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The hot summer turned into a 'long dry drought' for the on-trade according to the Wine & Spirit Trade Association's (WSTA) latest Market Report, which shows that alcohol sales at restaurants and pubs have fallen six per cent in the last three months.
Black Lion House, a 75,000 sq.ft office block in London’s East End, is to be converted into a 220-bedroom boutique hotel and rooftop restaurant in a £16m development from Union Hanover Securities and Southern Grove.
Independent brasserie group Lussmanns Fish & Grill Restaurants has just opened a third venue in Hertfordshire after a 10-year search for the right location.
Pubs are increasingly realising the importance of coffee for their business, with national operators now selling more of the hot beverage than high street coffee shops. However, a ‘quality’ cup is apparently still hard to find in the licensed trade as...
Andrew Dargue and Donna Conroy, the duo behind London vegetarian restaurants Vanilla Black and Orchard, are launching a smaller, takeaway-focussed offshoot of the latter casual dining concept.
London now matches Hong Kong in offering the same number of top hotels after Forbes Travel Guide revealed it was adding The Connaught to its list of five-star hotels in the capital in its mid-year update.
Catering equipment manufacturer Lincat has unveiled the Giga Fast Oven - a versatile, compact, counter-top oven that can cook a fresh dough pizza in just 90 seconds.