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The British curry industry has called on the Government to boost the restaurant sector by reducing VAT on the sector by 5%. It said that reducing VAT would boost the number of diners and head off a contraction in the curry restaurant industry...
Posted: 29 November 2011 | 13:32
Jasminder Singh has bought the four-star, 169-bedroom New Providence Wharf hotel in Canary Wharf - the second property the owner of one of London's largest privately owned hotel groups has bought in four weeks.
Posted: 29 November 2011 | 12:52
Hotels showing innovation, passion and dedication to the green agenda are being encouraged to enter the Considerate Hotel of the Year Awards 2011/12. Accommodation providers at every level can enter the awards, which earlier this year saw Battlesteads hotel carry off the highest accolade.
Posted: 29 November 2011 | 12:29
Aspens Services has been awarded a three-year catering contract extension with North Birmingham Academy worth £650,000. Scheduled to commence in January 2012, the new food service contract sees the independent caterer work with the academy as it moves into new buildings.
Posted: 29 November 2011 | 12:06
Education caterer Alliance in Partnership (AiP) has won a second school meals deal in Bedfordshire, this time worth £1.5m. The five-year contract at Samuel Whitbread Community College in Shefford sees AiP cater for almost 1,700 pupils aged 13 to 18...
Posted: 29 November 2011 | 11:40
More than three-quarters of British-grown oysters contain norovirus, new research from the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has found. The study, which tested 39 UK growing beds across the UK, discovered that 76% of oysters had traces of the winter vomiting bug...
Posted: 29 November 2011 | 11:09
Japan has confirmed its position as the world's leader of gastronomy, with the news that Michelin has awarded a total of 32 restaurants in the country its top accolade of three stars. Michelin today released its 2012 guide to Tokyo, promoting three new restaurants to three stars.
Posted: 29 November 2011 | 10:17
Lexington Catering has dismissed rumours that it is about to be bought by facilities management company Mitie. Gossip currently circulating the contract catering industry suggests that the independent boutique caterer is on the verge of takeover by the FM firm.
Posted: 28 November 2011 | 17:32
Boutique caterer Harbour & Jones has been appointed to create a £5.5m café at the Cutty Sark, in south-east London. Opening in April 2012, the new café by Harbour & Jones will feature an offer of British treats made with ingredients that reflect the heritage of the location.
Posted: 28 November 2011 | 15:17
The UK contestants for the next World Pastry Cup have been announced, with president Martin Chiffers, executive pastry chef at London's Savoy hotel, leading the team. The prestigious biennial competition, known as La Coupe du Monde de la Pâtisserie, sees 20 countries from around the world compete for the title.
Posted: 28 November 2011 | 15:01
After years of disappointment, Jay Rayner finally discovers a gastronomic place of safety among Manchester's restaurants - San Carlo Cicchetti. The Observer's food critic says that his failures to eat well in the city have even started to bore him...
Posted: 28 November 2011 | 13:06
Hotels in the UK maintained steady trading in October, according to early figures released today by PKF Hotel Consultancy Services. London fared marginally better than the regions, with rooms yield up 1.4% from £111.14 in October 2010 to £112.7, driven by a 3.6% increase in room rate from £124.97 to £129.43.
Posted: 28 November 2011 | 12:58
Enterprise Inns has won a High Court dispute against the operator of one of its London pubs, the Bedford in Balham, over the use of Brulines flow-monitoring equipment. Onifas, a company run by Fair Pint founder Karl Harrison, entered the dispute with Enterprise in March 2010.
Posted: 28 November 2011 | 12:42
Hoteliers are concerned that continued economic turmoil will mean many of the rooms reserved for next summer by Olympic organiser LOCOG will be returned. With three months to go until LOCOG is due to reveal the final number of rooms it will require, the bedbank scheme is losing support.
Posted: 28 November 2011 | 12:29
Elior has scooped a massive deal worth about £35m to provide catering and hospitality services at all the sites of Everything Everywhere, the joint venture between telecom networks T-Mobile and Orange.
Posted: 28 November 2011 | 11:27
Travelodge has revealed plans to develop a total of seven new sites alongside pub and supermarket companies. The company exchanged contracts worth a total of £10.4m on four properties where it plans to build hotels alongside pubs operated by JD Wetherspoon, Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) and Greene King.
Posted: 28 November 2011 | 11:22
Cafe/bar and restaurant group Loungers is to appoint Nick Collins, the former finance director of Capital Pub Company, as its new finance director. Collins will join the firm, which has 20 sites largely concentrated in the South West under the Loungers and Cosy Club brands, in early 2012.
Posted: 28 November 2011 | 11:15
Some of the hospitality industry's biggest names have spoken up in favour of a ground-breaking proposal that would see thousands of new jobs created in the sector in return for a Government commitment to slashing VAT.
Posted: 28 November 2011 | 11:07
Eden Hotel Collection has picked up its second property from in-administration Von Essen, after it sealed a deal to buy the Mount Somerset hotel and spa near Taunton off a guide price of £3m. Earlier this month, the company acquired the Greenaway hotel and spa in Cheltenham.
Posted: 28 November 2011 | 10:42
The fifth annual Hotel Cateys reached their climax last week, with a gala awards dinner at the Lancaster London hotel. Other award schemes may recognise...
Posted: 25 November 2011 | 16:53
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