News
The News section on Catering Today delivers the latest updates and developments across the UK hospitality and catering industry. Covering restaurants, pubs, quick service brands, and catering groups, it reports on company announcements, market performance, government policy, and sector-wide trends. With a focus on commercial and operational impact, Catering Today’s news coverage keeps hospitality professionals informed of the events and decisions shaping business conditions and strategic opportunities across the sector.
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Feb- 2022 -24 February
Rutland Hall Hotel and Spa unveils new restaurant
Rutland Hall Hotel and Spa has announced the opening of its new Blossoms restaurant, which has recently opened its doors to guests. The new restaurant is described as having a “refreshing, modern twist” on a rural setting, yet has “remained conscious in preserving the history of the site”, recognisable from…
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24 February
Some 80% of customers ordering delivery food as frequently as 2020
A new report published by Deliveroo into the UK public’s food delivery preferences has revealed more than eight out of 10 UK customers ordered deliveries at the same rate or more frequently in December 2021 than they did the year before. The “Share of Stomach” report aims to “help restaurants…
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23 February
Roti King to open Battersea Power Station outpost
Roti King has announced it is set to open its second restaurant in Circus West Village, the first chapter in the regeneration of Battersea Power Station, this coming Spring. The Malaysian restaurant has operated from its original Euston site over the last eight years. Its authentic roti canai is made…
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23 February
Itaku opens in London
Itaku has announced its opening in London’s Great Portland Street. Featuring a “unique” produce-driven menu of Italian cuisine created utilising Japanese flavours and techniques, the new destination is an addition to the Fitzrovia and Marylebone restaurant landscape. With interior design by Maria Morra, the white marbled flooring and skylight provides…
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23 February
Fridays appoints Julie McEwan as COO
Fridays, part of newly listed Hostmore plc, has announced the appointment of Julie McEwan as its chief operating officer. McEwan started her career at Whitbread, spending several years as operations manager for Premier Inn, before joining Spirit Pub Company. At Spirit, she held several senior roles, including leading the Flaming…
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23 February
The Doxford Group names new finance director and GM
Northumberland-based hospitality group, The Doxford Group has appointed a new group finance director and group general manager to “enhance and strengthen the team at its wedding and events venues”, Charlton Hall and Doxford Barns. Stepping into the position of group finance director, Mark Gubbins arrives from Ryton, having previously worked…
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22 February
Nightcap extends bar openings
Nightcap, the owner of The Cocktail Club, the Adventure Bar Group and the Barrio Familia group of bars, has announced a number of additional planned openings in 2022 set to further expand its UK estate. In early April 2022 the group will open The Cocktail Club in Exeter. The bar…
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22 February
Shepherd Neame appoints new pub MD
Shepherd Neame has appointed Jonathon Swaine as its new managing director of pubs. The brewery described Swaine as an “experienced, proven operator” in the hospitality and pub sector. Prior to the last three years as managing director of Retail at the Rank Group Plc, he has spent the majority of…
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22 February
Clean Kitchen Club secures Battersea Power Station venue
A new plant-based eatery, Clean Kitchen Club, has been revealed as one of the restaurants to be opening its doors inside Battersea Power Station from September 2022. Clean Kitchen will join the Grade II Listed Power Station as one of the newest restaurants on the market, sitting alongside a tranche…
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22 February
Cornish Bakery to open seven new sites
Independent bakery chain Cornish Bakery has announced the opening of another bakery in Rye in late January, with six other sites currently in development in Plymouth Barbican, Bury St Edmunds, Stamford, Beverley, Bakewell and Caledonia Park at Gretna Green. Cornish Bakery is an eat-in or take-out bakery with Cornish roots…
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