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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Aug- 2018 -10 August
Villandry restaurant fails to find investor leading to closure of all London restaurants
Villandry has announced it has closed all of its London restaurants after it failed to find a buyer and rent doubled at the two sites. BDO were called in as administrators for the company after it failed to find investors to support rising rent and business rates. The chain’s outlet…
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9 August
AccorHotels reports ‘success’ with UK urban gardens initiative
AccorHotels has reported successful growth in its sustainable food initiative, with 26 of the group’s UK properties now containing an urban vegetable garden. According to the brand the garden at Novotel London Waterloo produced enough pesticide-free salad last year to supply the green salad bar for 28 days in total,…
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9 August
Gino D’Acampo to open new Thorpe Park restaurant
Celebrity chef Gino D’Acampo has announced a new ‘My Restaurant’ at the rebranded Thorpe Park development, The Springs in Leeds. The 150-cover restaurant will include a coffee and deli bar where guests can eat in or take away from breakfast onwards, a prosecco bar and alfresco terrace complete with games…
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9 August
McDonald’s trials luxury restaurant concept
McDonald’s UK will be trialling a luxury restaurant concept to celebrate the national roll-out of The Signature Collection, the gourmet-style burger range. The concept, which will be piloted at its High Street Kensington site, opened for online reservations on 8 August, giving customers a limited two-day window to book a…
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9 August
Meatliquor to open new Battersea restaurant
Meatliquor has announced it will be opening a new restaurant on Northcote Road in Battersea. Battersea residents have previously been able to order the chain’s food through a Deliveroo Editions ‘dark kitchen’ in the area. Meatliquor said it saw good sales on its well-known menu items such as the Dead…
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9 August
Be At One pub criticised over white faces on historic photo
A Soho Be At One pub has been forced to remove a photograph from its walls after patrons objected to an edited image which superimposed the faces of exclusively white investors over those of black drinkers in the original. The original historic photo, which has hung in the pub for…
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9 August
Prescott and Conran ‘was in £14m debt’ during collapse
Restaurant group Prescott and Conran owed £14m to its creditors when it collapsed, recent documents from its administrators Duff and Phelps have revealed. The chain fell into administration in June, resulting in the closure of its three remaining sites in London; Parabola in Kensington, Lutyens on Fleet Street and Albion…
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8 August
Former The Ivy owner in bid to save Gaucho
Restaurant investor and former owner of The Ivy, Luke Johnson, has been revealed as one of the bidders seeking to save Gaucho from administration. The steak chain entered administration in July, leading to the closure of its sister chain Cau and according to reports Johnson is looking to purchase Gaucho…
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8 August
Restaurant boss banned for fake five-star hygiene rating
A restaurant owner has been banned from running companies for five years after he falsely advertised a five star food hygiene rating in a magazine. Rushan Ahmed, 31, claimed his Moza restaurant in Derby had been awarded a five-star food hygiene rating in three adverts he ran in a local…
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8 August
BTA urges restaurants and pubs to open their toilets to the public
The British Toilet Association (BTA) has urged restaurants and pubs to open their toilets to the public after the number of public facilities in the country slumped from 3,955 in 2000 to 2,414 this year. Pubs and restaurants are being asked by the association to join a Community Toilet Scheme…
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