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Call for clarity on reopening date as industry burns through £500m 'to stay closed'

17 November 2020 by

The government urgently needs to clarify whether hospitality will reopen in December as the sector is burning through £500m in cash reserves in November ‘just to stay closed’.

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Tommy Banks to oversee restaurant at Lord's Cricket Ground

17 November 2020 by

Chef Tommy Banks is to head up a restaurant at Lord’s Cricket Ground in London on major international match days.

Legal challenge to 10pm curfew set for second court hearing News

Legal challenge to 10pm curfew set for second court hearing

17 November 2020 by
Tier restrictions could be ‘strengthened’ over winter months News

Tier restrictions could be ‘strengthened’ over winter months

16 November 2020 by
‘Novelty’ of takeaway wears off for second Covid lockdown News

‘Novelty’ of takeaway wears off for second Covid lockdown

16 November 2020 by
Six food operators sought for Greenwich Design District News

Six food operators sought for Greenwich Design District

13 November 2020 by

Caffè Nero launches CVA proposal as pandemic 'decimates' trading News

Caffè Nero launches CVA proposal as pandemic 'decimates' trading

13 November 2020 by

Caffè Nero is the latest high street brand to launch a company voluntary arrangement (CVA) proposal[...]

Treasury denies speculation Eat Out to Help Out could return for winter News

Treasury denies speculation Eat Out to Help Out could return for winter

12 November 2020 by

The government has denied speculation the Eat Out to Help Out (EOTHO) scheme will be returning[...]

Gleneagles to close until 1 February due to tightening restrictions News

Gleneagles to close until 1 February due to tightening restrictions

12 November 2020 by

The Gleneagles hotel in Perthshire is to close for 11 weeks due to tighter coronavirus rules[...]

Wendy's on track to open first UK restaurant in 20 years News

Wendy's on track to open first UK restaurant in 20 years

12 November 2020 by

US fast food chain Wendy’s remains on track to open its first UK restaurant since pulling[...]

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Book review: The French Laundry, Per Se, by Thomas Keller

Excerpted from The French Laundry, Per Se by Thomas Keller, published by Artisan Books. Copyright © 2020.It’s a difficult time to be debating the future of fine dining, but Thomas Keller’s first book in almost a decade finds the chef in a contemplative mood. "

12 November 2020 by
Pepper Collective reveals plans to open restaurants with José Pizarro News

Pepper Collective reveals plans to open restaurants with José Pizarro

12 November 2020
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The Pepper Collective has a busy pipeline of openings for 2021 and is planning to launch at least one restaurant with chef José Pizarro next year, its co-founder Andrew Fishwick has said.

Vegan pizzeria Purezza secures £2.4m investment to expand News

Vegan pizzeria Purezza secures £2.4m investment to expand

10 November 2020
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Vegan pizzeria group Purezza has secured a £2.4m investment to open further restaurants and grow its retail arm.

Operators left with six-figure gap in budget after Job Retention Bonus payout postponed News

Operators left with six-figure gap in budget after Job Retention Bonus payout postponed

09 November 2020 by

Hospitality operators say they are losing trust in government with some facing six-figure gaps in their[...]

US pizzeria chain Sbarro enters the UK market News

US pizzeria chain Sbarro enters the UK market

06 November 2020 by

North American restaurant group Sbarro, which specialises in selling New York-style pizza by the slice, has[...]

Kate Nicholls: Growing rent debt is 'single biggest issue' facing hospitality News

Kate Nicholls: Growing rent debt is 'single biggest issue' facing hospitality

06 November 2020 by

Growing rent debt is the “single biggest issue” facing hospitality and will “cripple” the sector without[...]

Operators concerned furlough extension could mean longer closure News

Operators concerned furlough extension could mean longer closure

05 November 2020 by

While many operators were relieved yesterday by the extension of the furlough scheme until the end[...]

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Chris Galvin: hospitality industry will overcome Brexit 'like a hurdle'

Chef Chris Galvin has said the hospitality industry will come back stronger from 2020 and be prepared to overcome Brexit-related challenges “like a hurdle” next year."

05 November 2020 by
Mercato Metropolitano closure for breaking curfew reversed News

Mercato Metropolitano closure for breaking curfew reversed

04 November 2020
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London food market Mercato Metropolitano has thanked its supporters after police reversed a decision to close one of its sites for allegedly breaking the 10pm curfew.

First arrests made over alleged Eat Out to Help Out fraud News

First arrests made over alleged Eat Out to Help Out fraud

04 November 2020
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The first arrests have been made in connection with alleged fraud relating to the Eat Out to Help Out scheme.

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