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Enterprise Inns has appointed Robert Walker to succeed Hubert Reid as its chairman. Walker will join the board as a non-executive director and chairman designate today and will assume the role of chairman on 31 March...
Posted: 09 February 2012 | 09:53
The owner and operating company of coffee shop chain St Ali has rebranded as part of its strategy to consolidate its operations within the UK. Formerly known as Long Black, the company will now be known as Workshop Trading...
Posted: 09 February 2012 | 09:50
Host Contract Management has strengthened its national sales and operations functions with several new appointments to its senior management team. Alan McDonald joins the independent caterer as regional director for Scotland from Elior where he was operations director for Scotland.
Posted: 08 February 2012 | 15:23
A Berkshire pub at the centre of a legal dispute between Marco Pierre White and its former business partners has been put up for sale. The owners, businessmen Andrew Parton and Peter Featherman, are looking for offers in excess of £1.65m for the freehold of the Yew Tree Inn in Highclere, near Newbury.
Posted: 08 February 2012 | 15:06
John Scanlon has been appointed to the newly created position of hotel manager at London's Dorchester hotel. Scanlon, who takes up his new role on 1 March, is currently director of revenue for the hotel's parent company, the Dorchester Collection, where he has been since 2008.
Posted: 08 February 2012 | 14:31
Serial entrepreneur Luke Johnson has slammed the discount culture that remains prevalent on the high street, branding Groupon as a way to attract 'hit and run' customers. The Risk Capital Partners chairman, and former chair of Channel 4 and PizzaExpress...
Posted: 08 February 2012 | 14:12
Independent contract caterer BaxterStorey has appointed Christian Pauritsch to the role of operations director, South-west. Pauritsch, who has 23 years of catering and hospitality experience, will be responsible for enhancing BaxterStorey's business in the South-west of England.
Posted: 08 February 2012 | 14:06
A serious fire has severely damaged the main barn at Park Farm, the headquarters of Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's River Cottage business, and the site of his River Cottage cookery school. In an announcement on its website, River Cottage said no people or animals were hurt.
Posted: 08 February 2012 | 13:37
Hotelier Sue Williams triumphed at the South West Tourism Excellence Awards 2011-12 with success in three categories. As well as carrying off the award for Outstanding Achievement, Williams was also presented with a gold award for the Bath Priory and silver for Gidleigh Park.
Posted: 08 February 2012 | 13:06
Leafi Kitchens & Event Catering has launched a new mobile take-away sandwich unit at its Smith Square Café & Restaurant in a bid to raise the profile of the venue. Operating in the foyer of the restaurant, the new unit will offer a food and hot and cold beverage offer throughout the day.
Posted: 08 February 2012 | 12:37
Private equity company RCapital has confirmed that it has completed the restructuring of roadside restaurant chain Little Chef and will close 66 out of the total of 161 sites, as announced last month. Some of the restaurants have already closed...
Posted: 08 February 2012 | 11:45
London's South Kensington will see the launch of a new Oriental eaterie next month with the opening of Umami on the Cromwell Road. Created by Darren Kutty, formerly head chef of both the Ramada Hyde Park and the Washington hotel in Mayfair...
Posted: 08 February 2012 | 11:04
A London community eco café has been thrown a lifeline to continue operating for another year after a successful fundraising effort. A campaign by the FoodCycle Café in Haringey, powered by crowdfunding website Peoplefund.it and supported by celebrities, MPs and Twitter, reached its £5,000 target this week...
Posted: 07 February 2012 | 17:20
Sir David Michels has assumed the presidency of the Institute of Hospitality during the Annual Fellows' Dinner held at the Corinthia hotel in London this week. During the dinner, Sir David told the story of how, as a student, he was sacked from Simpson's-in-the-Strand...
Posted: 07 February 2012 | 16:42
The British Hospitality Association (BHA) is urging the Government to allow hotels to benefit from the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS), following the Chancellor of the Exchequer's failure to include hotels in the scheme in his autumn statement.
Posted: 07 February 2012 | 15:12
Lindley Venue Catering has launched a new range of branded food retail concepts and extended its partnership with Starbucks Coffee Company. Tottenham Hotspur FC's White Hart Lane Stadium was the first to benefit from some of the new brands.
Posted: 07 February 2012 | 12:56
Celebrity chef James Martin is to launch a restaurant at the Talbot hotel in his home town of Malton, North Yorkshire. Owned by the Fitzwilliam Estate for more than 200 years, the Talbot is currently closed while it undergoes a £4m restoration. It will reopen in the spring.
Posted: 07 February 2012 | 11:41
Roast restaurant in London's Borough Market has appointed Marcus Verberne as its new head chef. New Zealand-born Verberne joins Roast after a decade of working with Mark Hix, most recently at his restaurant at the Albermarle at Brown's Hotel, where he was executive chef...
Posted: 06 February 2012 | 16:45
Dabbous, the first restaurant from former Texture head chef Ollie Dabbous, has wowed the London food critics, with both the Evening Standard and Time Out scoring it a perfect five. Located in Fitzrovia, Dabbous is a joint venture between the chef and mixologist Oskar Kinberg.
Posted: 06 February 2012 | 14:31
Paul Roberts has been appointed finance director of boutique hotel brands Malmaison and Hotel du Vin. Roberts, 42, who takes up the role in March, joins the two groups from De Vere Hotels where he was finance director of 11 hotels including Cameron House on Loch Lomond and the Grand at Brighton.
Posted: 06 February 2012 | 12:00
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