Investment into Scottish hotels in the first half of 2018 reached £389.67 million, according to international real estate advisor Savills, doubling the total annual investment volumes recorded in 2017 (£195 million). Investment was spread across 10 individual transactions and components ...

Two of Bedford Lodge Hotel & Spa’s chefs have been awarded top accolades at a recent regional food and drink awards ceremony, held on Thursday 9 August, which recognised some of the finest foodie talent in East Anglia. Sean Melville, ...

Passionate foodies no longer have to go on pilgrimage in search of the holy grail of UK gastronomy after Eckington Manor secured the title of ‘Best Hotel for Food’ at the Luxury Lifestyle Magazine Readers’ Travel Awards. Having impressed the ...

More than 50% of UK adult consumers are heading to the pub for a drink in their limited spare leisure time, according to recent research from Japanese beer brand Kirin Ichiban. The survey of 2,000 respondents set out to identify ...

Putting migration on the table in future trade talks and ensuring EU workers are not subject to burdensome non-EU visa rules are two key recommendations in a new CBI report on how migration can work UK post-Brexit. The report, Open ...

The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has today published the latest edition of its operating cost guide for tenants and lessees. The data is intended to help those wishing to take on a tenanted or leased pub business to ...

Restaurateur David Moore, owner of of Michelin-starred restaurant Pied-à-Terre, has called for immediate action to be taken to save businesses and ultimately jobs with a thorough review of a sales tax as an alternative to business rates and to give ...

UKHospitality Expands Dynamic Membership UKHospitality, the new trade association representing the whole of the UK’s hospitality sector, has augmented its position as the authoritative voice for the sector by welcoming a host of new members. New members representing almost every ...

The “sugar tax” introduced in April this years has had minimal impact on consumer behaviour according to a survey from Nielsen. 62% of UK shoppers claim to have not changed their consumption behaviour in any way post-sugar tax, and only ...

The majority of real ale consumers value independently owned breweries, with nearly three out of four (74%) ale drinkers who expressed an opinion saying they are concerned that small independent breweries are being bought by larger multinational drinks companies in ...