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Gourmet Burger Kitchen owner Clapham House Group has confirmed that it has been approach with an offer to buy the company.
Posted: 30 August 2010 | 09:54
The World Cup effect saw beer sales enjoying the first like-for-like quarterly increase for four years in the three months to June - but supermarkets were the major benefactor. The latest UK Quarterly Beer Barometer, from the British Beer & Pub Association, shows that beer sales in the second quarter were up by 2.9% on last year.
Posted: 30 July 2010 | 12:56
The catering team at the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (Locog) today revealed plans to target two major food and drink trade shows as part of its sourcing operation. Locog will bring its sourcing team to the Speciality & Fine Food Fair, held at Olympia in September..
Posted: 30 July 2010 | 12:11
Recruitment and training specialist Regent will be unveiling a new cookery school early next month. Gordon Cartwright , a former AA inspection manager and chef at Sharrow Bay, who is now working as business director at Regent, has devised a rolling training programme that allows top Michelin-starred chefs to share their skills.
Posted: 30 July 2010 | 11:53
The UK hotel sector is driving the recovery of the hotel investment market in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), research has revealed. Figures from property agent Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels show that transaction volume rose marginally to €1.6b in the first six months of 2010.
Posted: 30 July 2010 | 11:27
A VisitBritain-commissioned report which predicted that UK tourism revenue would grow by more than 60% by 2020 has been dismissed as "fantasy" by a leading trade body. The report suggested the total value of tourism to the UK could rise by more than 60% to £188b over the next decade.
Posted: 29 July 2010 | 17:35
Greg Mulholland, chairman of the Save the Pub Group, has requested a meeting with the Home Office to discuss the Government's planned overhaul of licensing laws. The Lib Dem MP is concerned that proposed changes announced by Theresa May earlier this week will unfairly harm community pubs.
Posted: 29 July 2010 | 17:18
US restaurant chain The One Group is to enter the UK market next year to look after the food and beverage operation at the revamped Hippodrome Casino in London's Leicester Square. The Hippodrome relaunches in 2011 as a 24-hour operation featuring a casino, terrace, restaurant, multiple bars and a cabaret.
Posted: 29 July 2010 | 16:03
"Ego and PR" are the only reasons to cater at the London 2012 Olympics, according to contract caterers who question the profitability of the games as the two-year countdown to the start of the Olympics begins. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games (Locog) began inviting caterers to bid.
Posted: 29 July 2010 | 15:41
An extensive review of Merchant Inns for its bankers warned that its financial forecasts were "simplistic" and its financial control "weak", more than three months before it went into administration. The boutique pubs-with-rooms operator, owned by property magnate Sir John Ritblat, called in administrators Deloitte in October last year, following the sacking of its chairman, Robert Breare, in August.
Posted: 29 July 2010 | 13:01
Carlson, a privately held global hospitality and travel company, has bought the remaining 60% stake in TGI Friday’s UK Holdings and plans to remodel and expand the casual restaurant chain over the next five years. The deal sees Carlson acquire TGI Friday’s from AAC Capital Partners for $50m (£32m).
Posted: 29 July 2010 | 12:17
The UK eating-out market is starting to see green shoots of recovery, but while the amount spent on dining out of the home in 2010 is marginally up from last year the recession will have an enduring impact on consumer attitudes, according to new research in the Eating Out in the UK 2010 report.
Posted: 29 July 2010 | 00:10
Shares in the InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) fell yesterday by 7.4% following the news that the Barclay brothers had sold their 10% stake in the company for around £335m. Ellerman Corporation, an investment company owned by David and Frederick Barclay, offloaded almost 30 million shares.
Posted: 28 July 2010 | 17:35
Luxury accommodation at Center Parcs in Nottinghamshire and Wiltshire is to be increased with the opening of three tree houses and five exclusive lodges, in 2011. The two-storey, four-bedroom tree houses at Center Parcs Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire will each feature en-suite bathrooms and balconies to all bedrooms.
Posted: 28 July 2010 | 15:27
Compass Group has seen a 2.1% year on year fall in organic revenue for the third quarter despite reporting a "slight acceleration" in new and retained business.
The world's largest contract caterer blamed the fall on challenging economic conditions, which it says continue to impact like for like volumes in the UK business and industry sector in the nine months to June 2010.
Posted: 28 July 2010 | 15:20
Restaurant charity StreetSmart, which supports the homeless, is to branch out into the hotels sector, with the launch of a sister campaign entitled SleepSmart, Caterersearch can reveal. The new initiative, which will run throughout November and December, will build on the original fundraiser.
Posted: 28 July 2010 | 15:09
Caterersearch.com's Web Awards are now open for entries, and this year two new categories have been added. The awards recognise the people and organisations responsible for developing some of the most effective hospitality websites on the internet today.
Posted: 28 July 2010 | 12:04
Orchid is to revamp all 13 of its Living Room sites. The investment, which aims to give the outlets a 'lighter and brigher' feel, follows the brand's acquisition by the Orchid Group, as part of the takeover of Premium Bars and Restaurants at the end of 2009.
Posted: 28 July 2010 | 10:30
London-based cocktail bar chain Be At One is set to open its 10th outlet this week. The new venue on Old Street in Shoreditch will be Be At One's largest, with capacity for 300 people.
Posted: 28 July 2010 | 10:00
Local residents will be able to object to pubs even if they do not live in the immediate vicinity or if they believe they are having an adverse effect on public health.
Posted: 28 July 2010 | 09:40
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