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Marston’s Premium Bottled Ale Report: £47m growth in 2014
The Marston’s Premium Bottled Ale (PBA) Report launched last week, reveals that six bottles of Premium Bottled Ale are consumed every second in the UK. Category growth of 10.5% Y-O-Y is also outlined,...
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Gatti’s secures site at City Point
Acting on behalf of landlords Beacon Capital, Shelley Sandzer, the leading UK leisure property agency, has let a 5,000 sq ft restaurant at City Point, 1 Ropemaker Street, to Gatti’s Ristorante. Split...
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Jones & Jones at Chamberlain’s
Chamberlain’s Restaurant has announced the appointment of a new head chef: James Jones, younger brother of executive chef Andrew. Jones the younger trained at Chelmsford College and, like his sibling,...
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CIS Excellence Awards finalists announced
The shortlist of nominees for the 2015 CIS (Catering in Scotland) Excellence Awards has been released by the Advisory Board. With 15 categories – ranging from the established Healthier Scotland,...
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MPs: 95% believe in positive impact of licensed trade
On the eve of a new Parliament, the ALMR has taken a look at how the licensed trade was understood among MPs at the end of the previous term with a survey showing strong support across the main...
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The Scoff & Banter Great British Election
Scoff & Banter, the classically British restaurant concept owned and operated by luxury hospitality group Edwardian Group London, will be marking the General Election with their very own Scoff...
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New lease of life for Regents Park Open Air Theatre Cafe
Award-winning design studio, B3 Designers, have given Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre a fresh look ahead of the 2015 season, with the re-design of their Summer Café, main bar and the new Interval Café....
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Helping SMEs to reap the benefits of employing apprentices
People 1st, with the support of industry partners, has launched a short survey to find out what can be done to help more SMEs to benefit from recruiting and retaining skilled apprentices. The survey,...
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Protect hospitality client data or risk compensation claims
Moore Blatch, one of the UK’s leading commercial and technology law firms, is warning Restaurants and hospitality businesses that they could be hit with compensation claims in the event of a data...
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London Wine Week 2015 announces event schedule
London Wine Week, 18-24 May, is almost upon us – and the full event schedule is now live complete with the highlight of the week – London’s biggest self-guided wine tasting, the Wine Tours, helping...
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Crowdfunding: funding for hospitality businesses?
Both Camden Town Brewery and more recently BrewDog have announced or raised funding through crowdfunding – the latter seeking a further £25 million through its record-breaking crowdfunding scheme...
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Las Iguanas for sale? La Tasca also?
Las Iguanas, the successful and expanding Latin American restaurant chain, is reported by The Daily Telegraph to be for sale, and will possibly be the next major restaurant deal in the UK market....
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Healthier Fish and Chips at Harbourside
Harbourside Fish and Chips, named as the South West’s best Independent Takeaway Fish and Chip Shop of the Year in the National Fish and Chip Shop Awards for 2015, is on a mission to prove fish and...
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Stansted opens F&B in Phase 2 of £80m terminal transformation
Phase two of Stansted Airport’s £80m investment to transform the terminal building and improve services and facilities for passengers has been opened. The latest phase of the departure lounge...
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Spirit Pub Co: how it’s achieving growth
As reported by H&C News on 29 April, Spirit reported its Results for the 28 weeks to 7 March 2015, showing good progress for its portfolio of 1,211 Managed and Leased pubs nationwide, with EBITDA...
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McDonald’s announces initial steps in turnaround plan
McDonald’s President and CEO Steve Easterbrook has announced the initial steps of the Company’s turnaround plan including a restructuring of McDonald’s worldwide business and financial updates. “Today...
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Strong momentum continues for JUST EAT
JUST EAT, the leading online market place for takeaway food delivery, has updated for the three months to 31 March 2015, confirming that strong order momentum continued throughout the First Quarter of...
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Front of house wages: Perceptions and Truth
The British foodservice sector is set to increase by 1.5% in 2016 (The NPD Group) and grow by £10bn to be worth £56.3bn by 2019 (Horizon). There are currently 2.5 million people working in hospitality...
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Hummus Bros looks to expand through equity crowdfunding
Hummus Bros, the popular hummus and Levantine restaurant chain across London, has launched a campaign to raise £250,000 in return for 4.35% of equity through the Seedrs equity crowdfunding platform....
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Esquire’s Reluctant Cook
Russell Norman, restaurateur and culinary author, is joining Esquire magazine. As Esquire’s Reluctant Cook, he will contribute recipes and ideas each month that are both simple to prepare, and a joy...
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