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Despite initially claiming it was ‘difficult to be too positive’ about pub trading conditions in 2013, Suffolk-based brewer, distiller and retailer Adnams reported a surge in pre-tax profits from £3.2m to £4.1m.
A townhouse restaurant under new local ownership is opening in Warwick this summer as contemporary eatery and cocktail bar Number Six Castle Street.
Liberation Foods, the UK’s only Fair Trade and farmer-owned nut company, is launching two of its best-selling snacking products into the foodservice sector.
Loungers, the Piper-backed cafe bar operator, is to increase its opening rate next year with up to 20 sites planned.
Orchid Group and Oakman Inns were named as the UK’s best pub employers at the Publican Awards 2014, which took place at the Grovesnor House Hotel in London last night.
Michelin-starred chef Jason Atherton says he wants to ‘give something back’ and send out a strong philanthropic message to the next generation of chefs when he prepares a three-course dinner for Farm Africa tomorrow night (27 March).
The A-listed Hutchesons’ Hall in Glasgow is currently undergoing a £1.3m transformation by independent restaurateur James Rusk in an aim to bring a new dining concept to the city centre.