Birmingham
Coverage highlights hospitality and foodservice developments across Birmingham, with a focus on key districts such as the Jewellery Quarter, Digbeth, Colmore Row, and Brindleyplace. Reporting includes restaurant and bar openings, independent operator growth, regional investment, and evolving consumer demand. Insight is tailored for businesses tracking urban regeneration, high street performance, and dining trends in one of the UK’s most diverse and economically active cities.
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Sep- 2022 -27 SeptemberRestaurants
Burger & Sauce confirms seven new openings
Burger and Sauce has confirmed it is set to open seven new restaurants over the next six months. New sites are set to open in Leicester, Coventry, West Bromwich, Walsall, Derby, plus Bearwood road and Sutton Coldfield in Birmingham. The openings will create around 140 jobs as the franchised brand…
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26 SeptemberPubs and Bars
Scratch Consultancy expands lease with Star Pubs and Bars
Business consultancy company, Scratch Consultancy, has taken the lease on its second site with Star Pub and Bars, The Compasses in Chelmsford, with aspirations to build an estate of five pubs across Essex and North Kent with the pub and bar operator. The two companies will undertake a joint £250k…
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Aug- 2022 -31 AugustFood and Drink
Half of Britain’s major cities show negative sales versus 2019
Out-of-home food and drink sales are in growth in only half of Britain’s 10 biggest city centres, as five major cities are experiencing negative sales in the latest four weeks versus the same time period in 2019. According to data from CGA and Wireless Social, new challenges facing the sector…
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22 AugustPubs and Bars
Cocktail Club to open ‘World’s smallest Cocktail Bar’ pop-up ahead of Birmingham launch
Ahead of its September launch, The Cocktail Club has announced it will open ‘The World’s Smallest Cocktail Bar’ as a pop-up, inside Temple Phone Box on Temple Row in Birmingham. The pop-up will run from 1 – 3 September to mark the fact that The Cocktail Club will be launching…
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15 AugustPubs and Bars
City of London sees 14% decrease in pubs since Pandemic
The City of London has seen a net decline of one in seven (14%) licensed premises since March 2020, the new Market Recovery Monitor from CGA by NielsenIQ and AlixPartners has revealed. The 14% decline in The City is a steeper decline than London as a whole, which saw a…
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10 AugustRestaurants
Burger & Sauce sees rising interest in franchise opportunities
Burger and Sauce has claimed to have seen “unprecedented” interest in franchise opportunities since it launched as a franchise at the start of July. The fast-food burger chain, which was set up two years ago during the height of the pandemic, started to invite applications for potential franchisees last month. …
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9 AugustRestaurants
Slims Chickens partners with Tesco to open 27th site
The Boparan Restaurant Group (BRG) has announced it will open its 27th Slim Chickens restaurant and the first in Tesco Extra this month in Redditch, on 17 August. Located 15 miles south of Birmingham, the new 68-cover restaurant has been designed by AW Architectural Design and features exposed brick, industrial…
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4 AugustPubs and Bars
Nightcap revenues jump 55.1% to £35.9m in FY22
Nightcap has reported its group revenues surged 55.1% year-on-year from £6m to £35.9m on a combined group of companies basis for the 53 weeks ended 3 July 2022 (FY22), with like-for-like revenues up 23.6%. The fourth quarter ended 3 July 2022 (Q4 FY22) also saw group revenues jump 73.2% to…
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3 AugustRestaurants
D&D revenues at 90% of pre-covid levels
D&D has revealed its group revenues in the 15 months since reopening after lockdown stand at £163m, 90% of its pre-covid levels. UK revenues stand at £143m, 91% of pre-covid levels, while overseas revenues are at £20m. 83% of pre-covid levels. Meanwhile, group EBITDA stands at £17m, 122% of pre-covid…
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Jul- 2022 -25 JulyFeatures
The Golf Fang takeover
What inspired the launch of the Ghetto Golf and Golf Fang brands? Dan, our co-founder, and I came from a traditional food and beverage background. In 2015, having worked in the industry for a collective 30 plus years, we noticed that the industry was beginning to change. Guests wanted experiences…
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