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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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Sep- 2018 -17 September
Helena Puolakka named executive chef at Skylon
D&D London has appointed Helena Puolakka as executive chef of modern European restaurant, Skylon on Southbank. She is currently the chef patron at Aster restaurant located in Nova Victoria, London and her new appointment will see Puolakka expand her role and take the helm at two restaurants in the capital…
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17 September
Restaurant sales recover as holiday season boosts eating-out market
Britain’s managed pub and restaurant groups saw collective like-for-like sales edge up 0.6% in August, latest figures from the Coffer Peach Business Tracker show. Managed pubs saw collective like-for-likes grow 0.2% against August last year, while restaurant groups were up 1.4% for the month. This showed a recovery from June…
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14 September
Government announces £70,000 funding for rural pubs
The government has announced it is to give rural pubs £70,000 in funding to provide new or expanded services. More than 30 rural communities are set to benefit from new or expanded village services from libraries, shops to post offices all delivered by their local pub. The government says the…
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14 September
JD Wetherspoon posts 5% sales growth
Pub group JD Wetherspoon has posted a modest like-for-like sales growth of 5% for the year ending 29 July 2018. The discount pub chain’s revenue increased to £1.69bn from £1.66bn when compared with the previous year. The company’s profit before tax rose to £89m from £76.4m in 2017 and it…
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14 September
Xiabu Xiabu chain loses £145m after dead rat found in pregnant women’s soup
Chinese restaurant chain Xiabu Xiabu has lost £145m in market value since a pregnant woman found a rat in her soup at a branch in Weifang, China. After video footage of the woman fishing the dead rat out of her soup went viral, the Weifang restaurant was temporarily shut down…
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14 September
Corbin & King to open ninth restaurant in 2019
Hospitality group Corbin and King will be opening its new restaurant Soutine on St John’s Wood High Street, London at the beginning of 2019. Soutine will become the ninth opening for Corbin and King, following the recently launched Café Wolseley at Bicester Village. The new site will take inspiration from…
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14 September
What’s driving growth in the functional beverage industry?
The functional beverage industry is booming. The market is predicted to rise by as much as 12% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) by 2022, with vitamin-infused beverages, probiotic drinks and ‘better for you’ teas enjoying a year-on-year increase in sales; as consumers become increasingly health conscious. In the last few…
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13 September
Brewer and hospitality company SA Brain & Co joins new Welsh hospitality hub
Brewer and hospitality firm SA Brain and Co has joined Hospitality Cymru’s portfolio of high street household licensing names. Hospitality Cymru, part of UKHospitality, was forged earlier this year from a merger between hotels and restaurant representatives, British Hospitality Association (BHA) and the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR). The…
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13 September
CAMRA names ‘best pub in Wales’
CAMRA has named Bridge End Inn in Ruabon as the “best pub in Wales”, the pub is also in the running for the groups award for the UK’s best pub. The results of all of CAMRA’s competitions will be published in its annual Good Beer Guide with the Bridge End…
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13 September
Incipio Group’s Royal Festival Hall rooftop bar plans condemned as ‘shocking’
Incipio Group’s plans to open a rooftop bar called Pergola on the River, on the top of the Royal Festival Hall have been described as “shocking” by conservation group Twentieth Century Society. The Southbank Centre alongside the bar operator has applied for planning permission to erect the temporary transparent pavillion…
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