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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Dec- 2020 -15 DecemberNews
Tier 3 will cause rise in business failures, UKH warns
UKHospitality has warned businesses will be pushed towards failure and more jobs will be put at risk as a result of the government’s announcement to move London and parts of Essex and Hertfordshire into Tier 3 this week. The trade body said that the government’s tier system places an “unfair,…
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Nov- 2020 -9 NovemberFood and Drink
Sbarro opens first UK restaurant
Sbarro has announced its partnership with EG Group and its first restaurant opening in the UK. The pizza chain’s first restaurant is now open in Birmingham at EG Group’s Armada location. This site is the first of five new trial openings in the UK for 2020, complimenting another five planned…
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3 NovemberFood and Drink
Deliveroo pledges free meals to NHS workers
Deliveroo has relaunched its ‘Supporting the NHS’ campaign, with a new commitment to deliver “hundreds of thousands” free, hot meals to NHS frontline staff. Deliveroo said it “pledged” to donate hot meals to the NHS from Pizza Hut, Rosa’s Thai Cafe and other independent restaurants who will donate 500 meals…
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Oct- 2020 -19 OctoberCoronavirus
Katsu Kitchen shutters permanently due to Covid-19
Katsu Kitchen, a Japanese inspired restaurant in Moseley, Birmingham, has permanently closed its doors as a result of Covid-19. The company, which originally started out as a pop up vendor in August 2018, posted an online statement saying “we shall be closing indefinitely from Sunday 18 October, the pandemic has…
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Sep- 2020 -22 SeptemberNews
Wetherspoon to cut almost half of airport pub jobs
JD Wetherspoon has reportedly written a letter to 1,000 staff employed at six of its airport locations, warning that around 450 roles may cut According to the BBC, the pub group said that a serious downturn in the aviation industry and lack of holiday-makers travelling through airports this summer has…
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14 SeptemberCoronavirus
A quarter of licensed premises yet to reopen
Nearly a quarter of licensed premises were yet to reopen at the end of August, according to the latest market recovery monitor from CGA and AlixPartners. Its latest data found that the London market was “particularly slow” to recover, while only 76.3% of sites have returned to trading since the…
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10 SeptemberNews
Hospitality sector to ‘Walk for Calm’ amid mental health crisis
Leading hospitality organisations, alongside mental health charities, are backing the ‘Walk for Calm’ initiative to promote better mental health in the industry. Fronted by charities Hospitality Action and CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably), the initiative will see multiple socially distanced, 20km fundraising walks take place in London, Birmingham and Manchester. …
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Aug- 2020 -21 AugustRestaurants
Nando’s launches food donation and employment programme
Nando’s has announced the launch of a new food donation and employment programme entitled Fuel Your Future. The initiative will see Nando’s restaurants across London, Birmingham, the North East and East Midlands serve free meals once a week to vulnerable young people and their families. The programme aims to help…
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13 AugustApps & Technology
Burger King joins Uber Eats platform
High street favourite Burger King has joined the Uber Eats app, as it looks to increase the availability of its flame-grilled burgers. Burger King is now available on the Uber Eats app in 200 locations in towns and cities across the UK, including London, Birmingham, Leeds, Nottingham, Bristol, Glasgow and…
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12 AugustRestaurants
Haidilao chooses Bullring for first restaurant outside London
Hot pot restaurant chain, Haidilao, has selected the Bullring Birmingham or its first site in the UK outside of London. The 8,073sq ft restaurant will join Brown’s and Wagamama in St Martin’s Square, and is set to launch in early 2021. Founded in 1994 in China’s Sichuan Province, Haidilao now…
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