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.

Jan- 2020 -

2 January

First-time pub owners acquire The Darlington Arms

The Darlington Arms, located in the village of Redhill, near Wrington, has been acquired by first-time pub owners Thayanesan Karnan and Sivaji Rajmohan. The pub recently became a contemporary roadside inn and was once an old coaching inn known as The Bell, which provided facilities for stabling, watering and changing…
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2 January

Chef Tom Simmons announces opening of Cardiff site

Chef Tom Simmons has announced he is set to open his second site in Cardiff next month. Simmons operates his restaurant ‘Tom Simmons’ at One Tower Bridge in London and will open his new site in the former Cameo Club in Pontcanna as it confirmed its last service would be…
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2 January

Burger King UK expands portfolio

Burger King UK Group has announced the acquisition of KFG Quickserve Limited, a business that operates 34 franchisee restaurants across the UK from the Kout Food Group. This purchase will increase the group’s company owned portfolio to 136 sites within a total UK estate of 517 restaurants. Burger King UK…
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Dec- 2019 -

20 December

Hakkasan Group appoints Tobias Brauweiler as group sommelier

Hakkasan Group has announced the appointment of Tobias Brauweiler as its new group sommelier. Brauweiler will now oversee the wine programmes for all Asian Luxury Collection brands for the group including Hakkasan, Yauatcha, Sake no Hana and Ling Ling. He brings with him over 10 years of experience in managing…
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20 December

Consumers spending more on nights out, reveals new data

Consumers are spending an average of £69.64 on a night out, according to the latest quarterly figures from the Deltic Night Index. This marks a 3.9% increase in spending year-on-year. The new data, published by the Deltic Group, also revealed that 26-30 year olds spend more than any other age…
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19 December

UKH ‘applauds’ gov commitment to business rates review

UKHospitality has welcomed the Government’s commitment to a fundamental review of the UK’s business rates system, after it revealed additional support to pubs. The Government has confirmed its intention to review the system in today’s Queen’s Speech announcing additional rates support for pubs that could see their business rates halved…
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19 December

Rum Kitchen announces third London site

Caribbean-style bar and restaurant, Rum Kitchen has announced the opening of its third branch in London’s Shoreditch, next year. Founded by Alex Potter and Jonny Boud, The Rum Kitchen, the restaurant has two other sites located in London’s Soho and Brixton, specialising in Caribbean inspired food. Items on the menu…
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19 December

Davies and Brook debuts at Claridge’s

Davies and Brook has opened at Claridge’s, marking the first London restaurant from renowned chef Daniel Humm. Humm, along with his Make It Nice team, moves from Eleven Madison Park in New York, where he earned three Michelin stars and was named the number one restaurant by the World’s 50…
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19 December

Shepherd Neame development receives green light

Plans for a new pub development in Ebbsfleet Garden City have been given the go-ahead, according to the Ebbsfleet Development Corporation. The new Shepherd Neame site will be situated in the Castle Hill area of the development, and will be named The Chalk Yard after the area’s steep mining history.…
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18 December

Mark Wahlberg’s Wahlburgers to relaunch as full service restaurant

Actor Mark Wahlberg’s Covent Garden restaurant Wahlbergers, which he launched with his chef brother Paul, is to relaunch as a full-service restaurant just six months after opening. Following feedback from customers over the first six months of operation and an internal review of additional growth opportunities, Wahlburgers is evolving its…
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