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Industry trade bodies have warned the measures announced to support hospitality businesses in the Scottish Budget will ‘do little to stop closures and significant job losses in the sector’.
Jackson Boxer is to close his Notting Hill restaurant Orasay at the end of the year ahead of plans to relaunch the site under a new concept in 2025.
The team behind Soho restaurant and wine bar Firebird will launch a new project in Shoreditch next year.
Whitbread has appointed former Boparan CEO Joe Texeira as managing director for its restaurants division.
Dave’s Hot Chicken has said it will now offer its Reaper spice mix in its UK restaurants, with diners required to sign a waiver before they order it.
Frankie van Loo has joined Borough Market restaurant Applebee’s as its executive head chef ahead of a relaunch of the restaurant early next year.
Tommy Banks has confirmed that a van carrying £25,000 of handmade pies, which was stolen earlier this week, has been found ‘badly damaged’ and will ‘almost certainly be written off’.
Spanish restaurant group Ibérica has filed a notice of intention to appoint administrators.
The Ottolenghi group says it is continuing to explore expansion outside of Zone 1 and 2 in London, with a new site in Richmond set to open next year.
Clapham-based pizzeria Eco will relocate this month after more than 30 years in business.
More shareholders have said they will vote against Fortress Investment Group’s acquisition of Loungers, with one saying they are ‘furious’ about the proposed deal.
Tommy Banks says he has lost £25,000 of stock after a van carrying handmade pies he planned to sell at a Christmas market in York was stolen.
Matthew Harris is joining forces with the team behind Rye-based boutique hotel The Gallivant for a new restaurant.
Leeds-based Indian restaurant Tharavadu is doubling up in the city with a new concept.
Samyukta Nair and Claude Bosi will close their Mayfair restaurant Socca this month, with the last service taking place on Saturday 30 November.
KFC reneging on its Better Chicken Commitment target, Ollie Dabbous leaving Hide, and Loungers being acquired by US firm Fortress lead this week’s top news stories.
Two of Loungers’s biggest shareholders are to vote against Fortress Investment Group’s acquisition of the all-day café and restaurant group.
Chinese restaurant Noodle & Beer will open its second London restaurant in the new year.
Gregg Wallace is to step away from his role on MasterChef while complaints made to the BBC regarding historical allegations of misconduct are investigated.
Britain’s leading restaurant groups extended a long run of inflation-beating growth in delivery and takeaway sales last month with a like-for-like increase of 4.8%, new research show.
Chantelle Nicholson has announced a new venture for 2025.
London’s historic Smithfield meat market and Billingsgate fish market are set to close.
Loungers is to be acquired by US-based investment firm Fortress in a deal that values the all-day café and restaurant group at approximately £338.3m.
Celebrity chef and restaurateur Aldo Zilli is to return to London after 20 years to open a restaurant in the crypt of St George’s Church in Mayfair next month.
The Fat Duck is launching an a la carte menu that features some of its most famous dishes to celebrate its 30th birthday, including Heston Blumenthal’s iconic snail porridge.
Just Eat Takeaway.com has filed a notice of intention to delist from the London Stock Exchange (LSE) next month.
Temper has closed its restaurants in Shoreditch and Paddington, as well as its smash burger offshoot in White City, with its operating company understood to have entered administration.
The Fulham Shore, the group behind Neapolitan pizza brand Franco Manca and The Real Greek, will open its new pizza concept in London’s Westfield Stratford early next month.
The Groucho in London’s Soho has temporarily closed after being served with notice of a licence review following allegations the venue has been associated with ‘serious crime’.
South-west countryside estate The Newt in Somerset has retained the number one spot in the Top 50 Boutique Hotels list, marking the third time it has taken the top slot.
Mandatory calorie labelling on restaurant menus has not led to a shift in consumer behaviour, according to new research, with no ‘significant decrease’ recorded in the number of calories consumed.
Northern-based restaurant group The Cut & Craft has chosen Manchester’s historic Bond building as the location for its third venue.
The owners of Gail’s have hired bankers to handle a sale that could value the premium bakery chain by as much as £500m.
Nashville-style chicken brand Dave’s Hot Chicken has said it is unsure whether to serve its Reaper-level spice mix in its UK restaurants after taste tests left diners ‘in tears’.
Loungers has opened the latest site under its roadside dining brand Brightside.
KFC has said it ‘remains committed’ to ensuring greater animal welfare standards across its supply chain after rowing back on plans to stop buying fast-growing chicken breeds by 2026.
The Observer restaurant critic Jay Rayner is to join the Financial Times as its new restaurant critic, with former Sunday Times restaurant critic Marina O’Loughlin also joining the paper as a columnist.
Glynn Purnell has promised he has ‘a number of solutions and proposals in mind’ to support customers seeking refunds for vouchers to his flagship Birmingham restaurant, which closed last month.
London’s sandwich game continues to be on the ascendancy with Milan-based sandwich shop De Santis the latest to open a site in the capital.
Japanese restaurant Maneki Ramen has launched a crowdfunding campaign ahead of the launch of its new opening in Birmingham next spring.
Homeslice has opened its first site since 2018 in London department store Harvey Nichols.
The Clove Club split and David Loewi’s departure from D&D London were among this week’s most read stories.
D&D London has announced that co-founder David Loewi will step down from his role as CEO and board director at the end of the year.
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Deliveroo has launched a ‘Right to Ride Safely’ campaign, which calls on the Government to include better protections for delivery riders in its upcoming Crime & Policing Bill.
Analysts have warned that the impact of the Chancellor’s Budget could lead to another spike in hospitality insolvencies despite a continued easing of month-on-month figures in September.
The founders of London restaurants Mr Bao, Daddy Bao and Master Bao have formalised their group under the name 6 of 1 ahead of plans to develop new concepts.
French wine bar and restaurant Leroy in London’s Shoreditch has permanently closed its doors after nearly seven years trading.
Husband and wife team Andy and Lyndsey Appleton have closed their Cornwall restaurant ‘with immediate effect’.
Pizza Hut’s biggest UK franchisee has brought in advisers from Interpath Advisory to find new investors or a buyer amid warnings about the impact of the Budget on the business.