Blackpool
Regional coverage of hospitality and foodservice activity across Blackpool, including the town centre, seafront precinct, and Abingdon Street Market hub. Features reporting on new restaurant and bar openings, pop‑up markets, refurbishments of historic pubs, and town‑wide events like the first-ever Restaurant Week driving visitor dining engagement. Also covers business rates threats and policy hill‑edges that affect coastal operators. Targeted at chefs, F&B directors, pub landlords, and hospitality professionals managing venues in this evolving seaside leisure destination.
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Jul- 2019 -24 JulyCatering Companies
Orderswift and Stuart increase direct delivery coverage to 34 UK cities
Online ordering platform Orderswift and on-demand logistics specialist Stuart have expanded their direct delivery partnership to cover 34 cities and towns around the UK. The move comes after a successful two-year collaboration between the two companies in London. With direct delivery, customer orders are placed through a restaurant’s own website…
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5 JulyCafes and Coffee Shops
Venus café chain becomes ‘first in UK’ to use palm plates
Sustainable café chain, Venus Company, has claimed to be the UK’s first commercial café chain to use fully home compostable palm plates from India. The plates are sourced from the areca palm which is indigenous to India and “naturally environmentally friendly” as it falls from the tree and is not…
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Jan- 2019 -9 JanuaryOpinion
Top 10 accessible restaurants in the UK
There are so many restaurants throughout the UK which are held in high regard, but are the facilities accessible? Award-winning stairlift manufacturer Acorn Stairlifts is on hand to list their top 10 most accessible restaurants in the UK. Check out the eateries that made the cut, which are listed in…
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Oct- 2018 -24 OctoberPeople
Licensee celebrates 60 years in pub trade
Jean Thompson, 83, is celebrating 40 years at The Sea View in Whittle, a pub she ran with her husband Frank, who died earlier this year and is now run by her son Lee. Thompson, who was brought up in Chorley and visited The Sea View as a child, said…
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