Sophie Witts

KFC is to create a further 5,400 jobs over the next three months as it gears up for the festive period.

Wahaca has become the latest casual dining group to enter a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA), with the closure of around a third of its estate.

Pubs, bars and restaurants in Tier 3 (very high) local lockdown areas have seen sales drop by almost two-thirds since the restrictions came into force, according to CGA data.

Zak Jones, the former owner of the Clerkenwell Dining Room in London, is opening a major restaurant project in Ilkley, West Yorkshire, next year.