Britain’s pub and restaurant groups saw collective like-for-like sales grow 3.8% in March compared to the same month last year when trading was hit badly by the effects of the ‘Beast from the East’, latest figures from the Coffer Peach ...

The Restaurant Group (TRG) has put 22 more of its sites on the market. The group operates over 500 restaurants and pubs which include Frankie and Benny’s, Chiquito, Coast to Coast, Garfunkel’s, Firejacks, Brunning & Price and Joe’s Kitchen, and ...

Hospitality foodservice businesses are being urged to sign up to the first National Steak Day. The initiative, launched early this month by American steak restaurant chain Smith & Wollensky, will take place on Thursday, 25 April during British Beef Week. ...

SUSTAINABLE SEAFOOD restaurant brand Rockfish is set to open in Exeter Quay on Monday 18 March following a collaboration between interior architecture studio Macaulay Sinclair and acclaimed restaurateur Mitch Tonks. The studio, which is headed up by co-directors John Macaulay ...

A survey of opening and closures rate in The Core Cities Group, plus London and Edinburgh, has shown that the food and drink scene in Manchester, Liverpool and Leeds city centres has increased by an average of over 19%, whilst ...

Glynn Purnell, who holds a Michelin star at his eponymous restaurant in Birmingham, has announced he is planning to open his third eatery at the Charterhouse in Coventry. The Grade 1 listed 14th Century Carthusian monastery, one of only ten ...

The number of registrations from EU nationals looking to work in London’s restaurants and food-led pubs fell 8.5% in 2018, according to a study by recruitment company The Change Group. However, the number of Britons applying for the same jobs ...

“We’ve always had a significant number of vegetarian and vegan customers, but after Christmas probably as many as one in four parties had at least one member who requested vegan meals,” said owner Ralph Sousa. “Some wanted healthier options after ...

As the turmoil the casual dining sector continues, more jobs are at risk as the owner of the Giraffe and Ed’s Easy Diner chains announces plans to close a third of their sites under a rescue deal, as it seeks ...

Twelve of the North’s most talented chefs, including Mark Birchall, Michael Wignall, Mary Ellen McTague, Shaun Rankin & Tom Parker, with a sprinkling of Michelin stars, prepare their signature dishes and share their own secrets and tips to take back ...