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Pub and casual dining groups have welcomed plans from retail guru Mary Portas to strengthen the high street, as part of her report on the issue, published today. But they warned that restaurants and pubs should not be forgotten in the equation. Portas's recommendations included: improve the management of high streets with new "town teams"...
Posted: 13 December 2011 | 17:12
Former Michelin-starred chef Clive Dixon is to join the White Oak country pub in Cookham, Berkshire, as chef-patron. Dixon, who previously worked as head chef at Pierre Koffmann's restaurant at the Berkeley Hotel in London, has formed a partnership with owners Henry and Katherine Cripps.
Posted: 12 December 2011 | 17:28
Bar and restaurant group Novus Leisure has boosted its total sales for the year to 26 June by 12%, following the takeover of 15 Balls Brothers and Lewis & Clark sites in March. Like-for-like sales at the group were up by 8.9% year-on-year.
Posted: 12 December 2011 | 16:24
When Consumer Minister Edward Davey said last week that plans to reform the regulation of tied and leased pubs was "good news for everyone to raise their glass to", he didn't specify whether the glass had to be half full or half empty.
Posted: 12 December 2011 | 15:50
The UK's restaurant and bar sector is likely to see a "significant increase" in mergers and acquisitions activity in 2012, according to accountancy firm BDO. BDO said that a combination of private equity interest, strong chains looking to cash in and banks offloading repossessed assets would stoke the activity.
Posted: 12 December 2011 | 13:04
Three leisure industry specialists have bought in-administration nightclub firm Luminar in a £45m deal which is expected to save 3,000 jobs. The company, which runs the Lava & Ignite, Oceana and Liquid clubs, went into administration with debts of £140m in October, owing more than £80m to banks.
Posted: 12 December 2011 | 10:30
With every new wave of technology releases, the bar of consumer expectations moves ever higher. Today's consumers are inundated with increasingly cutting edge gadgets and services at an ever-advancing rate. But how do hospitality operators know which technology bandwagon on which to hitch a ride?
Posted: 09 December 2011 | 16:00
Useful technology isn't restricted to fancy electronics. There are lots of things that are indispensable in a professional kitchen - and some of them have been in use for many years. Janie Stamford reports
Posted: 09 December 2011 | 14:51
Online or on smartphones, there really is an app for everything these days. Janie Stamford examines 10 of the best for hospitality operators
Posted: 09 December 2011 | 14:29
Fire has badly damaged a 13th-century thatched pub in Milton Keynes village. The Swan Inn's roof and first floor were badly damaged, and it took 40 firefighters to bring the blaze under control. Luckily, no one was hurt during the fire. Some of the pub's extension and restaurant area were also saved.
Posted: 09 December 2011 | 09:56
JD Wetherspoon has been voted winner of the Loo of the Year Awards 2011 in the hospitality sector. Independent judges assessed hundreds of toilets in the UK in the hospitality sector, including hotels, restaurants, pubs, cafés, coffee shops and quick-service/fast-food restaurants.
Posted: 09 December 2011 | 09:45
People 1st's careers resource UKSP (www.uksp.co.uk) has been named the big winner in this year's Caterer and Hotelkeeper Web Awards, picking up the title of Website of the Year. The website, which helps support and develop careers in the hospitality, leisure, travel and tourism
Posted: 08 December 2011 | 15:56
The British Hospitality Association (BHA) has issued a letter to its members, urging them to help campaign for a reduction in VAT for the hospitality industry to 5%. The letter comes after it was revealed that the association would be ramping up its efforts on securing a VAT reduction.
Posted: 08 December 2011 | 15:31
Some 99% of our reviews are superlative and written by highly valued guests who have stayed here and loved the experience. But we have received what we consider to be a vindictive and malicious attack from a customer posted on TripAdvisor.
Posted: 08 December 2011 | 15:19
The winners of the BBC's TV show The Restaurant with Raymond Blanc will open their second cocktail bar in central London next year, Caterer and Hotelkeeper can reveal. JJ Goodman and James Hopkins will open their second London Cocktail Club on Shaftesbury Avenue in February.
Posted: 07 December 2011 | 17:38
Out-of-hours deliveries to hotels and restaurants in London are viable during the Olympics, a study by Transport for London (TfL) has shown. A number of businesses which are expected to be affected by the games trialled TfL's new draft Code of Practice and asked their suppliers to do the same.
Posted: 07 December 2011 | 15:24
In this week's Caterer and Hotelkeeper magazine... New tricks from the Todiwalas Pervin and Cyrus Todiwala on opening their first restaurant with Hilton, 16 years at Café Spice Namasté, and how they had to fight the Home Office to stay in the UK...
Posted: 07 December 2011 | 12:29
Marco Pierre White's restaurant at the Swan Inn in Aughton, Lancashire, has been sold and will reopen as a Mitchells & Butlers pub in the New Year. Owner Sanguine Hospitality, which recently opened an Indigo hotel and Marco Pierre White Steakhouse at the Cube development in Birmingham...
Posted: 07 December 2011 | 11:15
Pub operator Urban & Country Leisure (UCL) is to exit destination country pubs and focus only on higher footfall locations as well as the expansion of its Lazy Cow boutique hotel brand. The move, which forms part of the company's strategic review of its estate for 2012...
Posted: 07 December 2011 | 09:31
Stuart Layzell has been named chief financial officer at Fourth Hospitality, the software supplier to the pub, hotel and restaurant industry. He joins Fourth Hospitality with more than 20 years experience from the Business Growth Fund...
Posted: 05 December 2011 | 17:37
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