London’s premium hospitality group rhubarb today announced that it will open two restaurants and an extraordinary event space at Hudson Yards, a new neighbourhood rising on Manhattan’s West Side. This will be the first international location for the London hospitality group. Both venues will open in 2019. The Shops & Restaurants at Hudson Yards will house a new 5,800 … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2017
Award joy for Squire Hotels
Sharon Brook, Business Development Manager at Squire Hotels is celebrating having scooped the Best in Hospitality award at the coveted Women in Business Awards 2017, hosted by Downtown Lancashire in Business. Over 200 business leaders attended the gala dinner where 16 awards were given out to recognise and reward some of the best female business leaders and entrepreneurs … [Read more...]
Vegetarian Foodservice Recipe: Roast Sweet Potato Salad
Vegetarian Foodservice Recipe: Roast Sweet Potato Salad Recent research shows that more than 5% of the UK population are vegetarian, that’s 3 million diners. These diners need vegetarian menu options and frequent the venues that provide vegetarian menu options. Fry’s Family Foods help you to provide vegetarian menu options not just through delicious and nutritious … [Read more...]
Richard Hodgson to join the expanded YO! Group as CEO
Following its recent acquisition of Bento Sushi (“Bento”), YO! Sushi (“YO!”), is delighted to announce Richard Hodgson will join the newly formed combined group (“Group”) as Chief Executive Officer, commencing in December. Richard was formerly Chief Executive Officer of Pizza Express, where he was instrumental in driving the internationalisation of the business. As agreed … [Read more...]
Capital investment underlines apex hotels’ growth and confidence
Apex Hotels Limited has reported another consecutive year of strong growth, with a 6 per cent rise in turnover (from £61.3 to £65m) and 2.1 per cent rise in underlying profits before tax (up from £10.3m to £10.5m). The company showed its confidence in the market during the financial year with capital investment of £20.7m used to further develop its new hotel, Apex City of … [Read more...]
Hand Picked Hotels welcomes New General Manager to Guernsey Resort
Hand Picked Hotels has announced the appointment of Mark Platt as General Manager of St Pierre Park Hotel, Spa and Golf resort in Guernsey, the Channel Islands. An established hotelier with over 30 years’ experience working with global hotel brands in the UK and overseas - including IHG (Intercontinental Hotel Group), Accor and Hilton - Mark joins Hand Picked Hotels from his … [Read more...]
Country Range Group On Course For Record-Breaking 25th Anniversary Year
The Country Range Group, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, is on course for a record-breaking 12 months with turnover already up 14% on 2016. While ingredient price inflation, the value of the pound and the general Brexit uncertainty have created challenging conditions across many sectors, a policy of inward investment by the Country Range Group’s members … [Read more...]
Bumper sales of Ei Group’s exclusive Royal British Legion charity beer help double donation
Poppy Beer, Ei Group’s exclusive beer in partnership with The Royal British Legion, has proved a winner with customers with over 118,000 pints bought across pubs in its estate. The 3.6% ABV beer was available exclusively to publicans across the Ei Publican Partnerships estate in advance of Remembrance Day on 11 November, as well as being on the bar in Craft Union and … [Read more...]
Punches & Pints, new London bar trend for 2018
London has always been known for its classic old boozers. At the same time, its slick cocktail bars continue to top the World's Best each year. A couple of years ago we saw the rise of microbreweries-cum-craft beer bars and in 2017 we have seen venues dedicated to single spirits pop up all over, from gin parlours to whiskey rooms. Reflecting London's increasingly discerning … [Read more...]
Pizza Hut adds vegan cheese to menus nationwide
Pizza Hut Restaurants (PHR) has just announced the roll out of vegan cheese on its pizzas across all its Huts from Wednesday 29th November, following the success of the initial trial and the huge customer demand for the product. PHR’s dairy-free cheese alternative, Violife, will be available to all diners across all 262 outlets nationwide including all who are vegan or on a … [Read more...]
Travelodge brings £12 million new investment to Bath
Today, Travelodge, Bath’s first budget hotel brand, opens its third hotel in Bath and becomes the city’s largest hotel chain. Bath City Centre (Bath Spa) Travelodge, a 56-room hotel represents an investment of £12 million for the landlord and has created 20 new jobs. It is situated in the historic Westgate building in the heart of the city centre. The hotel chain also … [Read more...]
Hollywood Bowl Group completes 2017 investment programme with refurbishment of Hollywood Bowl, Norwich
The UK’s largest tenpin bowling operator, Hollywood Bowl Group, has completed its final investment of the year, with the £350,000 refurbishment of its centre at the popular Norwich Riverside development. The revamped 26-lane centre, which also includes four exclusive VIP lanes, officially celebrated its investment with a VIP event on 23rd November. It became the 11th … [Read more...]
Vapiano opens its restaurant doors to Edinburgh
Vapiano has opened its doors in Edinburgh, bringing its relaxed and easy-going approach to Italian food to Scotland for the very first time. Home to the freshest range of Italian food, residents and visitors to Edinburgh will be able to get a slice of the new restaurant and its unique concept in the 8,770sq ft. space just off St Andrew Square in the city centre. The menu, … [Read more...]
Sodexo Energy & Resources scoops £4m worth of new contracts
Sodexo, the world leader in Quality of Life services, has announced two new contracts worth a combined value of £4 million. The new contracts are with Chrysaor, the UK’s leading independent oil and gas company in the North Sea and BW Offshore, a leading global provider of floating production services to the oil and gas industry. Sodexo’s contract with Chrysaor includes … [Read more...]
Comfort food favourite Dirty Bones to launch at Westgate Oxford on 7th December
The team behind Dirty Bones, London comfort food and cocktail restaurant, are excited to announce Thursday, 7th December as the official launch date of their newest site on the Westgate roof terrace in Oxford. In addition to being Dirty Bones’ largest and first restaurant to open outside of London, Dirty Bones Oxford will also feature a collection of brand new dishes developed … [Read more...]