The recent deal to sell Costa coffee chain to Coca-Cola could result in Costa Coffee being available “in vending machines, hotels, restaurants, pubs, cafes”, similar to the way it is currently available in motorway service stations and petrol stations Whitbread, ...

Pro-Remain organisations like the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), the Food and Drink Federation (FDF), the British Retail Consortium (BRC), the Times, the Guardian and the Financial Times have misled the public by mendaciously reporting, as if it were a ...

Rational has launched a series of live events called ‘Tomorrow’s Kitchen.’  They are designed to show how the latest multifunctional equipment can benefit specific sectors of the industry – so one event will cover healthcare, another hotel banqueting and so ...

Following an intensive five hours in the kitchens of University College Birmingham last week, the Craft Guild of Chefs has revealed six young chefs achieved its Graduate Award 2018. Regarded as one of the hardest skills tests in the industry, ...

The DoubleTree Hilton Hotel in Swindon has raised an impressive £250 for NHS-affiliated charity Brighter Futures by holding a delicious bake sale. Staff from the hotel worked hard to bake and bring in their sweet treats for guests and visitors ...

Staff at two Wetherspoon pubs in Brighton are to hold a ballot calling for industrial action over grievances regarding pay and union recognition. The pub chain has confirmed that the Bakers Food and Allied Workers Union has given them notice ...

Costa Coffee is set to be sold to Coca-Cola in a £3.9 billion deal. Shares soared 17% in early trade, projecting the coffee chain’s parent company Whitbread to the top of the FTSE 100. Whitbread had planned to split Costa ...

The Pubs Code Adjudicator (PCA) has identified a number of concerns in the first compliance reports submitted by pub companies which, they say are now being followed up. The reports, an annual requirement under regulation 43 of the Pubs Code, ...

The Liberal Democrat party has published a comprehensive blueprint for replacing what they call the broken business rates system. The research was led by Andrew Dixon, founder of the Lib Dem Business and Entrepreneurs Network (LDBEN), in response to mounting ...

A West Sussex pub The Kings Arms has found itself at the “cenre of a Twitter storm” after a an alle called “Beer Googles”, was deemed outdated and sexist across social media. The “offending” beer clip features an old woman, and ...