This year eight restaurant managers have made it through to the Academy of Food & Wine Service’s UK Restaurant Manager of the Year competition following a testing semi-final held at the Moat House Acton Trussell in Staffordshire. John Croft, AFWS ...

The Food Standards Agency is encouraging food business to make the most of their food hygiene rating to help attract customers trade. A toolkit offering guidance, images, logos and web banners is available. What our research shows Customers are becoming ...

A new Europe-wide study by EY (formerly Ernst & Young), shows the hospitality sector plays a critical role in fighting youth unemployment and is essential for jobs and growth and the health of other sectors of the economy. The EY ...

A refurbished Mid Wales drovers inn, which is building a reputation for the quality of its food and hospitality, has achieved four star ratings from both the AA and Visit Wales. Y Talbot at Tregaron, which is owned by Mick ...

Up to 15,000 restaurant and pub businesses are expected to take part in Tax Parity Day next week on 25 September, with the majority cutting prices by 7.5% in support of a campaign to cut VAT for hospitality businesses. The ...

A Christian couple who became the focus of a heated debate resulting in prosecution for refusing a gay couple a double room in their Cornish guesthouse citing religious beliefs have been forced to sell up. Peter and Hazelmary Bull said ...

Greene King has been named as one of Central Eastern’s best apprenticeship employers in the regional final of the National Apprenticeship Awards 2013. The pub retailer and brewer based in Bury St Edmunds, was presented with the award for the ...

Foods Matter, the leading expert on food allergies and intolerances, has announced the launch of the first FreeFrom Eating Out Awards, celebrating innovation in the freefrom foodservice industry. The independent awards, which will take place in 2014, follow the hugely ...

Bridport based Palmers Brewery were proud sponsors of this year’s Food Rocks held in Lyme Regis to raise funds for the RNLI.    The fun-filled weekend of demonstrations and tastings, organised by Mark Hix and Jo Harris of Hix Restaurants Ltd, ...

Brits are saving up to a staggering £170,000 on eating out on an average weekday, according to industry research from Bownty.com, the daily deal aggregator. The figures suggest that on a typical weekday, UK consumers’ fork out around £140,000 on ...