Brent
Regional coverage of hospitality and foodservice activity across Brent, including areas like Kilburn, Wembley, Harlesden, and Willesden Green. Focuses on new pub and restaurant openings, café launches, refurbishment projects, and shifts in catering services influenced by multicultural demand, regeneration schemes, and event-led footfall. Also includes reporting on staffing trends, licensing changes, and community-driven trade. Built for chefs, operators, pub managers, and F&B professionals running venues in this dynamic North West London borough.
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Aug- 2025 -27 AugustFood and Drink
German Doner Kebab to open at Brent Cross Shopping Centre
German Doner Kebab (GDK) has announced that it is set to open a new site in Brent Cross Shopping Centre this autumn as part of its 2025 expansion plans. The new GDK site will create 20 new jobs in the local area and will include menu additions such as the…
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Mar- 2025 -26 MarchNews-In-Brief
Today’s news in brief – 26/03/25
Trispan has brought together Pho, Rosa’s Thai and Mowgli under a holding group called Arcturus Group to become the UK’s largest multi-site casual dining operator in the Asian restaurant segment. Each brand will continue to operate independently, with existing CEOs Sarah Hills (Rosa’s Thai), Patrick Marrinan (Pho) and Nisha Katona…
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26 MarchFood and Drink
Hammerson launches street food market ‘District’ at Brent Cross
Property developer Hammerson is set to launch a new street food market at Brent Cross on 31 March as part of its expanded line-up of retail, leisure and hospitality brands. Occupying 20,000 sq ft of space, District will offer a 130-cover food court-style seating area encouraging communal dining and casual…
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Aug- 2024 -22 AugustRestaurants
EG on the Move expands Cinnabon UK estate
The master franchisee of Cinnabon in the UK, EG on the Move, has opened more stores at the Bullring in Birmingham and in Livingston, Scotland, as part of the brand’s plans to expand its footprint. EG on the Move is also planning to open at least six more stores before…
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Feb- 2024 -7 FebruaryNews
Just Eat appoints new CFO
Just Eat has announced that Mayte Oosterveld has been appointed as chief financial officer and member of its management board. Oosterveld joins from PLUS Holding B.V., a Dutch supermarket retailer with an annual consumer turnover of approximately €5bn (£4.2bn), where she served as chief financial officer. She is an experienced,…
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Oct- 2023 -19 OctoberRestaurants
Fenwick opens fourth Fuego by Fenwick venue
Department store Fenwick has announced the opening of the newest Fuego by Fenwick venue in Kingston, London. The new venue becomes the brand’s fourth Fuego by Fenwick, following the opening of venues in Newcastle, Bracknell and Brent Cross. Fuego Kingston by Fenwick features a light-filled, open-plan layout, complete with a…
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Sep- 2023 -7 SeptemberNews
Hospitality food inflation slows in July, CGA finds
Food inflation in hospitality fell marginally to 21.7% year-on-year in July, according to the CGA’s foodservice price index. Despite the slight fall of 0.9 percentage points, inflation remains only just below the index’s previous peak of 22.9% in December 2022. The latest index also reports a month-on-month increase of 0.7%,…
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Nov- 2022 -15 NovemberRestaurants
Popeyes accelerates UK roll out with new openings
Popeyes is continuing its UK expansion after confirming that Cambridge, Croydon and Reading will be the next opening locations in early 2023. It also has sites due to launch in Rotherham, Cardiff and Glasgow early next year. This follows the “runaway success” of its Oxford restaurant. Its Nottingham opening in…
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Sep- 2022 -30 SeptemberPeople
Just Eat to appoint former MD as CCO
Just Eat Takeaway.com has expanded its management board by nominating Andrew Kenny, a previous managing director at the group, as its new chief commercial officer (CCO). Kenny has been with the company for five years and served as MD for Just Eat UK. He is also a member of the…
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Apr- 2022 -5 AprilFood and Drink
Happy Face to open third London site this April
Neapolitan pizza brand, Happy Face Pizza, continues its expansion in the capital with its third restaurant set to open in northwest London this month. The new site will be one of the first to open in the new Brent Cross Town development, bringing its “refined, authentic” Italian menu and signature…
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