McDonald’s is launching a rewards scheme that will enable customers to collect points on their purchases and redeem them against menu items or make a charity donation.
One in three tourism and hospitality businesses in Scotland have said they are likely to fail in 2022, according to a recent survey conducted by the Scottish Tourism Alliance (STA).
Marugame Udon is to double the size of its fledgling London estate next month with two new openings in St Christopher’s Place and Canary Wharf respectively.
The experienced restaurateur and oenophile behind restaurant and wine bar group Wilding, which has sites in Oxford and Salisbury, on embracing the dynamism and boundless opportunities in hospitality.
Just Eat saw orders on its platform rise to 1.1 billion last year as the pandemic continued to keep people out of restaurants and ordering takeaway food instead.
Delivery and meal-kit business Dishpatch is to launch a new initiative next month aimed at giving a platform to 'lesser-known voices and trailblazers' within the hospitality sector.
Hospitality businesses in Scotland will continue to face tight restrictions on indoor trading for at least another week, with the sector accusing the Scottish Government of leaving it 'in limbo'.
The owners of Scottish-based bar and restaurant brands MacMerry 300 and Abandon Ship have been accused of 'systemic mistreatment' in a collective grievance signed by both current and former staff.
Rare Restaurants is to offer 'carbon neutral' steaks across its entire restaurant estate, with the group also set to launch two new restaurants that will serve only 'carbon neutral' beef.
The impact of restrictions and fears over the Omicron variant hit the hospitality and leisure sectors in the run up to Christmas, the latest data from Barclaycard has confirmed.
Chef Padam Raj Rai is to overhaul the Fitzrovia site he opened under his sushi and steak restaurant brand Hot Stone last year, and relaunch it as omakase restaurant RAI.
Steakhouse and barbecue restaurant Temper has announced plans open a fourth London restaurant having secured a site on Great Eastern Street in Shoreditch.
A leading hospitality trade group has called on the Government to further relax England's self-isolation rules, as businesses continue to wrestle with crippling staff shortages.
Tortilla has reported a like-for-like sales increase of 23.8% in the 2021 financial year compared to 2019, with group revenue up 36% across the same period.
London’s Charlotte Street was hit hard by the Coronavirus pandemic with many restaurants closing. Yet rather than sound the death knell for its independent scene, it has provided a new lease of life for the area, argues Shaftesbury’s Julia Wilkinson.
Rick Stein's hospitality group has seen its profits rise to close to £1m, boosted by the sucess of its significant e-commerce offering that was launched during the pandemic.
The head chef and co-founder of community-centred restaurant and bar Morso, which has sites in St John's Wood and Kensal Rise in London, reflects on his career to date.
This first week of 2022 saw Gino D’Acampo’s My Pasta Bar enter liquidation, London's first African food hall announced, and plans to extend licensing hours for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.
Hospitality businesses in England are being urged to engage with their council and apply for funding by the Government after it delivered £700m worth of grants to local authorities.
Hospitality jobs and livelihoods in Scotland are 'hanging in the balance' as businesses continue to face tight restrictions on trading with no certainty on when they may ease.
The Italian wine maestro behind Shoreditch’s Passione Vino on the importance of working with the right vignerons and his love of Italian cheeses paired with French whites.
'Fine fast food' brand Yolk is to launch its third London site later this month on Golden Square in Soho, with founders Nick Philpot and Alkesh Tandon eyeing further expansion.
Neapolitan pizza restaurant group Happy Face Pizza will open a third restaurant in the capital next month, in Brent Cross, with two more planned for later in the year.
Deliveroo has reported another huge increase in demand for vegan food in the last twelve months, with orders of plant-based dishes up 117% on the previous year.
UKHospitality Cymru has warned that an immediate increase in financial support and the lifting of trading restrictions is urgently needed to prevent Welsh hospitality businesses closures and job losses.
Only A Pavement Away - a charity that gets those facing homelessness, prison leavers and veterans into hospitality – is to launch a series of employment training cafés from this spring.