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The UK’s largest hotel and restaurants company Whitbread has outlined ambitious expansion plans and growth milestones for 2018 after delivering double-digit growth in sales, profit and dividend for the financial year to 28 February.
Women 1st, the thought leadership, training and mentoring programme for the UK’s hospitality, passenger transport, travel and tourism industries, is hoping to get more women into the boardroom with the launch of a new book.
Agnar Sverrisson and Xavier Rousset, the founders of Texture, have announced plans to open a third 28-50 Wine Workshop & Kitchen in London later this year.
Heston Blumenthal, who this week saw his flagship three Michelin-starred restaurant The Fat Duck drop 20 places in The World’s 50 Best Restaurants, has told BigHospitality he thinks the venue is better now than when it topped the list.
Disposables manufacturer Huhtamaki has added two newly-designed square plates to its Chinet range of single-use tableware.