Classic Cuisine increases frozen ready meal range
Frozen ready meal manufacturer Classic Cuisine has unveiled a number of new editions to its product range including a chicken tikka pie, salmon en croute and aubergine Parmigianino tart.
Archives for November 1, 2013
Michelin names The Greyhound on the Test its Pub of the Year 2014
Michelin has named The Greyhound on the Test in Stockbridge, Hampshire, its Pub of the Year 2014 as guide editor Rebecca Burr hails the number of 'thriving' good food pubs now in operation across the UK.
Britain's best and worst hotel chains revealed by Which?
QHotels has been named ‘the best hotel chain in the UK’ while Britannia Hotels has come bottom of the same survey by consumer watchdog Which?
Hotel transaction volumes reaching pre-recession levels
With three-quarters of the year now complete, the European hotel industry is still on track to record the highest level of transactional activity since 2007 – is this a sign that buyer confidence has returned?
Harry Ramsden's to return to Yorkshire under new franchise agreement
Fish and chip restaurant brand Harry Ramsden's will make its return to Yorkshire next year through a new franchise deal with JVP Ventures.
Hospitality operators sought for Dundee’s £1bn Waterfront scheme
Hotel and restaurant operators are being urged to consider opening new ventures in Dundee as a the regeneration project of the city’s Waterfront looks set to attract up to 300,000 extra visitors every year.
Master of Culinary Arts 2013: Winners revealed
Michelin-starred chef Jeff Galvin, patissier William Curley and Le Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons restaurant director Maurad Ben Tekfa are among the 14 winners of the 2013 Master of Culinary Arts (MCA) award.
Admiral Taverns launches social media course for licensees
With social media tearing up traditional notions of marketing and sales in the pub industry, the UK's largest independent tenanted and leased company Admiral Taverns has launched a new course to help its licensees implement tools and campaigns through...
Bramwell placed in administration
Bramwell Pub Company, the 185-strong managed pub operator, has fallen into administration with rival firm Stonegate already in ‘advanced talks’ to acquire around 80 of the better performing sites.
Hospitality businesses paying under National Minimum Wage risk ‘serious damage’ to reputation
Restaurants, hotels and pubs paying employees less than the National Minimum Wage (NMW) could be at serious risk of damaging their reputation and losing business, says the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) after research showed that 80...