Bournemouth
Regional reporting on foodservice and hospitality activity across Bournemouth, including the town centre, Westbourne, Boscombe, and Southbourne. This section covers restaurant and bar openings, tourism-led trade, student-driven demand, and evolving F&B trends along the coast. Built for chefs, operators, and hospitality professionals, it offers insight into trading in a seaside destination shaped by seasonal footfall, local communities, and year-round leisure appeal.
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May- 2025 -7 MayTrade Associations
UKH rolls out hospitality training programmes across England
UKHospitality, in partnership with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), has announced the launch of hospitality Sector-based Work Academy Programmes (SWAPs) in 26 areas across England. The new programme trains jobseekers with hospitality skills in a working environment and provides them with both work experience and a guaranteed interview…
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Apr- 2025 -11 AprilPubs and Bars
NWTC’s new strategy brings 9% like-for-like sales uplift
Bar and restaurant operator, New World Trading Company (NWTC), has seen a 9% improvement in like-for-like sales across the last four quarters, following the appointment of a new leadership team and a renewed focus on The Botanist brand. Amber Wood, managing director of NWTC, said: “We’ve spent the last year…
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Feb- 2025 -14 FebruaryNews-In-Brief
Today’s news in brief – 14/02/25
Punch Pubs saw its revenues rise 1.35% in Q1 ended 1 December 2024. It comes as the pub group spent £11m on the acquisition of 18 pubs, as well as a further £10.7m on expansion and maintenance. The group’s three divisions – leased and tenanted, and managed partnership and laine…
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14 FebruaryRestaurants
The Stable pizzeria opens in Padstow
Pizza and craft cider restaurant group The Stable has today (14 February) opened a new location in Padstow. With restaurants across the South West in Fistral, Plymouth, Bath, Bristol, Cardiff and Bournemouth, amongst other locations, The Stable is known for partnering with South West producers across their menu including a…
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Oct- 2024 -8 OctoberRestaurants
D&D London owners complete TGIF acquisition
TGI Fridays has been acquired by D&D London owners Breal Capital and Calveton UK through its acquisition vehicle Liberty Bar and Restaurant Group Limited for an undisclosed sum. The sale, which is based on 51 restaurants, should secure the future of more than 2,000 jobs across those restaurants. Breal Capital…
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Sep- 2024 -13 SeptemberNews
Today’s news in brief – 13/09/24
UKH has welcomed Martyn’s Law, which was laid in parliament yesterday (12 September), providing updates to many key elements of the legislation. Martyn’s Law will introduce a new requirement on venues in the UK to ensure they are prepared in the event of a future terror attack. The bill has…
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13 SeptemberRestaurants
The Ivy Collection to open 42nd venue in Bournemouth
The Ivy Collection will be opening its 42nd all-day restaurant in Bournemouth this November, bringing 120 jobs to the local community. Barnaby Harris-Reid has already been appointed as the general manager of the new venue, bringing experience from The Ivy Chichester. Romuald Richomme has also been chosen as the new…
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Mar- 2024 -4 MarchCafes and Coffee Shops
Coffee#1 H1 sales rise 18.8% to £29.6m
Coffee shop brand Coffee#1 has revealed that sales rose 18.8% to £29.6m during the first half of the financial year from June 2023 to November 2023. The group’s like-for-likes sales performance for the same period also remained robust at 8%, underpinned by sustained customer growth of 1.2%. During H1, the…
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Nov- 2023 -27 NovemberRestaurants
Pho to continue expansion amid 33.6% rise in FY23 turnover
Pho has secured additional funding to allow for continued expansion of Vietnamese street food restaurants through the next several years, as its turnover increased 33.6% to £58.3m in the year ending 19 February 2023. According to the group’s filings on Companies House, recent performance has buoyed the company’s confidence in…
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Dec- 2022 -22 DecemberPubs and Bars
JD Wetherspoon lists 32 pubs for sale
JD Wetherspoon has put 32 pubs across England on the market, with CBRE and Savills appointed to market the pubs. The group, which operates around 800 pubs in the UK and Ireland, said it was a “commercial decision” with more than half located in London and the south-east. The sites…
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