Nathan Outlaw's eponymous restaurant at the Marina Hotel in Fowey will close for good tomorrow and will reopen at St Enodoc Hotel in nearby Rock next year
The Scottish Government has published its controversial Alcohol Bill, which will give ministers powers to impose minimum pricing, introduce a new tax for retailers and ban off-trade promotions
The Food Standards Agency has come under attack for failing to give the industry proper guidance on how to introduce nutritional information onto menus
Gordon Ramsay Holdings has been given just weeks to settle outstanding tax debts on two of its businesses, after being taken to court by HM Revenue and Customs
The British Hospitality Association is to look at the impact a reduction in VAT would have on hotels following calls to bring the rate down while members of the industry have their say
Employers seeking to hire workers from outside the EU must now advertise job vacancies for an extra two weeks, to allow British workers more time to apply
The sector skills council predicts college-based learning will be hit hard because the government is likely to favour apprenticeships and work place-based learning courses next year
A drinks analyst has made gloomy predictions for the coming months — with Christmas set to be 'at best flat' and the first part of 2010 'extremely tough'
Accountancy firm PKF calls for the re-tabling and support of an Early Day Motion that looks at lowering the VAT rate for hotels to give the industry 'a much needed boost'
Nescafe has launched a new, healthier instant coffee made from a blend of roasted coffee beans and unroasted green coffee beans, which can help protect the body against ageing
A joint working group has been set up by some of Britain's biggest tourism and accommodation groups to help ensure hospitality businesses make the most of the 2012 Olympic games
Chipotle Mexican Grill, the popular US-based burrito restaurant chain, is to launch in the UK next year, with its first site set to open on London’s Charing Cross Road in April
Tasty Med Ltd, a new UK venture, is to launch a series of authentic Turkish restaurants in London under the umbrella of Tike Restaurants, the first of which has now opened near Fenchurch Street Station
Businesses open for New Year's Eve that account for VAT at the point of sale can continue charging 15 per cent into New Year's Day, it has been confirmed, but accountants warn of hits to margins in January with a return to the 17.5 per cent...
Michael Winner, food critic for The Times, has named The River Café as the Best Restaurant in London after publishing a guide on the best and worst restaurants and hotels in the world
Healthy fast-food restaurant Pod has opened its fourth site in London’s New Street Square, and has announced plans to launch a further ten sites in 2010
London hotels have been voted the worst in Europe, with those in Birmingham rated only slightly better, according to hotel price comparison website Trivago.co.uk
Oak Taverns plans to install microbreweries at seven of its pubs following the opening of one at its most recent acquisition, the Cross Keys in Oxfordshire
Galvin La Chapelle , the latest restaurant in the Galvin brothers' stable, will open its doors to diners on 18 November following more than a year's work to convert the Grade II listed St Botolph's Hall
Pub operator Cubitt House opens its third site, the Orange in London's Belgravia following a £1m refurbishment which includes the addition of four hotel bedrooms
Great British Menu winner Kenny Atkinson will move from Seaham Hall to head up a restaurant at the multi-million pound Rockliffe Hall hotel when it opens in County Durham later this month
Harvey Nichols Restaurant Prism on Leadenhall Street in London has swapped its fine dining offer to a ‘contemporary brasserie style’ to keep up with consumers’ changing eating habits
Von Essen wins the ultimate accolade for the hotel sector in the British Travel Awards with Hilton and The Dorchester also among the hotels picking up awards
The Conservative party leader David Cameron has praised Britain’s curry restaurants for demonstrating what can be achieved when communities collaborate
The number of domestic holidays Brits took in July rose by 32 per cent on the previous year while overall trips since January have increased by 4 per cent, the latest figures from VisitEngland show
Daniel Pedreschi is appointed hotel manager at Park Plaza Westminster Bridge and Thistle Hotels appoints Mark Gallagher as general manager of its Glasgow hotel
Geronimo Inns has eschewed a one-size-fits-all approach to pubs, opting instead to tailor each of its 28 sites to its location. And it's working, according to its founder Rupert Clevely
Reducing energy and water use and cutting down on waste could save the industry £6.4bn a year, the government estimates as Defra launches its Saving money - it's your business campaign
The cost of a three-course meal in the UK’s restaurants, pubs and hotels has risen over the past year, despite the price of a main course remaining the same
The Indian restaurant group, part owned by TV star Shilpa Shetty, has won an employment tribunal against former director Jamal Hirani who claimed he was ‘constructively dismissed’ from the company earlier this year
The restaurant manager of Virgin-operated Babylon at the Roof Gardens speaks to Becky Paskin about how elocution lessons and a passion for goold-old American hospitality helped him become the Academy of Food and Wine's Restaurant Manger of the Year
