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Sales at pubs and restaurants run by the biggest operators, such as Whitbread, Mitchells & Butlers and Tragus, continued to rise for the sixth consecutive month in November as consumers refused to give up an 'affordable treat'.
Boutique hotel group Firmdale Hotels has secured funding for the next stage of an expansion of the chain which includes a new 92-bedroom hotel on the Ham Yard site near London's Piccadilly Circus.
As businesses braced themselves for ‘Mad Friday’, one of the busiest trading days of the year, a power cut left parts of London’s Soho without electricity for the majority of the day, forcing pubs, bars and restaurants to close.
Air purification developer Plasma Clean has joined forces with Meiko to help reduce food waste odours by providing its Xtract 2100 ioniser as standard odour control in Meiko's food waste management systems.
Italian restaurant chain Prezzo has bought three former Paramount Restaurants sites out of administration for £1.125m in cash.
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David Glover, an odour control specialist and managing director of Plasma Clean, gives his advice on how to control food waste smells from a commercial kitchen.