This week's top news stories include a new restaurant from chef Alex Claridge, Borough Market’s Turnips slamming the market’s management for closing its restaurant, and Popeyes' annual sales surpassing £100m.
Big Mamma Group has become the latest restaurant operator to face the ire of customers after its mobile payment provider introduced a new charge to its bills.
Luke Findlay has promised that his cult supper club concept Supa Ya Ramen will come back ‘bigger and better’ after the group was forced to close its sole remaining restaurant.
Mayfair private members’ club Annabel’s has launched a South American-inspired restaurant in the space that previously housed its Mexican Room restaurant.
The return of a West London institution, Michel Roux Jr's next venture and a restaurant that pays homage to Winston Churchill are among this month’s key openings.
Cult London fried chicken brand Morley’s has moved into the omnichannel retail space by launching its collaboration Heinz x Morley’s Fried Chicken Sauce into supermarkets.
Whitbread is to exit 126 sites from its branded restaurant estate and convert a further 112 into new hotel rooms as part of a new ‘accelerating growth plan’ (AGP).
The director of the fruit and vegetable company behind Borough Market’s Turnips has hit out against the market’s management for withdrawing permission for the restaurant to operate.
The team behind Notting Hill gastropub The Pelican are to launch their second site in the capital later this spring having taken over The Hero pub in Maida Vale.
The former CFO of Patisserie Valerie along with three other defendants, including his wife, have denied being part of a plot to commit fraud at the collapsed café chain.
This week's top news stories include a delay to the implementation of the Tips Bill, Niall Keating's new restaurant venture, and Tortilla's plan to accelerate expansion through franchising.
Hospitality venues will no longer be required to host a return point under the Government’s Deposit Return Scheme (DRS), the roll out of which has been further delayed until 2027.
Sourdough pizza brand Three Joes has confirmed the closure of two sites including its original restaurant in Fareham as the group grapples with cost pressures.
The duo behind The Plimsoll pub in Finsbury Park and Four Legs at the Compton Arms in Canonbury will open a Spanish-focused fish restaurant this spring.
Tortilla is aiming to accelerate its expansion by ‘doubling down on franchising’ as it looks to capitalise on UK and international growth opportunities.
A fresh wave of strikes across the rail network have been announced by the main train drivers' union, Aslef, for the week of the early May Bank Holiday.
The group behind the Birmingham-based Vietnamese Street Kitchen restaurant brand is to launch a new seafood boil concept at the Arcadian in the city centre in early June.
Kurt Zdesar’s Japanese-Peruvian restaurant brand Chotto Matte is continuing to push forward with international expansion having secured a site in Tbilisi, Georgia.
