Pizza anytime with Sirman pizza ovens from Foodservice Equipment Marketing Pizzas have become a popular family menu choice, but not everywhere has the space or the budget to install specialist wood- or gas-fired pizza ovens. Sirman’s … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2012
Apprenticeship takes hospitality into management
People 1st has launched the first ever Level 4 apprenticeship framework designed specifically for the hospitality industry. The Higher Apprenticeship in Hospitality Management has been developed to bridge the gap between the supervisory skills gained in an apprentice’s early career and the strategic management skills required to work at a senior level. People 1st … [Read more...]
Graze with Bath Ales
Bath Ales has signed the lease for its biggest outlet to date, next to Bath Spa Station. The new outlet – Graze Bar, Brewery and Chophouse - needs a full team of skilled people for the 5,000 sq ft site, and will create up to 50 new jobs. The new flagship outlet joins The Hop Pole and The Salamander in the Bath Ales portfolio in Bath, and plans for it include a small … [Read more...]
New Social Dining Network nibblr Launches
New website nibblr mixes social networking with restaurant booking and reviews New website nibblr mixes social networking with restaurant booking and reviews nibblr, the UK’s newest social network, has launched, bringing users together over shared interests around food and restaurants.The site allows users to book at exclusive restaurants whilst matching interests and … [Read more...]
Pig in a Poke, the wine lover’s choice
Pleased to meet you, we’re Al, Andrew and Chris and we make and sell wine for a living. Between us, we’ve circumnavigated the world 28 times in pursuit of the best flavours, tasted upwards of 40,000 wines, and created or sold over 100 million bottles. Most importantly, we love what we do, which is why we’re still doing it! Pig in a Poke brings together our combined … [Read more...]
New restaurant quarter for Kingfisher Centre, Redditch
The 1 million sq ft Kingfisher Centre in Redditch, West Midlands is seeking to create a new restaurant quarter, featuring four new units from 3,200 to 7,500 sq ft, available to let from 2013, located at main mall level below the 7-screen Apollo cinema. The Kingfisher Centre is currently undergoing plans for an exclusive refurbishment of its prime fashion mall and the … [Read more...]
wagamama unveils new website
wagamama is launching its new website in the UK, designed to extend customers’ restaurant experience, bring the wagamama brand to life online, and place a wealth of new information at customers’ fingertips. Innovative sitecore technology is used to personalise the customer experience, along with a host of new information about the japanese-inspired dishes, wagamama ingredients, … [Read more...]
Bare cheek: naked BrewDog co-founders projected onto Parliament
The co-founders of BrewDog, Scotland’s now renowned craft brewery, have projected an image of themselves naked onto the Houses of Parliament to mark what they call a ‘tipping point in the craft beer revolution’. The tongue-in-cheek image of James Watt and Martin Dickie, a deliberate parody of the infamous image of Gail Porter projected onto the building in 1999, was designed as … [Read more...]
Holiday Inn opens as London Southend Airport modernises
The full service £10 million 4-star Holiday Inn at London Southend Airport, managed by Chardon Management, has opened to provide high quality and convenient facilities for airport passengers and staff, as well as local business users and discerning restaurant diners. Rooftop bar and restaurant In a first for Holiday Inn in the UK , the five-storey hotel features a … [Read more...]
Debate on beer duty: SIBA summons support
The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) is galvanizing its 800+ members into action ahead of next week’s Parliamentary debate on beer duty. SIBA has tasked its entire membership - which includes not just brewers but over 100 SIBA Locals pubs, a number of brewers with pub estates as well as suppliers to the industry - with urging their local MP to support the debate, and to … [Read more...]
Punch Taverns: debt overshadows performance
Punch Taverns, the debt-laden group that owns almost 10% of British pubs, has reported Preliminary Results for the 52 weeks to 18 August 2012. At the same time, it has been forced to concede that it has ‘initiated discussions with certain major shareholders and certain other stakeholders’ in order to restructure the group’s £2.4bn debt. Whilst the debt position takes the … [Read more...]
TV in hotel bedrooms – BHA reaches agreement with PPL
The British Hospitality Association has reached an agreement with PPL (Phonographic Performance Ltd), representing the record companies, on a tariff for bedroom TVs, at £46.92 per 15 bedrooms or part thereof. The agreement follows decisions in the European Court in 2009 that hotels should pay fees for copyright material appearing on TVs in bedrooms. The BHA then agreed with … [Read more...]
Chef’s Restaurant of the Week, Stephen Crane at Ockenden Manor
Part of a very impressive hotel and spa, one of the Historic Hotels range in the village of Cuckfield in West Sussex and therefore well-placed for the allure of Brighton, Ockenden Manor doesn’t do things by halves. It’s a spa, a hotel and a Michelin-starred restaurant in one; it looms out of its grounds which suggests about five … [Read more...]
America’s Favourite Sandwich Chain: lessons for the UK?
According to a national study from Market Force, Panera Bread tops of the list of favourite sandwich chains in the USA. Panera was voted No. 1 sandwich chain in a restaurant industry survey of more than 7,600 consumers designed to uncover which sandwich chains consumers like most and why they prefer one to another. For those serving sandwiches in the UK – whether dedicated … [Read more...]
Nicholson’s Pubs takes new direction
Nicholson’s enjoys a legacy of history – William Nicholson and his original gin distillery – that has been reinforced by its recent experience of excellent sales growth in cask ales. But, as many pubs and pub groups around the country have found in recent years, history does not secure the future, and Nicholson’s has now embarked on developing its offering to meet present and … [Read more...]