Northamptonshire-based hotel Whittlebury Hall has announced the appointment of its new executive chef, Lee Scott. Lee brings 25 years’ worth of industry experience with him cooking for some of the world’s most famous celebrities, from Mick Hucknell to Tom Cruise ...

UKHospitality is delighted to announce the winners of its 2018 Operations Managers Awards. The winners were announced at a gala ceremony at the Pullman Hotel, London following a comprehensive mentoring process and a thorough three day Masterclass testing the finalists’ ...

Only a few weeks remain for chefs and caterers to enter Aviko’s competition to find the UK’s best Chef Hack. The winner will be rewarded with £500, a month’s supply of Aviko products and the ultimate chef’s toolkit worth £350. ...

Hospitality businesses should be given the same breaks as farmers when recruiting personnel from around the world once the UK has left the EU. That’s the view of DoubleTree by Hilton Bristol City Centre General Manager John Dowling, who said ...

As rumours of an increase in alcohol duty in the forthcoming budget grow, industry figures are urging the Chancellor to reconsider. Earlier this year the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) said that 18 pubs a week were closing due to ...

Southern based multiple operator, S.I. Leisure Ltd. has taken on a second pub with Star Pubs & Bars, The Fox in Steventon, Oxfordshire, and is undertaking a joint £280k refurbishment to transform the pub into a family friendly gastro pub ...

Pub operator JD Wetherspoon has launched a  poster campaign in its pubs (Monday October 15)  calling on the Prime Minister to get rid of tariffs post-Brexit. The poster is headlined ‘What don’t you like about free trade, Mrs May?’ and ...

Did you know the UK pays more in alcohol duty in France, Germany, Poland and Spain combined!! Hard to believe isn’t it? The 5.5 million people living in Essex pay more in alcohol duty the 82 million people living in ...

Visitors spent more than £1 billion in Britain last year as a result of activity by national tourism agency VisitBritain/VisitEngland latest figures show.  This means that for every pound invested in the agency, visitors spent £25 in Britain. As well ...

Sunny weather in September again proved good news for Britain’s managed pubs, with collective like-for-like sales up 1.9% on the same month last year, according to latest figures from the Coffer Peach Business Tracker. But restaurant chains had another tough ...