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'These amazing people need us' - Leon's FeedNHS appeal for 'vital funds' hopes to raise £1m

27 March 2020 by

Fast-casual chain Leon has joined forces with actors Damian Lewis, Helen McCrory and Matt Lucas to launch a JustGiving campaign to raise £1m to fund 5,600 hot meals a day for NHS staff.

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City Pub Group raises £15m through share placing

27 March 2020 by

City Pub Group has raised £15m by successfully placing 30,000,000 new ordinary shares in a move following “strong demand” from existing shareholders and other institutional investors.

'Let’s use this time to get a sensible deal' – operators and landlords react to rent suspension News

'Let’s use this time to get a sensible deal' – operators and landlords react to rent suspension

24 March 2020 by

The three-month moratorium protecting commercial tenants unable to pay rent because of coronavirus has been welcomed[...]

Vapiano requests urgent financial aid to avert insolvency News

Vapiano requests urgent financial aid to avert insolvency

23 March 2020 by

Italian restaurant brand Vapiano has urgently requested financial state aid from the German government in order[...]

Hospitality Action offers emergency grants for workers News

Hospitality Action offers emergency grants for workers

23 March 2020 by

Hospitality Action has launched a one-off emergency Covid-19 grant scheme of £250 to support eligible hospitality[...]

Bocuse d’Or contest postponed News

Bocuse d’Or contest postponed

20 March 2020 by

The International and Continental Organizations Committees of Bocuse d’Or and Coupe du Monde de la Pâtisserie[...]

CAMRA launches #PullingTogether campaign with pubs and independent brewers News

CAMRA launches #PullingTogether campaign with pubs and independent brewers

20 March 2020

Following Government advice to avoid pubs and restaurants during the coronavirus outbreak, the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA), has launched a campaign with the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) and Crowdfunder to support pubs, clubs, breweries, taprooms and cider producers.

'Two near floods and now a pandemic - restaurants are harder than I anticipated' says operator of five months News

'Two near floods and now a pandemic - restaurants are harder than I anticipated' says operator of five months

20 March 2020

The industry was tough enough before the coronavirus crisis delivered a devastating blow. Just five months ago, when Michael Jameson of Manjit’s Kitchen & Bar took over a site in Kirkstall Road, Leeds, there was no way of knowing what[...]

'We know you can’t come to us, let us come to you' - Operators adopt virtual reality during crisis News

'We know you can’t come to us, let us come to you' - Operators adopt virtual reality during crisis

20 March 2020 by

Operators forced to close for the foreseeable future have vowed to keep going by throwing open[...]

Chef revelations: Simon Gregory, executive chef, Harry’s Bar and Harry’s Dolce Vita Chef

Chef revelations: Simon Gregory, executive chef, Harry’s Bar and Harry’s Dolce Vita

20 March 2020 by

What was your first job? Pulling pints after rugby matches at the Good Companions, a pub[...]

Argent's decisiveness has been 'a ray of sunshine' says Harts Group News

Argent's decisiveness has been 'a ray of sunshine' says Harts Group

20 March 2020 by

Harts Group has welcomed the announcement of a three-month rent holiday for hospitality and retail tenants[...]

'It’s OK to cry' – restaurant and deli operator reveals emotional pressures of being forced to close sites News

'It’s OK to cry' – restaurant and deli operator reveals emotional pressures of being forced to close sites

19 March 2020 by

Peter Kinsella, owner of Lunya, a small collection of Spanish restaurants, bars and delis in Manchester[...]

Chef

Book review: The Botanical Kitchen, by Elly McCausland

19 March 2020

A waitressing job, aged 17, in a restaurant that championed local and organic food launched “notoriously picky” McCausland onto a culinary voyage of discovery, inspiring her to write award-winning blog Nutmegs, Seven.

Arora Group to convert pier into restaurant and cafe News

Arora Group to convert pier into restaurant and cafe

19 March 2020

The Arora Group, which runs luxury hotel InterContinental London - The O2, has got the green light to convert and extend Ordnance Pier adjacent to the hotel in London's Greenwich into a new restaurant and cafe.

Jacobs Media is honoured to be the recipient of the 2020 Queen's Award for Enterprise.

The highest official awards for UK businesses since being established by royal warrant in 1965. Read more.

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