Nick Backhouse appointed chairman of Giggling Squid

Nick Backhouse of Hollywood Bowl and Loungers has been appointed chairman of Giggling Squid, replacing Simon Kossoff in the role.

Hospitality operators with both retail and restaurant offers were left to decide whether their staff and customers should wear facemasks yesterday, after environment secretary George Eustice said coverings wouldn’t be compulsory in hospitality venues.

The Covid-19 crisis has undoubtedly placed a renewed emphasis on the use and value of technology within the hospitality sector. It has also, in theory, given operators the time to overhaul and enhance capabilities that put them in the best[...]

Street Feast’s Dinerama in Shoreditch to set to reopen on Friday for a summer run until the end of September in what may be the venue’s “last days”.