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Tommy Banks names new head chefs at the Black Swan and Roots

05 November 2021 by

Tommy Banks has announced two new chef appointments across his restaurants, including Will Lockwood named head chef at Roots in York, which won its first Michelin star earlier this year.

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Duck & Waffle to open Edinburgh restaurant in 2022

04 November 2021 by

Duck & Waffle is to open its first Scottish restaurant in Edinburgh next year.

Roux Scholar Harry Guy to open first solo restaurant News

Roux Scholar Harry Guy to open first solo restaurant

04 November 2021 by
Craig Johnston promoted to head chef at Marcus at the Berkeley News

Craig Johnston promoted to head chef at Marcus at the Berkeley

03 November 2021 by
Firmdale Hotels' UK arm reports £7m pandemic loss News

Firmdale Hotels' UK arm reports £7m pandemic loss

03 November 2021 by
G-A-Y owner gives away Manchester nightclub after mental health struggles News

G-A-Y owner gives away Manchester nightclub after mental health struggles

03 November 2021 by

Majority of customers want sanitising stations to become permanent in hospitality News

Majority of customers want sanitising stations to become permanent in hospitality

02 November 2021 by

Most consumers want to see hand sanitising station become a permanent feature in hospitality venues, a[...]

April Jackson to open Wood & Water restaurant in Brixton News

April Jackson to open Wood & Water restaurant in Brixton

02 November 2021 by

April Jackson is to relaunch her Three Little Birds site in London’s Brixton as new restaurant[...]

Over 400 restaurants sign up to 2021 StreetSmart charity campaign News

Over 400 restaurants sign up to 2021 StreetSmart charity campaign

02 November 2021 by

Over 400 restaurants have signed up to take part in this year’s StreetSmart restaurant fundraiser to[...]

Some landlords ‘reluctant to gamble’ on hospitality tenants post-Covid, says Jonathan Downey News

Some landlords ‘reluctant to gamble’ on hospitality tenants post-Covid, says Jonathan Downey

01 November 2021 by

Street Feast founder Jonathan Downey has said that his food market business will return, but some[...]

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Urban Pubs & Bars buys 13 Barworks sites

London-based Urban Pubs & Bars has acquired 13 sites from the Barworks group."

01 November 2021 by
Covid passes could be extended across hospitality in Wales News

Covid passes could be extended across hospitality in Wales

29 October 2021
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Covid passports could be introduced across the wider hospitality industry in Wales if coronavirus cases continue to rise, first minister Mark Drakeford has warned.

Budgie Montoya's Sarap restaurant to take over 10 Heddon Street News

Budgie Montoya's Sarap restaurant to take over 10 Heddon Street

27 October 2021
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Chef Ferdinand ‘Budgie’ Montoya is to take over the 10 Heddon Street site in London’s Mayfair to launch his new restaurant Sarap Filipino Bistro.

TripAdvisor blocked almost one million fake reviews in 2020 News

TripAdvisor blocked almost one million fake reviews in 2020

27 October 2021 by

Almost one million fake reviews were rejected or removed from TripAdvisor in 2020, the company has[...]

Pret A Manger brews up Canadian expansion drive News

Pret A Manger brews up Canadian expansion drive

26 October 2021 by

Pret A Manger is to expand to Canada as part of its goal to double the[...]

Former Gordon Ramsay Group CEO Stuart Gillies to open second restaurant News

Former Gordon Ramsay Group CEO Stuart Gillies to open second restaurant

26 October 2021 by

Stuart Gillies, former CEO of Gordon Ramsay Group, is to open a second restaurant and bar[...]

National Living Wage to rise to £9.50 an hour from April 2022 News

National Living Wage to rise to £9.50 an hour from April 2022

25 October 2021 by

The National Living Wage is to increase to £9.50 an hour from 1 April 2022, the[...]

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Andrew Fairlie Scholarship finals to go ahead in November

The second annual Andrew Fairlie Scholarship finals will take place on 16 November at Perth College UHI after a delay caused by the pandemic. "

25 October 2021 by
Martin Horsley named executive head chef at Rockliffe Hall News

Martin Horsley named executive head chef at Rockliffe Hall

25 October 2021
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Martin Horsley has been appointed executive head chef at Rockliffe Hall in County Durham.

Vaccine passports in Scotland branded a 'disaster' forcing early closing and hitting wages News

Vaccine passports in Scotland branded a 'disaster' forcing early closing and hitting wages

25 October 2021
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The first weekend of Scotland’s vaccine passport scheme has been branded an "unmitigated disaster" and seen staff face abuse from customers and a drop in wages, according to a group representing restaurants, bars, pubs and nightclubs.

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