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Enterprise Inns has reported continued 'improving trading trends' but has declared the poor summer weather has affected its publicans and has had a bigger effect than the Olympics which has not yet materially impacted pub performance.
Benugo, the deli cafe and public space restaurant operator, increased its turnover by 31 per cent during the first half of the year with owner Westbury Street Holdings (WSH) predicting to make £450m by the end of the year, a £44m rise on last year.
Tonteria, a new Mexican-inspired cocktail bar and restaurant, is set to launch in Sloane Square this autumn from the team behind London nightclubs Mahiki and Whisky Mist.
Simply Fish, a new sustainable fish restaurant serving produce from Cornwall with Mediterranean, Asian and Middle Eastern influences, is set to launch in Camden with two further venues planned.
Following restaurateur Iqbal Wahhab's claim that Mooli's could be the next 'Indian Pret A Manger' and with a number of other premium sandwich operators looking to expand, Restaurant magazine's Joe Lutrario asks if it's the next trend in the eating-out...
Hilton Worldwide has announced it is to open its first DoubleTree by Hilton hotel in Liverpool after signing a franchise agreement with Municipal Annex Limited to open a hotel in the Grade II-listed former Municipal Annexe council buildings in the city...
Food producer CP Foods UK is set to launch a new range of fruit-based frozen desserts for its foodservice customers.