Barnet
This coverage highlights hospitality and foodservice developments across Barnet, with updates on pub refurbishments, restaurant openings, hotel projects, and catering operations. Hospitality professionals can follow insights into staffing, menu strategies, and how operators respond to shifting consumer demand across diverse neighbourhoods and commuter hubs. Coverage also explores the impact of local investment and regeneration on opportunities for pubs, restaurants, and catering businesses within the borough.
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Apr- 2022 -4 AprilCoronavirus
£330m in Omicron grants unspent by local councils, study finds
Firms in England, which were most impacted by the Omicron variant, received less than half of the £635m support package promised by the Government, according to the analysis by the real estate adviser Altus Group. The analysis shows that just £305m of the £635m distributed to 309 English Councils had…
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Jul- 2019 -25 JulyGovernment
Jailed restaurateur hit with 12-year ban after £1m tax fraud
Jailed restaurateur Lam Chin Seong, from Barnet, has been banned from running companies for 12 years after he was found to owe HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) over £1m. Seong was the sole director of Novari Limited and Novari (at the O2) Limited, which were both incorporated in 2012. The…
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Dec- 2018 -21 DecemberGovernment
Chinese restaurant owner’s £1m tax fraud goes to pot
A Chinese restaurant owner, who stole more than £1m in tax by claiming his business “made pottery” and had a “tiny turnover”, has been jailed for three years. Chin Seong Lam, 60, from Barnet, north London, owned outlets at the O2 Arena in North Greenwich and at Gun Wharf Quays…
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