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Andrew Cook leaves Chewton Glen for new general manager role

12 July 2022 by

Andrew Cook has left his role as general manager at Chewton Glen in Hampshire after four years.

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Josh Overington to close Le Cochon Aveugle this year

11 July 2022 by

Acclaimed York restaurant Le Cochon Aveugle is to close in November after almost nine years of trading

Jane Hunt takes over hospitality minister role in government reshuffle News

Jane Hunt takes over hospitality minister role in government reshuffle

11 July 2022 by
Quays hotel Sheffield sold to Canadian hospitality giant News

Quays hotel Sheffield sold to Canadian hospitality giant

08 July 2022 by
Haute Dolci plans UK and international franchise expansion News

Haute Dolci plans UK and international franchise expansion

08 July 2022 by
Abandon Ship bars boss 'devastated' with closure of two sites News

Abandon Ship bars boss 'devastated' with closure of two sites

08 July 2022 by

45 Park Lane scraps plans for Colony Room pop-up ahead of new restaurant launch News

45 Park Lane scraps plans for Colony Room pop-up ahead of new restaurant launch

07 July 2022 by

London’s 45 Park Lane hotel has scrapped plans to open a pop-up based on Soho’s Colony[...]

Absurd Bird enters administration with closure of five restaurants News

Absurd Bird enters administration with closure of five restaurants

06 July 2022 by

The Absurd Bird restaurant group has entered administration with the closure of its five restaurants.

Marston's mulls sale of pubs which News

Marston's mulls sale of pubs which "no longer satisfy" its strategy

06 July 2022 by

Pub group Marston’s has confirmed it is considering selling a number of pubs across its estate[...]

Robbie Lorraine to head up the kitchen at boutique hotel Boys Hall News

Robbie Lorraine to head up the kitchen at boutique hotel Boys Hall

05 July 2022 by

Robbie Lorraine has been appointed head chef at Boys Hall in Kent ahead of the hotel[...]

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Coaching Inn Group acquires the Forest Park hotel

Forest Park hotel in Brockenhurst has been sold to the Coaching Inn Group, a subsidiary of RedCat Pub Company."

05 July 2022 by
Barry Callebaut says no salmonella-tainted chocolate reached consumers News

Barry Callebaut says no salmonella-tainted chocolate reached consumers

05 July 2022
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Barry Callebaut has said that no chocolate tainted by a recent salmonella outbreak at its Belgian plant reached retail consumers.

Budweiser workers set for further strikes over pay News

Budweiser workers set for further strikes over pay

04 July 2022
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Workers at Budweiser Brewing Group’s (BBG) Samlesbury site are to go on strike in July over a pay dispute.

Comptoir Group re-appoints chairman after founder votes down his re-election News

Comptoir Group re-appoints chairman after founder votes down his re-election

01 July 2022 by

Comptoir Group has reappointed Richard Kleiner as chairman after the restaurant chain’s founder Tony Kitous voted[...]

Greene King targets apprentices and prison leavers to fill 3,000 job vacancies News

Greene King targets apprentices and prison leavers to fill 3,000 job vacancies

29 June 2022 by

Greene King has set out a mission statement to change the perception of hospitality careers as[...]

Alison Brittain to step down as chief executive of Whitbread News

Alison Brittain to step down as chief executive of Whitbread

29 June 2022 by

Whitbread has announced that Domino’s Pizza boss Dominic Paul is to take over as its next[...]

Comptoir Group founder calls for chairman and CEO to resign News

Comptoir Group founder calls for chairman and CEO to resign

29 June 2022 by

The founder of Comptoir Group, Tony Kitous, is locked in a battle for control with the[...]

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Hospitality operators seen as too 'high risk' for bank loans

Hospitality businesses are struggling to access bank loans with many being told the industry is seen as too “high risk” to lend to."

28 June 2022 by
Only one in three hospitality businesses is currently profitable, study warns News

Only one in three hospitality businesses is currently profitable, study warns

28 June 2022
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Only around one in three hospitality businesses is currently profitable due to rising costs, a new study has warned.

Patisserie Valerie auditor settles reported £200m lawsuit News

Patisserie Valerie auditor settles reported £200m lawsuit

27 June 2022
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The accountancy firm which failed to spot any alleged manipulation of Patisserie Valerie’s accounts has settled a reported £200m court case.

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