Menu innovation and investment in technology helps push up profits for UK’s biggest restaurant groups
Profits at the UK’s biggest restaurant groups have risen 18% over the past year, according to accountancy group UHY Hacker Young.
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BrewDog co-founder Martin Dickie steps away from business
BrewDog co-founder Martin Dickie has left the business he helped launch, citing personal reasons.
More than half of all job losses since Budget attributed to hospitality
Hospitality has accounted for 53% of all job losses in the UK since last year’s Budget, according to new analysis of ONS jobs data carried out by UKHospitality.
Wafflemeister partners with TRGC for first airport opening
Wafflemeister has partnered with TRG Concessions (TRGC) to launch its first airport site.
Latest opening: Shanghai Me
Dubai-based group Fundamental Hospitality has opened a London outpost for its high-end pan Asian restaurant brand Shanghai Me at the former Galvin at Windows site on London’s Park Lane.
Alex Reilley quits Government taskforce after speaking out against Chancellor’s tax policies
Loungers chairman and co-founder Alex Reilley has quit the Government’s Hospitality Sector Council (HSC) after facing pressure from civil servants for publicly criticising Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s tax policies.
Honest Burger challenges seasoning brand over its use of the word ‘Honest’
Honest Burger is challenging a small seasoning brand over its use of the word ‘Honest’.
Khao Bird to go permanent with Soho site
Mike Palmer and chef Luke Larsson are to make their Northern Thai barbecue concept, Khao Bird, a permanent fixture with a site secured on Soho’s Brewer Street.