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Roux reveals menus at Murray’s Cromlix
Albert Roux OBE, KFO has revealed the selected menus for Wimbledon champion Andy Murray’s new luxury hotel. Re-opening in April 2014, the Chez Roux restaurant at Cromlix will offer guests a choice of...
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Flat February but underlying eating-out growth
Pub and restaurant groups had a flat February with collective like-for-like sales up just 0.2% on the same month last year. The London market performed best, with a like-for-like increase of 1.3%....
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Who has the MIDAS touch…?
The Menu Innovation Network’s sixth Menu Innovation and Development Awards (MIDAS) were presented at the The Cumberland Hotel on Thursday 6 March with the menu for the dinner inspired, designed and...
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Casual Dining Interior Design Award Winners 2014
Show highlights at the recent Casual Dining Show included the winners of Casual Dining’s prestigious Design Awards. Reflecting the importance of design in conveying brand identity, creating ambiance,...
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Harry Ramsden’s signs major Franchisee for Scotland
Harry Ramsden’s, the iconic British brand, world famous for its fish and chips, has granted the franchise for Scotland to Sevenseas Ventures Limited and in doing so is set to create up to 500 jobs...
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Growth in organic sales for the first time in four years
The Soil Association’s annual Organic Market Report today reveals that the organic sector has seen growth of 2.8% in 2013: the first time the organic market has seen annual growth since 2008, and...
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Michel Roux Jr and his father Albert bring their Michelin stars to the...
The incredibly popular French-English two-star Michelin chefs Michel Roux Jr and his father Albert Roux have teamed up with Epsom Downs Racecourse to produce ‘Chez Roux on the Prince’s Lawn’ at the...
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YO! Sushi sets sights on London to drive growth
YO! Sushi, the leading Japanese restaurant group, has its eyes firmly set on the capital in 2014 as it prepares to take London by storm with the launch of five new London area restaurants. The new...
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From Pelican to Red Lemon
The Pelican in Notting Hill is now under new ownership after DCL – the leisure specialists – sold the remainder of a 20 year free of tie lease from April 2012 to private operator Alli Kyle for an...
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Domino’s goes back to front to focus on quality ingredients
Domino’s Pizza has unveiled a new marketing campaign, spanning TV, VOD, mobile, PR and social media, to promote the quality of its ingredients and bring to life the fact that every pizza is made by...
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SUBWAY® Brand maintains Number 1 spot as top global franchise
In the UK and Ireland, the SUBWAY® brand has already surpassed 1700 stores in 2013 and has recently announced plans to increase this to 3000 over the next six years, creating around 13,000 new jobs....
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Small Hospitality companies offered the chance to cut cost of MSC seafood...
Sustainable procurement can be expensive, especially for small companies without the financial clout to buy products and services in bulk. But for independent restaurants and fish and chip shops help...
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Richard Caring builds £260m ‘war chest’ for new ventures
The Evening Standard has reported that restaurant tycoon Richard Caring is building a large ‘war chest’ to finance ambitious plans to acquire and open restaurants in London’s West End. The news follows...
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Oxford’s Westgate Centre plans for major hospitality area
Oxford City Council’s West Area Planning Committee is to grant outline planning permission for Westgate Oxford Alliance’s £500m major redevelopment of the Westgate Centre and adjacent land. The...
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Using the term ‘gluten free’ or ‘no gluten containing ingredients’ – the...
The introduction of the new EU Food Information Regulations 1169/2011 on 13 December 2014 will have an immense effect on both the hospitality industry and in turn on customers with food allergies or...
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Marcus Wareing to open Tredwell’s
Marcus Wareing Restaurants has announced that it will be opening its third restaurant this summer. Tredwell’s will be located at 4 Upper St Martins Lane, London, WC2 – opposite Jamie’s Italian and...
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The Fable: set for a busy summer and enduring success
Drake & Morgan’s latest venture, The Fable in Farringdon, opened a month ago to considerable fanfares, and H&C News was pleased to visit last week and take an in-depth look at exactly what it...
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SSP, Roadchef, Gondola…next it’s Just Eat and Tragus!
Every day another new story emerges about acquisitions, floats, fundraising in the hospitality sector. It seems that the emergence of the UK from recession is unleashing a backlog of deals that were...
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Honorary awards for leaders in food and hospitality
Some of the biggest names from the hospitality and tourism industries received honorary awards at the London School of Hospitality and Tourism annual awards ceremony on Friday 14 March. Those Honoured...
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Positive budget reactions despite unchanged business rates
The Chancellor announced the scrapping of the alcohol duty escalator, extension of reliefs for businesses, and efforts to deal with the cost of living in the measures in today’s Budget statement. It...
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