The Grand Hotel in Eastbourne has strengthened its events team with the appointment of Caroline Harms, who joins the five-star coastal hotel as Events Office Manager. Caroline brings to the team a wealth of experience following a career spanning nearly twenty years in the events industry. Caroline has held prestigious event management roles for companies such as The Roof … [Read more...]
Archives for 2017
Hamilton Park Racecourse hotel plans under starter’s orders
Hamilton Park Racecourse today welcomed South Lanarkshire Council’s decision to approve plans for a multi-million pound hotel development on its grounds. The project will see the creation of a 118-guestroom property on what is currently the racecourse’s main public car park. Construction is set to get underway on site in Spring 2018, with more details to be revealed … [Read more...]
Combating loneliness, The Human Library in partnership with The Royal British Legion
Buttermilk & Maple has launched new initiative, The Human Library, in partnership with the Royal British Legion, which aims to connect the old and the young,combating loneliness and enabling story-telling between the two generations this Christmas. Buttermilk & Maple plans on hosting the Human Library once a month in its warm and inviting environment where veterans can … [Read more...]
Bristol restaurant launches the UK’s first Christmas dinner cocktail
A Bristol restaurant is adding a whole new meaning to the phrase ‘liquid lunch’ this December by introducing the UK’s first Christmas dinner cocktail to its menu. The nation’s two favourite Christmas delights (Christmas lunch and booze) have joined forces into one mouthful and are answering all of our festive wishes. On the first week of December, Buttermilk & Maple will … [Read more...]
Apex plans multi-million-pound hotel refurb programme
Apex Hotels has revealed it is investing £12m in refurbishment works across its four-star portfolio – with work on some properties already under way. The announcement comes following the opening of the group’s tenth property in the UK – the £48.5m Apex City of Bath Hotel – and the completion of a £1.5m refurbishment at Apex City of London Hotel, including a new restaurant … [Read more...]
Pervin Todiwala on the role of women in the industry
A true role model for women in business, Pervin is co-patron of Cafe Spice Namaste, the groundbreaking Indian restaurant that she set up in London with Cyrus Todiwala 22 years ago. She oversees front of house and operations, and has been instrumental in the expansion of the business into a collection that today includes The Park Café at Victoria Park East, Mr Todiwala’s Kitchen … [Read more...]
AccorHotels announces signing of new ibis Styles hotel in London
AccorHotels today announces its new ibis Styles hotel: the ibis Styles London Gloucester Road. The hotel has been signed under a management agreement with P I Hospitality Management Limited. The hotel, located close to Gloucester Road tube station, has 85 bedrooms, a bar & restaurant and will open in January 2018. AccorHotels will manage a full refurbishment programme of … [Read more...]
Silk Rd adds Liverpool city centre to Culinary Trail
Silk Rd is set to open a second eatery in the heart of Liverpool City Centre next month. Owned by business partners Chris Williams and Javier Mellado, the restaurant concept takes its inspiration from the cross-continental Silk Road trail, serving up a unique blend of flavours sourced from the Pacific to The Mediterranean. Silk Rd first established its Heswall site … [Read more...]
Aaron Wall joins Callooh Callay
Aaron brings over sixteen years' experience with him to the Callooh Callay team. Having started his career in Dublin, Aaron has been at the forefront of the cocktail revival in Ireland for over a decade, holding many notable positions in the country, including Bacardi Brand Ambassador for Ireland, as well as General Manager at a number of high-profile bars including Opium Bar … [Read more...]
Top marks for county’s school dinners
Primary school children across the county can be sure they are sitting down for a healthy dinner after their menu was given a gold star. East Sussex County Council’s primary school menu has been accredited with the Soil Association’s Food for Life Served Here Gold Standard. The prestigious accreditation means the meals in its 136 primary schools, from a menu planned and … [Read more...]
Café Spice Namaste wins Resource Management Business of the Year Award
Cafe Spice Namaste has received the coveted Resource Management Business of the Year Award at the inaugural Waste2zero Awards held at Ham Yard Hotel. The Waste2zero Awards were designed to celebrate the strides that companies in the foodservice and hospitality sector had made to demonstrate their commitment and excellence in waste management and prevention. The winners … [Read more...]
Drake & Morgan announce 2016/17 results
Drake & Morgan, the London-based bar and restaurant group backed by Bowmark Capital, announces its financial results for the year ended March 2017. Turnover increased by 48.8% to £42.9m (52 weeks to 26 March 2017). LFL turnover up 5.0%. Adjusted EBITDA* increased by 39.2% to £5.0m. Adjusted pre-tax profit** was £2.0m. Acquisition of Corney and Barrow Bars … [Read more...]
Five minutes with… Fabian Clark
British seafood aficionado Fabian Clark will officially open his first restaurant CLAW Carnaby on Kingly Street in London in January. After graduating with an economics degree from Manchester University in 2012 Fabian landed a job at a branding agency, but his passion for food overtook and after following cooking courses at Leith's and L'Atelier de Chef, he quit his job in … [Read more...]
Lords to debate effectiveness of Licensing Act 2003
On Wednesday 20 December the House of Lords will debate the legislative scrutiny report on the Licensing Act 2003 which was published in April, together with the Government response published last month. The report, by the House Lords Licensing Act 2003 Committee, considered the effectiveness of the Act and changes that should be made eleven years after it came into … [Read more...]
Starboard hotels ends the year with the acquisition of their 15h hotel
Derby’s Riverlights Holiday Inn hotel, a prime destination for tourists and business visi-tors to the region, has been acquired by Starboard Hotels, marking the completion of a busy and successful year for the privately owned operator of multi-branded hotels. As one of the UK’s fastest growing hotel businesses, the acquisition of the 105 bed-roomed Holiday Inn Riverlights, … [Read more...]
