Jungmin Seo

Jungmin Seo

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Reporter at The Caterer, covering hotels, restaurants, foodservice, pubs and the latest openings.

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Royal Hotel Weymouth sold to Leisureplex Hotel Group

03 January 2024 by

Leisureplex Hotel Group has acquired the Royal Hotel Weymouth for an undisclosed sum.

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Manchester's Cottonopolis closes to make way for ‘new concept’

03 January 2024 by

Asian-inspired restaurant and bar Cottonopolis in Manchester has closed after eight years of trading as it prepares to relaunch as “an exciting new concept”.

Chef Gareth Bartram announces departure from Winteringham Fields News

Chef Gareth Bartram announces departure from Winteringham Fields

02 January 2024 by

Gareth Bartram, chef director of the Michelin-starred Winteringham Fields in Lincolnshire, will leave the restaurant at[...]

Tony Rodd closes Copper & Ink restaurant ‘with heavy heart’ News

Tony Rodd closes Copper & Ink restaurant ‘with heavy heart’

02 January 2024 by

Chef Tony Rodd has closed Copper & Ink in London’s Blackheath despite numerous attempts to save[...]

60 jobs saved as Purity Brewing Company bought out of administration News

60 jobs saved as Purity Brewing Company bought out of administration

02 January 2024 by

The new owner of Vinoteca and D&D London has bought Purity Brewing Company and Pure Craft[...]

Michelle Whittemore named non-executive board member of Eastern City Business Improvement District News

Michelle Whittemore named non-executive board member of Eastern City Business Improvement District

02 January 2024 by

Michelle Whittemore, director of marketing communications at Pan Pacific London, has been appointed non-executive board member[...]

2024 openings: The hotels launching in the UK next year Openings

2024 openings: The hotels launching in the UK next year

29 December 2023

The big brands are offering up a host of openings, from city centre luxury stays to bijou by the seaside

In Pictures: Langdale Chase hotel reopens News

In Pictures: Langdale Chase hotel reopens

15 December 2023

Langdale Chase hotel in Lake Windermere has reopened following a 12-month refurbishment.

Sodexo to launch UK’s first automated food court for healthcare News

Sodexo to launch UK’s first automated food court for healthcare

14 December 2023 by

Sodexo is set to open the UK’s first automated food court for healthcare workers in Royal[...]

MP backs calls to ban unpaid trial shifts News

MP backs calls to ban unpaid trial shifts

14 December 2023 by

A Scottish MP has joined forces with Unite Hospitality to call for a ban on unpaid[...]

Manchester-based Sud Pasta to close all four restaurants News

Manchester-based Sud Pasta to close all four restaurants

14 December 2023 by

All four Sud Pasta restaurants in Manchester will close at the end of the year as[...]

Businesses warned of HMRC crackdown on tax fraud News

Businesses warned of HMRC crackdown on tax fraud

13 December 2023 by

Over 20 restaurants and takeaways across the UK have been raided by HMRC as part of[...]

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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