Pubs & Bars

Pub group Stonegate has continued to narrow its losses post-pandemic, reporting a pre-tax loss of £130m for the year to 25 September 2022 compared to £233m the prior financial year.

Former Fenn head chef Joe Laker is opening his first solo venture, a chef’s table restaurant called Counter 71 in London’s Shoreditch this June, as well as Lowcountry, an American South-inspired cocktail bar.

The Oakman Group has today announced the appointment of Tarquin Williams as chief financial officer.

The owner of the Greyhound on the Test, catering firm Wilds, the Hoxton Bakehouse and Wine Utopia has gathered advice from some of the best in the industry. She talks to Lisa Jenkins