Restaurants
The latest news and updates on restaurants, 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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Jan- 2021 -13 January
The Breakfast Club appoints interim MD
The Breakfast Club has appointed Steve Locke, co-founder of the UK pub chain All Bar One, as its interim managing director. Owner of the self-proclaimed “caf”, Jonathan Arana-Morton, first opened applications for the role in November 2020 through an online statement. At the time he made his need for “a…
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13 January
14-year-old boy charged with murder of stockport restaurant owner
A 14-year-old boy has been charged with the murder of Mohammed Islam, a stockport restaurant owner, following a robbery on 8 January 2021. Islam who was also known as Nowab Miah was the owner of Marple Spice, an Indian restaurant in the greater Manchester area. The incident occurred just after…
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11 January
Electra eyes TGI Friday’s sale
The private equity owner of TGI Friday’s Electra is reportedly planning to put the restaurant chain up for sale later this year. According to The Times, Electra is planning to sell off its assets before the end of the year and return the proceeds to shareholders. Electra acquired TGI in…
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11 January
Pandemic costs D&D London £2.5m a month, owner warns
Des Gunewardena, the owner of restaurant group D&D London, has written to the government calling for greater support ahead of today’s (11 January) parliamentary debate on the hospitality industry. In a letter addressed to chancellor Rishi Sunak, Gunewardena revealed that Covid-19 is costing D&D London £2.5m per month of closure.…
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7 January
The Pony and Trap owners to open new Bristol restaurant
Josh Eggleton, owner of The Pony and Trap gastropub has announced the opening of a second restaurant in South Bristol. According to ITV News, the new venue entitled The Pony North Street will open in Bedminster, with an official date for its launch unconfirmed. Since the outbreak of Covid-19, The…
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5 January
Ex-Michelin-starred Plas Bodegroes closes restaurant permanently
Plas Bodegroes, a former Michelin-starred restaurant located in Pwllheli, Gwynedd has permanently closed the doors to its restaurant. Instead, the grade-II listed building will reopen in the spring to operate as a holiday let only. Owners Chris and Gunna Chown have run the 18th Century property as a hotel alongside…
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5 January
Restaurant duo banned for £173k tax avoidance
Two brothers who operated a restaurant in South East London are now banned from acting as directors or becoming involved in a company after they failed to pay £173,000 in taxes. Since 2007, Carlos and Fernando De La Cruz Vidal owned Santo Limited, a company which traded as the restaurant…
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4 January
Pandemic fuels 30,000 restaurant job losses
Almost 30,000 job losses were recorded by the UK’s restaurant and casual dining firms in 2020, according to data compiled by the Centre for Retail Research (CRR). The research also found that redundancies in the industry spiked 163% as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and related restrictions. The job…
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Dec- 2020 -23 December
Newport restaurant fined for food safety violations
Llys Meddyg, a restaurant in Newport, Pembrokeshire, has been fined £2,100 for a number of offences. The establishment received the fine as a result of food safety violations, the lack of a food hygiene rating display, and for falsely describing food. Problems with the restaurant were first highlighted after an…
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22 December
Gaucho and M joins ‘Hospitality Against Homelessness’ campaign
Gaucho and M Restaurants has announced it will be participating in the ‘Hospitality Against Homelessness’ campaign, which was set up by non-profit organisation, Only A Pavement Away. The campaign aims to bring together the hospitality industry in an effort to provide support to homeless people across London, while restaurants and…
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