More than two-thirds of diners check food hygiene ratings before spending

More than two-thirds of people check food hygiene ratings before they spend, research by insurance business NFU Mutual has shown.

East Anglia-based pub group Chestnut is to reopen the Three Blackbirds in Woodditton, Suffolk, two years after the property was devastated by fire.

Following membership research and consultation, the foodservice equipment industry’s leading trade association, the Catering Equipment Suppliers Association, or CESA, has officially become FEA, the Foodservice Equipment Association.

Cola Holdings, the owner of the Westbury hotel in London’s Mayfair, intends to bring the property to market for more than £600m once the sale of the Ritz is completed, according to a report in Property Week.