in brief

tomorrows deal

Tomorrows Leisure, the North-east based hotel and leisure business, has solved its debt problems through a link-up with property company Wiggins Group.

The restructuring of Tomorrows, which sees Wiggins take a 26% share of the company, reduces its debt burden from £6m to under £2.5m, and is expected to secure the future of Redworth Hall Hotel at Darlington, County Durham.

Tomorrows founder and current chairman John Sanderson is stepping aside to head project development. A new managing director, David Edwards, is joining from leisure group Scottish & Newcastle.

home-grown chefs

The kitchens in Britain's leading restaurants are increasingly being run by home-grown chefs, according to the AA's Best Restaurants in Britain guide, published this week.

Over three-quarters of the guide's top 150-rated establishments have British chefs in charge.

ARAMARK on TARGET

Aramark (formerly called ARA Services) has retained its contract to cater at the four London offices of chartered accountancy firm Price Waterhouse.

The company bid against four other caterers for the £1m-a-year contract, which had previously been operated by its Stuart Cabeldu division, whose name has now disappeared.

portsmouth fire

A Portsmouth restaurant which was gutted by fire is aiming to reopen by Christmas.

Around 80 diners at Chiquito's Mexican restaurant were forced to flee from the fire, which started when a neon sign caught light.