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In the same week that it celebrated its fifth birthday, Hoppers launched Cash & Kari, a new online and in-store retail platform for meal kits, restaurant-blend curry powders, Sri Lankan spices, ready-to-drink cocktails, and Hoppers’ own-brew beers. Described by the group as a “Sri Lankan ‘corner shop’ for modern times”, the Cash & Kari store […]
Ricki Weston has been promoted to head chef at Whatley Manor in Wiltshire. Weston will be working directly under executive chef Niall Keating and will help to oversee all food and beverage offerings at the hotel, including its signature, two Michelin-starred Dining Room, as well as Grey’s Brasserie, afternoon tea, and room service. Weston joined […]
Harriet Mansell, the chef creator of acclaimed Lyme Regis pop-up Robin Wylde, has opened a permanent restaurant of the same name. The West Country born chef, who competed in the Beeb’s Great British Menu earlier this year, opened the fixture just a few doors down from its original home in a former pottery workshop. Mansell […]
Pizza Express is set to cut a further 1,300 jobs across its 370 restaurants after sales continued to slide amid the coronavirus pandemic. The losses follow an announcement that 1,100 jobs would go in 73 sites around the UK. No additional restaurants will close, Pizza Express said. City centres were again flagged as the worst […]
Our weekly round-up of what the national and local restaurant critics are writing about, for the week ending 25 October 2020. Restaurants and bars in England now have a 10pm curfew on top of the ‘rule of six’ guidance, and the new tier system is affecting many areas; London is under Tier 2 lockdown, which […]
There has been talk this week that business meetings are permissable in restaurants and bars – a loophole for Tier 2 and 3 enterprises. The policy was written before the tiers system was implemented, so it is now a little grey. UKHospitality chief Kate Nicholls said she was seeking “urgent clarification” as to whether groups […]
The Government has finally announced additional measures to support businesses being placed into Tier 2 coronavirus restrictions. Among the areas are London, Birmingham, Leeds, and other parts of the North and Midlands. Greater Manchester, meanwhile, has joined Merseyside in Tier 3, which comes with cash grants of up to £3,000, and an improved (but still […]
Five leading hospitality industry bodies in Scotland have commenced legal against against the restrictions imposed on licensed trade by the Scottish government. Together, the Scottish Beer & Pub Association, the Scottish Licensed Trade Association, UKHospitality (Scotland), the Scottish Hospitality Group, and the Night Time Industries Association Scotland have collectivised on behalf of small and medium […]
Hospitality leaders in Greater Manchester have launched a legal challenge against the government after the region was placed in Tier 3 (very high) of the new Covid-19 restrictions. The group claims the government’s new policy has no scientific basis and said such measures will mean businesses will close and jobs will be lost. In Tier […]
The hospitality PR agency Tonic has launched a “pay it forward” campaign to help fight the food poverty crisis gripping parts of the country. It comes in response to the parliamentary vote against extending free school meals throughout the holidays. “We work in an industry full of abundance and generosity, and this year in particular […]
