Number of restaurants going bust rockets 31 per cent over past year
The number of insolvencies among the UK restaurant sector has jumped by 31 per cent to 194 in the last financial quarter of 2011 – the highest rate for over three years.
Archives for February 13, 2012
ETM Group's 10th pub to be showcase for British produce
ETM Group, the London-based pub company run by brothers Tom and Ed Martin will open its tenth pub next month on the site of The King's Head at the Barbican.
BHA Northern chair joins calls against hotel 'bed tax' for York tourists
Simon Kershaw, chairman of the northern region committee of the British Hospitality Association (BHA), has joined hoteliers in York calling for planned charges of up to £1 a night for tourists staying in the city to be dropped.
Cozy Pub Company sets target of 10 openings in five years
Essex-based firm Cozy Pub Company plan to open 10 more pubs in the next five years after successful re-launches of two Punch Taverns sites in and around Saffron Walden in the county.
Marco Marco to open second Italian restaurant in Cheshire with plans to double portfolio in next 12 months
Italian restaurant Marco Marco, which has a site in Northwich, Cheshire, is set to open a new restaurant, pizzeria and bar in the nearby village of Lymm this week.
Bluewater redesigns The Wintergarden dining area, adds new restaurant
Bluewater, the Kent shopping centre, has announced a redesign of The Wintergarden which will include a new restaurant in the family dining area of the site.
The Wicker Man hotel up for sale
The fictional 'Green Man Inn' from the iconic 1973 British film The Wicker Man is being offered for sale.
Harbour & Jones to run RSA House's restaurant after being appointed catering partner
Harbour & Jones (H&J) has been appointed the catering partner to RSA House where it will run its public restaurant The Vaults, its private bar and cater at events over the next three years with the aim of making it 'compete more fiercely' in the London...