Brighton
Coverage highlights foodservice and hospitality activity across this coastal city, with a focus on vibrant districts such as The Lanes, North Laine, Kemptown, and the seafront. Reporting includes restaurant and bar openings, independent brand growth, tourism and festival-driven footfall, sustainability-led concepts, and community dining culture. Insight is geared toward operators navigating high-street performance, weekend trade peaks, and local demand for casual, experiential, and plant-forward formats.
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Feb- 2019 -22 FebruaryPubs and Bars
Lucky Voice to open first new site for a decade
Karaoke bar company, Lucky Voice has announced it is to open its first venue in 10 years in Londonโs Holborn area. The company, which already has three venues in Soho, Islington and Brighton, will open its fourth site on Chancery Lane, in late February 2019. The 5,000 square foot venue,…
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Jan- 2019 -22 JanuaryAwards & Events
The Dining Room and Pรฉtrus among latest Rosette Award winners
The AA has announced its latest Rosette Award winners, recognising restaurants with the highest culinary offerings in the UK. Three restaurants have been awarded four AA Rosettes, while a further 16 have been awarded three AA Rosettes. Restaurants honoured with four AA Rosettes are Old Downton Lodge (Ludlow, Shropshire), Roganic…
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Dec- 2018 -14 DecemberAwards & Events
Bristol’s Casamia earns number one spot on Harden’s 2019 list
Michelin star restaurant Casamia in Bristol has come out on top in Hardenโs Best UK Restaurants 2019 list. Based on a survey by 8,000 diners and 50,000 reviews, theย Sanchez-Inglesias familyโs restaurant was named the best out of 100 in the restaurant guideโs 28th annual poll. Casamia was ranked number two…
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Nov- 2018 -28 NovemberRestaurants
Vegan protesters booed out of Brighton restaurant
Vegan protesters have been booed out of a Brighton restaurant by diners after they played sounds of animals being slaughtered and chanting โitโs not food, itโs violenceโ. The incident happened at Brightonโs Touro Steakhouse, where diners replied to the vegan hecklers by booing and then chanting: โYouโre not singing anymore,โ…
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Oct- 2018 -17 OctoberAdvice
Shaping your proposition and brand with your customer at its heart
Restaurants around the UK, many of which have failed to put their customers at the heart of their proposition, are closing daily. Remaining operators now find themselves asking how they can achieve this. There are many tools that F&B businesses can implement in creating a true customer-first approach. Below are…
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Sep- 2018 -20 SeptemberPeople
McDonalds, TGI and Wetherspoons staff to go on โhistoric strikeโ for better pay
Hospitality staff from McDonalds, TGI Fridays and Wetherspoons will be coming together to collectively strike for better pay and union recognition. In what has been described as a โhistoric moveโ by the organisers, hospitality workers in the McStrike, TGI Fridays Strike and SpoonStrike [JD Wetherspoon] will stage coordinated walkouts to…
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11 SeptemberFeatures
2018’s coffee trends – ridiculous or rational?
The UK is obsessed with coffee. We drink 95 million cups every day, which is almost 30 million more cups of coffee than people. That figure has rocketed in the last 10 years, so what is it thatโs driving us to coffee? Well it turns out that itโs so much…
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Aug- 2018 -16 AugustFeatures
The evolution and future of vegan and vegetarianism
Veganism and vegetarianism have both been taking the UK food and restaurant markets by storm. Partly attributed to an increased awareness and concern for animal welfare, this plant-based movement is also tied to health and fitness trends. Many of us are fully aware of the impact, on both our bodies,…
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14 AugustBusiness
City Pub Co acquires historic Milkmaid Pavilion restaurant
Brightonโs historic Milkmaid Pavilion on its promenade has been acquired by City Pub Co after it previously ran under the name Alfresco. Most recently owned by Brighton & Hove City Council, the premises was originally built as part of the Festival of Britain in 1951. The transaction was brokered by…
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Jul- 2018 -31 JulyPeople
Samuel Smith Brewery fined for not providing pension details
One of Yorkshireโs oldest breweries, Samuel Smith and its chairman Humphrey Smith, has been fined ยฃ27,990 for failing to hand over information to The Pensions Regulator (TPR). TPR asked for information about Samuel Smith Old Breweryโs financial position in 2015 to determine whether the brewery was earning enough to support…
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