The Professional Kitchen Show is bringing immersive features and a first-of-its-kind buyers’ club to NEC Birmingham on 22-23 January. With over 8,000 key senior buyers, 250 exhibitors and unmatched support pre, during and post show, this is a must-visit for ...

The owner of popular café brand Patisserie Valerie has admitted the multi-million pound fraud it uncovered last year was worse than it first thought.  The companies forensic accountants have revealed extensive misstatement of its account involving ‘very significant’ manipulation of ...

Leading industry figures have paid tribute to Gerard Basset OBE, the much respected Master Sommelier and Master of Wine who contributed immensely to the wine trade over the course of his 30-year career, has died following a long battle with ...

While the restaurant sector featured heavily in the news during 2018, independent and smaller operators can be cautiously optimistic as we enter 2019, as innovation, new concepts and technology come to the fore, strengthening the sector as a whole, according ...

The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has today commented on the findings of a survey by the Portman Group, which found that there has been a boom in the popularity of low and no alcohol alternatives. Figures from the ...

A day of political division saw an unlikely agreement emerge as MPs from across the political spectrum called for meaningful reform of business rates at a Parliamentary debate on the future of Britain’s pubs. Tuesday’s debate, which was secured by ...

The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has today responded to the Government’s consultation on planning reform. In its response, the BBPA has said that pubs must be front of mind when it comes to increasing planning flexibility, which will ...

Following last night’s dramatic House of Commons rejection of the Prime Minister’s Brexit deal, industry bodies have voiced their concerns UKH Chief Executive, Kate Nicholls, commented “Tonight’s vote in Parliament brings into stark reality the prospect of a no deal ...

Hand Picked Hotels, the collection of privately-owned country house hotels and spa resorts, has awarded Audleys Wood Hotel in Hampshire its Hotel of the Year. The 72-room hotel situated within private picturesque grounds just outside Basingstoke was selected from Hand ...

roomnights in November and helped fuel a 5.2-percent year-on-year increase in profit per room for hotels across Europe, according to the latest data tracking full-service hotels from HotStats. November was another month of robust profit growth for hotels in the ...