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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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Nov- 2018 -19 November
Manchester pub offers £500 for pigs in blankets ‘taste-test’
A Manchester pub has announced it is searching for a taster for its pigs in blankets and has offered £500 as payment for taking the “taste-test”. The Oast House is looking to introduce new takes on the Christmas classic and it wants a local to attend the test with a…
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19 November
Limin’ opens east London restaurant
Trinidadian rum shop and restaurant Limin’ is to open a branch in London’s Shoreditch at Spitalfields Market. The restaurant will operate as a pop-up until New Year’s Eve and it is not yet known what will happen with the business in 2019. The menu will be half food and half…
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19 November
Restaurant bosses jailed for £800k fraud
Four Black Country fraudsters who ran a chain of upmarket Indian restaurants have been handed jail sentences totalling 10 years for an £800,000 fraud that saw them pocket staff tips and hide sales to evade tax. Mohammed Sharif Uddin, 48, Mizanur Rahman, 44, Sadiqur Rahman, 45, all of Wednesbury, along…
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19 November
Pub and restaurant group sales remain flat in October
Britain’s managed pub and restaurant groups saw collective like-for-like sales grow just 0.2% in October, according to the latest figures from the Coffer Peach Business Tracker. Underlying like-for-like growth for the Tracker cohort, which represents both large and small groups, was running at 0.7% for the 12 months to the…
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16 November
Major investment at Inglenook Inns and Taverns’ fourth Star site
Work is starting this week to refurbish The Crown at Alrewas in Staffordshire after Inglenook Inns & Taverns signed a substantive lease with Star Pubs & Bars. The Crown will become Inglenook Inns & Taverns fourth pub with Star and brings its total estate to 15. The £270,000 joint investment…
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16 November
Patisserie Valerie CEO Paul May quits
Patisserie Valerie CEO Paul May has resigned from his role a month after a fraud inquiry began at the cake chain. May has been replaced by Steve Francis, who the company says has “proven track record of rapid operational performance improvements”. The company’s statement announcing May’s departure offered no thanks…
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16 November
Marco Pierre White to serve Eastenders star’s gin in restaurants
Black and White Hospitality, the company co-founded by celebrity chef Marco Pierre White, has signed a deal to stock a new gin brand created by a British soap star. The firm will now offer Neat Gin across its restaurant estate which currently stands at 50 sites. The gin, which is…
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16 November
Almost 90% of pubs failed to stop children using gambling machines
Tests on a sample of pubs in England indicated almost 90% failed to prevent children accessing gaming machines meant for those over 18. The Gambling Commission worked with licensing authorities and local police to test compliance with laws in place to protect children from the risks gambling can pose. Children…
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15 November
KERB to open food concept in Seven Dials
Street food company KERB and London-based landlords Shaftesbury have announced the opening of a new food hall concept in the 19th century Thomas Neal’s Warehouse in Seven Dials, London. It is hoped that KERB’s bricks and mortar debut, Seven Dials Market, will “rival the best food halls in the world”…
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15 November
Michelin-starred Adam Stokes to open new Birmingham restaurant
Michelin-starred chef, Adam Stokes, is to open a new Birmingham restaurant named Oyster Club. Located on Temple Street, the location will feature an oyster bar and seafood restaurant, underneath the currently existing Ivy Restaurant. The Oyster Club will open in February 2019, featuring a 30-cover restaurant and 24-seater bar. Oysters…
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