Global restaurant booking platforms OpenTable and Quandoo, have announced a new strategic partnership that will see the two brands integrate table availability, giving diners the most comprehensive choice of restaurants worldwide. At launch, Quandoo restaurant partners will be available for ...

Independent network benchmarking firm Global Wireless Solutions (GWS) has released the findings of its latest network testing program assessing mobile connectivity in restaurants. The study, which represents the first test of its kind evaluating mobile network performance in popular restaurant ...

An estimated190,000 non-domestic premises in England, including, pubs and restaurants, were taken to court for non-payment of their business rates during the 2018/19 financial year, according to new research by Altus. Under the Freedom of Information Act, all councils in England ...

Spudulike, the baked potato chain, has collapsed leaving all 298 staff redundant. Administrators confirmed in a statement that all 37 of the Spudulike group’s outlets and head office were closed on Friday after a last ditch sale of the business ...

Over 70 former employees of Jamie Oliver’s failed restaurant chain are planning to sue the group for up to £1 million, alleging that the redundancy process was carried out improperly and unfairly. Law firm SDM Legal is currently representing more ...

June was a better month for eating and drinking out across Britain – although pub and restaurant operators experienced widely contrasting fortunes, according to latest figures from the Coffer Peach Business Tracker. Collective like-for-like sales across the combined managed pub ...

As part of an industry coalition, the British Beer & Pub Association has called on the two Conservative leadership contenders to back beers and pubs. In letters written to both Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt, which have been signed by ...

Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co provides an overview of the restaurant market in the first half of 2019, reflecting on previous predictions, emerging trends and challenges facing the sector. Christie & Co’s Business Outlook 2019 report anticipated further ...

By analysing thousands of online and social reviews across the restaurant and bar industries, leading online reputation specialist, Feed It Back, reveals that reviewers in the UK’s Northern cities are more positive that their Southern counterparts. The statistics confirm the ...

Five people have been arrested and questioned over alleged accounting fraud at the Patisserie Valerie chain, the Serious Fraud Office has said. The arrests took place last week following a joint operation with the Hertfordshire, Leicestershire and Metropolitan police services. ...