Clik here to view.
Easy as Apple Pie with Apple Pay
JUST EAT has become one of the first companies in the UK to offer Apple Pay to its hungry customers, allowing their customers to pay for their takeaway with a single touch, meaning they can order...
View ArticleClik here to view.
GRAB Food opens third location on Lovat Lane, Monument
Everyday Thai Food Café, GRAB has opened a new branch on Lovat Lane (Monument). The company’s first café was opened on Leonard Street (Old Street) in 2011 with the Queen Victoria Street Branch...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Picturehouse Central for Film and Food in Piccadilly Circus
With not only seven state of the art cinema screens, but a café, restaurant, bar and rooftop members terrace (opening September 2015), the recently launched Picturehouse Central is bringing much more...
View ArticleClik here to view.
CBPE confirms sale of Côte Restaurants
CBPE Capital LLP (CBPE), the mid-market private equity firm, has confirmed the sale of its investment in Côte Restaurants, the award winning restaurant group, to BC Partners (BC). Terms of the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Grain Store Café & Bar to open at Gatwick Airport
The Zetter Group, Chef Bruno Loubet and Airport Retail Enterprises (ARE) are joining forces to open Grain Store Café & Bar at Gatwick Airport’s South Terminal. London Gatwick is to be home to the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Winners of The Annual Awards Of Excellence 2015
The leading lights of the hospitality industry came together on Tuesday 14th July to celebrate the winners of the Annual Awards of Excellence (AAE). The evening was hosted by Brian J. Turner CBE,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
East finally goes west
Taking place on the roof of one of West London’s most iconic buildings this summer is Storeys – a pop-up food experience from event production company Afternoon Delight LDN. Launching on 31 July,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Loyalty schemes a mainstay of customer engagement
The latest research by consumer analysis and data marketing specialist GI Insight shows that gaining customer insight through loyalty schemes is a powerful way of building stronger buyer relationships...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Filmore & Union exceed and extend £500k crowdfunding target
Yorkshire based healthy eating brand, Filmore & Union, are extending their crowdfunding campaign for a further 15 days after ‘overfunding’ and exceeding their target of £500,000 in less than 45...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Restaurant and pub groups see continued eating out growth
The growing popularity of branded restaurants was a major factor in boosting eating-out sales in June, latest data from the Coffer Peach Business Tracker show. The country’s leading managed pub and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Enigmatic, elegant interiors for Sackville’s
Award-winning design studio, B3 Designers, have created the brand identity and interiors of Sackville’s, a new London restaurant located in the heart of Mayfair, which opened 16 July. Their brief was...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Catering to the over 65s: a £16 billion untapped opportunity
The recent Restaurant and Bars Forum 2015 held by BDO, Fourth and Barclays featured a presentation by Mike Saul, MD – Hospitality& Leisure for Barclays of a significant piece of research into ‘An...
View ArticleClik here to view.
People 1st launches consultation to drive response to hospitality...
Low productivity levels need to be urgently addressed in the hospitality and tourism industry with high levels of employee turnover resulting in the sector being 58 per cent less productive (on a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Hungerdog to open in Camden London
Hungerdog, led by Tim and Julie Mills, has announced both its mission – to create a concept that offers hotdogs and other fresh foods like no other – and the opening of its first outlet in Camden later...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Gaucho restaurants for sale?
The Sunday Times reports that the Gaucho steak restaurant chain is for sale. Bankers at Canaccord Genuity have been hired to work on the sale, with private equity firm ICG and Dutch entrepreneur Zeev...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Casual dining chains tops for customer satisfaction
Foodservice industry figures from global information provider The NPD Group show that casual dining chains are winning in the customer satisfaction stakes. For the year ending March 2015, consumers...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Delifonseca Dockside welcomes back Tom Ford
Liverpool’s multi-award winning Delifonseca Dockside has welcomed back a familiar face – restaurant manager Tom Ford. Aged 31, Tom has returned to the foodie mecca after 18 months spent at one of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Busaba Eathai leads app innovation, introduces Apple Pay
Thai restaurant group Busaba Eathai has announced integration with Apple Pay via its partner MyCheck, as it launches in the UK – the first restaurant to offer in-app payment by fingerprint and point of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Batemans results and development strategy
George Bateman & Son Limited has published their accounts for the trading period to January 2015, showing turnover at £15.7 million slightly down on the previous year (-2.5%) although Operating...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Licensed hospitality prospers but threatened by rising costs
The UK’s licensed hospitality sector continues to make a consolidated recovery and grow in confidence, but rising legislative costs mean increased volatility and risk undermining a fragile revival....
View Article