players...
Posted: 06 January 2012 | 16:04
Channel 5 is looking for couples who run restaurants to participate in a new, and as-yet-unnamed TV show fronted by Marco Pierre White (pictured). The TV channel said it wanted pairs who run restaurants across the UK, from fine-dining establishments to gastropubs, cafés, bistros, hotels, curry houses and "anything in between".
Posted: 06 January 2012 | 15:55
Two businessmen have set up a new company to run two pubs in the East Midlands. James Bull and business partner Ross Tunaley have set up Distinctive Inns after their first opening, the Riverside pub and kitchen in Farndon proved a success.
Posted: 06 January 2012 | 11:25
VisitBritain has called upon UK business to invite friends, relatives and past customers from around the world to visit Britain in 2012, as part of the latest phase of the national tourism agency's 'GREAT Britain - You're Invited' marketing programme.
Posted: 06 January 2012 | 11:14
Le Gavroche is the top London restaurant, while Gidleigh Park has retained its place as the top restaurant in the rest of the UK, according to the 2012 edition of Harden's UK Restaurant Survey.
Posted: 05 January 2012 | 22:38
The biggest challenge in 2012 will be the economic uncertainty. No one knows what will happen and we're all crossing fingers that there won't be a double-dip recession. But in challenging economic times opportunities arise. As some operators struggle, sites might become available, giving young guns the chance to get in.
Posted: 05 January 2012 | 16:36
Now that the festive period is over and we slip into January's low season, it is time to contemplate the year ahead - a year that promises one or two once-in-a-lifetime opportunities, as well as more traditional challenges
Posted: 05 January 2012 | 16:01
Bespoke Hotels has taken over a long-term lease and the management of the Cotswold House hotel and Noel Arms in Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire. The hotel management company has acquired the lease of the two hotels from Egyptian-based Concorde Hotel Management.
Posted: 05 January 2012 | 13:29
Mexican casual-dining chain Chipotle is to open its third UK outlet, after it acquired the site of the former Otarian restaurant on Wardour Street in London's Soho. Chipotle is a giant of the US restaurant scene, with around 1,300 sites in its home country and a turnover of more than £1b.
Posted: 05 January 2012 | 13:16
How To Build a Perfect Business: Do you have all the right parts in place to deliver a great hospitality experience? The Secrets of Great Hospitality: Leading experts and respected critics provide advice for hospitality operators seeking to take their businesses forward
Posted: 05 January 2012 | 12:57
Pride Catering has scooped a hat trick of silver Food for Life Catering Marks for its school meals work in the South-east. The caterer's contracts at Vineyard, Heathfield and Brookland schools - all in the South-east - were previously bronze. Pride now holds one gold, four silver and seven bronze catering marks.
Posted: 05 January 2012 | 12:21
Deloitte has raised concerns that some restaurant operators are becoming reliant on discount vouchers, after research in the company's Taste of the Nation report revealed that nearly 60% of consumers have used a special offer voucher when eating out.
Posted: 05 January 2012 | 12:10
After 18 years' service, Caprice Holdings chief executive officer Des McDonald is leaving the company. In a statement the restaurant group said McDonald was leaving to pursue new challenges and that he wouldn't be replaced.
Posted: 05 January 2012 | 12:00
Leading American chef Charlie Trotter is to close his eponymous restaurant in Chicago, after 25 years in business. He will shut the award-winning 120-seat eaterie in August to embark on a world trip with his wife Rochelle and a master's degree in philosophy and political theory...
Posted: 04 January 2012 | 14:27
34, the latest restaurant from the Caprice Holdings stable, was the focus for Jay Rayner this week who found perfect steaks, incredible desserts and a scattering of phone-hackerati. Writing in the Observer, Rayner said that while early publicity had billed 34 as a meaty version of its sister fish restaurant Scott's...
Posted: 04 January 2012 | 11:51
The once in a lifetime opportunity presented by this year's Olympic Games and the continued staycation effect have created cause for optimism that 2012 will be a successful year for hospitality operators, according to exclusive Caterer and Hotelkeeper research.
Posted: 04 January 2012 | 11:25
Independent caterer Pabulum has kicked off the New Year with a new school meals contract at Brakenhale School, in Bracknell. The three-year deal is expected to be worth around £435,000 in total turnover...
Posted: 04 January 2012 | 10:59
Worsening consumer confidence coupled with increasing unemployment will give rise to the UK hospitality industry's biggest challenge yet as 2012 brings a fourth year of cutbacks, according to Horizons.
Posted: 03 January 2012 | 13:31
School caterers have been given fresh ammunition to compete with the take-aways following a Government decision to allow price promotions. New powers mean that schools will be able to target particular groups of pupils with cut-price lunchtime deals...
Posted: 03 January 2012 | 12:33
Managed pub operator Innventure has reported that a lack of snow helped like-for-like sales jump 14.5% during the three key weeks of December, compared to the year before. The five-strong food-led group achieved gross sales of £482,000 for the 2011 Christmas and New Year period, up from £421,000 in 2010.
Posted: 03 January 2012 | 11:36
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