Venues & Properties

The latest news and updates on venues and properties, 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.

Mar- 2019 -

28 March

Beannchor to ‘bring back conversation’ with £500k bar investment

Northern Irish hospitality group, Beannchor, has announced a £500,000 investment that will transform The Cloth Ear bar and create 10 new jobs. The owners of the bar, which is part of The Merchant Hotel in Belfast’s Cathedral Quarter, have described the evolution of the venue as a “traditional Irish Victorian…
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26 March

Grade I building in Bury St Edmunds let for Japanese restaurant

Grade I listed building, Cupola House in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk has been let to a local restaurant operator to be re-opened later this year as an authentic Japanese restaurant. Cupola House was built in 1693, however in 2012 the property was damaged by a serious fire. The property has…
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21 March

Businesses left waiting for rates discounts as deadline approaches

Businesses in England were promised millions of pounds in support by the chancellor last October but, less than two weeks before the start of the new tax year on 1 April, many are still either waiting for discounts worth up to £8,000 or haven’t yet applied. The government announced a…
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19 March

Crussh announces first site opening in partnership with Sodexo

Crussh Fit Food and Juice Bars has opened its first site in partnership with hospitality company Sodexo, at City, University of London, on 18 March 2019. The new kiosk at City will offer the company’s classic menu, offering a range of healthy food from breakfast pots, toasties, salads, wraps and…
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14 March

Pub with rooms brought to market for £1.15m

The White Lion Hotel, situated between the port of Newhaven and the Seven Sisters Cliffs in East Sussex, has been brought to the market for £1,150,000. The family friendly pub and hotel comprises a traditional bar area for up to 30 covers, a separate 20 cover sports bar with a…
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12 March

Boxpark to open its first site outside London

Development company, Boxpark, has signed a lease to create a landmark seafront dining destination and community cafe on Shoreham Beach. The Brighton-based firm, who are behind the acclaimed casual dining and retail developments in Shoreditch, Croydon and Wembley, have struck an agreement with Adur District Council to create the Big…
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7 March

Gavin Restaurants parts ways with Waldorf Astoria Edinburgh

Gavin Restaurants has ended its partnership with luxury hotel, Waldorf Astoria Edinburgh, after seven years. The group has two restaurants at the hotel – Pompadour and Galvin Brasserie de Luxe – headed by chef restaurateurs and brothers Chris and Jeff Galvin. Both will remain open and operational. A statement from…
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5 March

Darren Brown appointed as The Kitchen’s exec head chef

New Cotswold destination Feldon Valley has appointed Darren Brown as executive head chef of The Kitchen, a new restaurant which will launch in March. He joins the team from his post as head chef at The Kingham Plough in Oxfordshire, having previously earned a Michelin star at West Stoke House…
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5 March

Northampton pub operators acquire first Oxfordshire site

Northamptonshire pub operators Mark and Melissa Lynch have taken the lease of The Bell at Banbury with Star Pubs & Bars. The pair will commence work on a £320,000 refurbishment which will see the pub modernised with a “distinctive” craft beer and cask ale offering along with pizza served from…
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Feb- 2019 -

28 February

Star Pubs and Bars to invest £14.2m in its ‘Just Add Talent’ pubs

Star Pubs and Bars has announced it is to invest £14.2m on its ‘Just Add Talent’ manager operated pubs in 2019, and will increase the number of pubs to 150 by the end of 2019. Over £12m is to be spent converting pubs to meet the quality and criteria needed…
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