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- 2020 -3 February
Administrators close Mayfair’s The Square restaurant
RSM Restructuring Advisor has been appointed as administrators to three companies within the Marc Limited restaurant group. As a result, Michelin-starred The Square restaurant in Mayfair, which employed 31 staff, has now closed, after administrations were appointed to its operator Dailyrare Limited. The other affected companies include Mortons the Restaurant…
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3 February
Dunalastair Hotel Suites launches fine-dining restaurant
Scottish Highlands hotel Dunalastair Hotel Suites has announced the launch of its restaurant, The Library. The fine-dining and event space will open later this month at the five-star hotel. The Library has been designed by Henley Design and will keep with the design of the all-suite hotel and will feature…
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3 February
The Barkby Group appoints new chief financial officer
The Barkby Group has confirmed the appointment of Douglas Benzie as its new chief financial officer. The group is the parent company of Barkby Hospitality, which itself is comprised of two separate growth businesses, Barkby Pubs and Workshop Coffee. Benzie will now join Barkby from Pure, a London based health…
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Jan- 2020 -31 January
Rogan & Co appoints new head chef
Michelin star restaurant Rogan and Co in Cartmel, Cumbria, has appointed Liam Fitzpatrick as its new head chef. Fitzpatrick joined the Rogan group in 2014 as chef de partie at L’Enclume before moving to Rogan and Co as sous chef in 2017. He will work alongside Tom Barnes, executive chef…
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31 January
Educate consumers to boost wine sales, says CGA
Operators and suppliers should use recommendations, tastings and other tools to help consumers improve their knowledge of wine and rejuvenate sales, the CGA has said. The hospitality research group’s latest ‘Next Big Thing For Wine?’ report has also revealed the major market trends and forecasts. The publication comes as the…
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31 January
Bonnie Gull shutters Soho site
Soho-based seafood restaurant Bonnie Gull has announced its closure today (31 January), after three years of trading. Announcing the closure on Instagram, the restaurant said: “Sometimes great things too must end. This week we say goodbye to our beloved Bonnie Gull Soho after 3 glorious years of oysters, grilled fish…
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30 January
Lawrence McCarthy to join The Salt Room as head chef
Lawrence McCarthy will be joining The Salt Room as head chef, the Brighton restaurant has announced. McCarthy moves from his recent role as head chef at Michelin-starred Tristan’s in Horsham. Prior to this, he worked at two Michelin-starred Marcus Wareing at the Berkeley, and spent six years at The Ledbury…
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30 January
McDonald’s UK to open 60 restaurants in 2020
McDonald’s UK has revealed it is aiming to open a further 60 restaurants across the UK and Ireland as it prepares to invest £1bn over the next three years. The news comes as McDonald’s revealed that global sales for the year ending 31 December 2019 passed $100bn (£76.7bn), with consolidated…
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30 January
Fuller’s reports strong sales growth over Christmas period
Fuller, Smith and Turner has reported a 4.3% increase in like-for-like sales of managed pubs and hotels over the Christmas trading period. The group also saw a 2.5% increase in sales during the 42 weeks ended 18 January 2020, with all areas of the business, including food, drink and accommodation,…
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29 January
Zia Lucia to open its fourth restaurant site
Independent pizzeria, Zia Lucia, will open its fourth permanent site in Aldgate East on 7 February 2020. Following on from the launch of the first Zia Lucia in Islington in 2016, Hammersmith in 2018 and Boxpark Wembley in 2019, founders Claudio Vescovo and Gianluca D’Angelo are set to bring its…
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