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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Nov- 2021 -9 November
Subway appoints vice president of Digital and Consumer Technology
Subway restaurants has announced the appointment of Bryan Hooper as the company’s new vice president of Digital and Consumer Technology. In his new role, Hooper will lead the technology engineering teams to deliver a “seamless digital experience” for guests. Subway said he is a “proven leader” in his field, with…
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9 November
The Black Swan appoints new head chef
The Black Swan has announced the promotion of Callum Leslie to head chef at its Michelin-starred Yorkshire-based restaurant. Leslie has spent the last two and a half years at The Black Swan as senior sous chef. Prior to joining The Black Swan, he spent a year and a half at…
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9 November
Will Lockwood to take up Roots head chef role
Roots, York, has announced the appointment of Will Lockwood as head chef, after the restaurant was awarded its first Michelin star earlier this year. According to the restaurant, Lockwood’s work at The Black Swan, working his way up from demi chef de partie in 2014 to head chef in 2017,…
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8 November
On Premise footfall builds in Ireland and NI, CGA finds
CGA’s August On Premise Measurement Service (OPUS) data research revealed that “footfall is building” in Ireland and Northern Ireland as 80% of people had been back to venues after restrictions on indoor eating and drinking were eased in July. The research, drawing on a survey of around 2,500 nationally representative…
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8 November
Romulo café and restaurant launches new meal kits
Romulo café and restaurant has announced the launch of a new range of Filipino-inspired meal kits. Created by executive chef Jeremy Villanueva, each ‘Finish at Home Kit’ will include all the ingredients, condiments and sauces to create a five-course menu. The kits comprises Salmon Sinigang, fresh vegetable spring roll, crispy…
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8 November
Restokit unveils new partners
Food delivery service Restokit has celebrated its one-year anniversary by revealing a number of brand new restaurant partners lined up for Autumn/Winter 2021 and its new “Restokit Pro” service. The partners include Quilon, Fallow, Bocca di Lupo, Goila Butter Chicken, Chick’n’Sours and Japan Centre. The company will now also offer…
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8 November
Restaurant staffing improves in October, data finds
Eating and drinking places added a net 119,400 jobs in October on a seasonally-adjusted basis, according to preliminary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It revealed this is nearly four times more jobs than the net payroll growth of just 31,000 in August and September combined. Between April 2020…
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5 November
Top restaurant brands see turnover decline 20% in 2020, report finds
The top 25 restaurant groups in the UK have reported a reduced combined turnover of -20.1% year-on-year in the 2020 financial year at £2.1bn, the latest data from the Lumina Intelligence Operator Data Index revealed. The report found that the average operating profit across the leading 25 restaurant groups has…
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5 November
Crieff Hydro Family of Hotels appoints new group executive chef
Crieff Hydro Family of Hotels has announced the appointment of Ross Bootland as its new group executive chef. He will oversee the culinary teams at each of the hotels in the family, including Crieff Hydro Hotel and Peebles Hydro Hotel. He will mainly be based in Crieff but will regularly…
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5 November
Activate Learning opens new £3m hospitality facility in Oxford
Activate Learning has announced the opening of a new £3m hospitality and catering facility at the City of Oxford College. The new facilities were developed thanks to £2.17m in funding secured through the Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership (OxLEP) via the government’s Local Growth Fund. The investment into the new facilities…
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