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Stag on the River delivers the goods
The H&C News team recently took time out to consider and quietly celebrate progress and developments over the last year (most visibly, the transformation of our website), as well as make plans for...
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FSA: rare steaks are safe
The Food Standards Agency has written to Charles Campion explaining that rare steaks are safe to eat, following his article in the Daily Mail that incorrectly stated that the FSA has ‘issued...
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News Bites – bunnychow – Tommi’s Burger Joint – ibis in Brighton – Chop Shop….
From food truck to shipping container: bunnychow hops into BOXPARK – Tommi’s Burger Joint is back – Dragon Hotel, Montgomery to return to splendour – ibis opens in Brighton – Llanwenarth landmark...
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Green Light for Catering Cluster at Intu Victoria Centre
Nottingham City Council has approved intu’s planning application for a catering cluster at intu Victoria Centre, marking a significant step forward in intu’s £40m investment plans for the centre. The...
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Brazilian restaurant brand Fazenda opens Liverpool venue
The launch follows a £2 million investment by City District Ltd, the company behind the rodizio-style restaurant and is the first step in Fazenda’s national expansion plans. Fazenda opened its first...
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TripAdvisor launches comprehensive online resource for hospitality professionals
TripAdvisor has announced a free new online marketing resource for travel industry professionals: TripAdvisor Insights, which will act as a daily source for news, tips, the latest trends, industry...
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Searcys to deliver culinary theatre at The Rep
Searcys is to take centre stage in Birmingham when it opens the Centenary Bar & Brasserie at The REP on Centenary Square this September. The company behind some of the UK’s most iconic restaurants...
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Luke Johnson’s Risk Capital takes stake in Red Hot World Buffet
The Sunday Times reports that Risk Capital, the private equity firm run by serial entrepreneur Luke Johnson, has acquired a majority stake in Red Hot World Buffet, the restaurant company launched and...
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Gold Service Scholarship 2014 opens for front of house entries
This prestigious competition open to young people working in restaurant service is back for the second year. The Gold Service Scholarship, which crowned Gleneagles restaurant supervisor Rebecca Dibben...
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Nando’s loyalty scheme moves online to drive marketing forward
Marketing week reports that Nando’s is taking its loyalty scheme online in order to use new data-driven marketing opportunities to target customers. To do so, Nando’s has overhauled its loyalty scheme,...
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How to fill a restaurant quickly
If you run your own restaurant, chances are, you’ve tried all sorts of ways to fill empty tables with happy customers. If someone said you could take reservations for 90% of your 100 seat restaurant...
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Red Hot deal for Risk Capital Partners
Private equity investor Risk Capital Partners (“Risk Capital”) has completed its acquisition of a majority holding in Red Hot World Buffet to provide development capital for the restaurant group’s...
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Britain’s Coffee Shops ride high
Market intelligence analysts Key Note have issued a new Market Assessment Update titled Coffee & Sandwich Shops, which examines the UK’s coffee and sandwich shops industry, focusing on the top ten...
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New Takeaway exhibition puts innovation on the menu
Visitor registration is already gaining momentum for Takeaway Innovation Expo 2013 at Olympia London on 28-29 November. Aimed at progressive takeaway restaurants, the exhibition will bring together...
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Have you checked your cleaning products recently?
Over the next few months, many users will start to see a new set of hazard pictograms on their cleaning products, and on their accompanying COSHH datasheets. Chemical product manufacturers are...
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Kudos takes to the streets with their Haute Dog food concept
H & C News recently reported on how hot dogs are hitting the big time (see link at foot of this article), and now learns that Kudos, part of the Crown Group, is ready to rollout Haute Dog – their...
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Marc Charron appointed President of Tripadvisor for Business
In a move that demonstrates the importance and potential of its TripAdvisor for Business division, TripAdvisor®, the world’s largest travel site, has appointed Marc Charron as President of TripAdvisor...
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Restaurants and bars slammed over lack of recycling
Restaurants, bars and night clubs are the worst in the industrial and service sectors for recycling their waste, it has emerged. For all the progress made by members of organisations such as the...
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Ice to tea you! Pioneering ice cube tea on its way to market
University College Birmingham culinary arts student Sumaiyah Patel has pioneered an innovative type of tea for the UK foodservice and retail market, as part of a product development competition run by...
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New app Boppl wins hospitality customers and awards
Boppl is a platform which enables customers, staff and owners of bars and restaurants to maximise time by providing users with the fastest way to order and pay for food and drink via their mobile...
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