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The latest industry news from the business journalists at Catering Today. We bring you the latest on what’s happening in the restaurants, bars and catering industry, with exclusive stories, analysis, best practice and industry comment.
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Jan- 2020 -28 January
The Cod’s Scallops named UK’s ‘best’ fish and chip shop
The Cod’s Scallops in Wollaton, Nottingham, has been named as the ‘Fish and Chip Shop of the Year’ at the National Fish and Chip Awards 2020. Owned by John Molnar and wife Helen, The Cods’ Scallops beat off competition from nine other shortlisted finalists to be crowned the UK’s “best…
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28 January
Star Pubs and Bars records rise in leased pub sector
Star Pubs and Bars has reported a 10% rise in applications for its pubs and an increase in the percentage of licensees on substantive leases over the last 12 months. This follows on from a 12.5% increase in applications in 2018, and the company said it also witnessed a “higher…
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28 January
Baba G’s closes first bricks-and-mortar site in Camden
Street food trader Baba G’s has closed its first bricks-and-mortar restaurant in Camden Market, after less than a year. The Indian-inspired burger restaurant opened its 50-cover site in Camden in May last year. A statement posted on its social media platforms announced the closure, and read: “Just a little announcement…
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27 January
Deliveroo to invest £1m to develop healthier UK takeaway brands in 2020
Deliveroo has announced plans to spend £1m promoting healthy eating across the UK and bring “greater choice” to UK consumers in 2020. This major investment will increase the range of healthy options on the platform and will support partner restaurants in developing healthy meals and menus. It comes after Deliveroo…
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27 January
D&D to launch Birmingham rooftop restaurant
Restaurant and bar group D and D London announced it will launch a new rooftop restaurant in Birmingham. The new restaurant will be sited at 103 Colmore Row, which is set to be Birmingham’s tallest office tower. Sterling Property Ventures, who are developing the site, has agreed a 25 year…
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27 January
Panoramic 34 appoints new head chef
Liverpool restaurant Panoramic 34 has announced the appointment of Elliot Hill as its new head chef. The restaurant said that Hill will bring a “unique” style of cooking to Panoramic, and that the front of house and kitchen team are “hugely excited with the new developments that are planned under…
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27 January
The Pompadour restaurant in Edinburgh closes after 95 years
The Pompadour restaurant at The Caledonian hotel in Waldorf Astoria Edinburgh officially shut its doors yesterday (26 January) after 95 years in the city. A statement posted on the restaurants’ social media platforms said: “After careful consideration, we confirm that we will close our doors for the last time this…
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24 January
Handmade Burger Co. falls into administration, 238 jobs lost
Handmade Burger Co. has fallen into administration resulting in its 18 restaurants closing and 238 jobs lost. David Griffiths, Conrad Beighton and Paul Masters of Leonard Curtis Business Rescue and Recovery were appointed Joint Administrators of The Burger Chain Limited earlier today. The administrators revealed that despite “considerable efforts” to…
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24 January
Sushi2Me opens new Portsmouth site
Restaurant Sushi2Me has opened its doors in Portsmouth, replacing The Cube Pizza on Somers Road. The new takeaway restaurant will offer different styles of sushi to pick up or have delivered. According to Portsmouth News, it is owned by serial restaurant owner, Ruman Karim, who owns several Indian restaurants in…
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24 January
Marston’s delivers ‘credible’ trading performance
Marston’s has announced overall like-for-like sales increased by 1% in the 16-week period ended 18 January. Trading over the Christmas fortnight was “strong”, with a like-for-like sales growth of 4.5%. The brewer said this period compensated for more “subdued” trading in the first three weeks of December, when poor weather…
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