Freemans Event Partners launches multi-year contract with RG Live

Freemans Event Partners has secured a multi-year agreement with experiential events specialist RG Live to deliver food and beverage across its nationwide Halloween and Christmas light trails. The partnership covers 13 venues across the UK, with 10 sites operating Christmas trails and six transforming for Halloween. Freemans will oversee the…

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Wingstop UK sales and profits rise amid ‘record’ FY24

Wingstop UK has announced that both revenues and profit rose in the nine months to 29 December 2024, as the group welcomed “record” results bolstered by a growing estate. Over the period, its revenues rose from £84.7m to £125m, while operating profit rose from £4.1m to £13.7m. The group opened…

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House of Louie opens in Covent Garden

House of Louie, a new hospitality collective from Paris Society, has opened in Covent Garden, bringing together Japanese restaurant Wani Tzuki, French dining at Louie and the Alligator Bar under one roof. The new venue is based in a historic 19th Century townhouse reconfigured across four floors to host the…

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Tortilla UK posts record H1 profits amid European expansion

Tortilla has reported record profitability in its UK operations for the 26-week period to 29 June, which has helped offset early-stage investment losses in France as the company continues its European expansion.  The fast-casual Mexican restaurant group revealed that its adjusted EBITDA in the UK rose 33% to £2.4m, which…

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Wingstop opens second Liverpool site as expansion continues

Wingstop has opened a second restaurant in Liverpool, following the brand’s debut at Liverpool One earlier this year. The new site, in Edge Lane’s Liverpool Shopping Park, spans 3,305 sq ft and seats 115 diners. It will serve the chain’s full menu of wings, tenders, burgers and sides. The opening…

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RedCat Hospitality sales up 2% in ‘transformational year’

RedCat Hospitality has revealed that its like-for-like sales rose 2% in the year ended 30 March 2025, a year which CEO Richard Lewis has branded “transformational”. In the period, the company saw its adjusted EBITDA rise 290% to £8.8m, up from £2.2m, and its site EBITDA rise 42% to £18.7m,…

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Four in 10 Brits say high streets are in decline, UKH finds

Four in 10 people believe their local high street is worse than it was a year ago, according to research published by UKHospitality. The survey of 5,000 consumers, carried out by CGA by NIQ in partnership with Zonal, found the perception of decline was strongest in suburban and rural areas.…

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Cooks Coffee reports 26.9% rise in UK and Ireland sales

Cooks Coffee Company has reported a 26.9% increase in systemwide sales across its Esquires-branded cafés in the UK and Ireland for the first half of its financial year. For the 26 weeks to 28 September 2025, UK sales were up 26.7% and Ireland sales rose 27.4%. Like-for-like growth also increased…

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Investor pushes for private equity takeover of SSP Group

An activist investor is reportedly encouraging private equity firms to enter takeover bids for Upper Crust operator SSP Group, after raising its stake in the company. According to The Financial Times, Irenic Capital Management is pushing the move having raised its stake in the food-to-go operator to 3%, up from…

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The Barbary Notting Hill names Ian Coogan as head chef

The Barbary Notting Hill has appointed Ian Coogan as head chef, drawing on more than 20 years of experience in leading New York restaurants. Coogan, a graduate of the French Culinary Institute, began his career at Eleven Madison Park under chefs Kerry Heffernan and Daniel Humm before moving to the…

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