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In spite of the current economic crisis, UK consumers are going out to eat and drink and restaurants and pubs even more than before, according to the latest Taste of the Nation survey conducted by Deloitte.
Peckforton Castle, the Cheshire hotel, wedding, conference and events venue, has reacted to the admission of guilt by groom Max Kay to starting the fire which caused £6m worth of damage in June this year.
Richard Corrigan has launched an innovative new menu celebrating ‘forgotten foods’ at his Corrigan’s Mayfair restaurant in a bid to promote the ethics of the increasingly-popular Slow Food UK Chef Alliance.
News that those working in Westminster after 6.30pm will be given a discounted rate when parking charges are extended into the evening and weekends next year comes as no comfort or relief to businesses or employees say critics of the scheme.
Pub and restaurant operator Urban & Country Leisure (UCL) has today confirmed the sale of The Marylebone Bar in what is one of the biggest tied-lease deals of the year.
The majority of hoteliers believe that the sector will realise a sustained upturn in 2012, while 82 per cent believe a hotels most important business priority over the next six months should be to step up its marketing activities.
London-based tea blender and coffee roaster Drury has added a special spiced Christmas blend to its pyramid-shaped teabag range to enable hotels, restaurants and pubs to enhance their beverage menus for the festive season.
Gastropub chef Craig Minto has re-opened former Punch Taverns pub The Fleece in Addingham, West Yorkshire as a pub, deli and cook school.
Le Cafe Anglais chef-patron Rowley Leigh has partnered with cinema chain Odeon and UCI to provide an up-market menu to be served to movie-goers at its new boutique style cinema at Whiteleys.