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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Jan- 2025 -28 JanuaryNews-In-Brief
Todayโs news in brief – 28/01/25
Urban Pubs and Bars saw a โrecord-breakingโ rise in EBITDA of 26% to ยฃ8.7m for the year ended 28 April 2024. The group also reported a 16% rise in turnover to ยฃ60.5m and a 4% uplift in like-for-like sales in the period. Over the Christmas trading period, which took place…
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28 JanuaryFood and Drink
Brightonโs sustainable restaurants initiative expands with new workshop
The University of Brighton and Restaurants Brighton have teamed up for a sustainability workshop to help local restaurants reduce their environmental impact and share sustainability success.ย Taking place on 29 January at Brightonโs Hotel du Vin, the session will provide local restauranters with practical tools to cut their environmental impact,…
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10 JanuaryNews-In-Brief
Todayโs news in brief – 10/01/25
The Alchemist has seen its total FY sales surpass ยฃ60m for the first time. The bar and restaurant chain ended the year to 31 March 2024 with net assets of ยฃ9,930k and cash of ยฃ2,956k, while profits after tax amounted to ยฃ113k, compared to ยฃ2,586k a year prior. However, as…
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10 JanuaryNews
Burger and Lobster to open new restaurant in Brighton
Burger and Lobster, the nine-strong London-based restaurant group, will be expanding its offering to Brighton in February 2025, marking its first new UK opening in eight years.ย The restaurant group, known for bringing together lobster and burgers at affordable prices, has secured a prime location in The Lanes at 15…
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Nov- 2024 -5 NovemberApps & Technology
Consumer interest in healthy deliveries up in 2024, report finds
Salads now make up 30% of the top 10 global delivery dishes โ up from just 10% in 2023 โ beating burgers out of the top 10 for the first time, according to Deliverooโs annual 100 Report. The report shows there has been a shift towards health-focused food options, as…
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Oct- 2024 -14 OctoberBusiness
Revolution Bars officially rebrands to The Revel Collective
Revolution Bars has announced that its name has officially changed to โThe Revel Collectiveโ from today (14 October), as the board decided that it would โbetter reflect the make-up of the groupโ.ย According to the group, its shareholders have been unaffected by the change of name and existing share certificates…
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Aug- 2024 -16 AugustRestaurants
Taco Bell UK extends closing hours at select locations
Taco Bell UK has launched Encore Hours, a new initiative that will see closing hours get extended at select locations to cater to concertgoers. With current restaurant options closing as early as 10pm, Taco Bell said music fans often โface the tough choice of missing their favourite artistsโ encore or…
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15 AugustRestaurants
Honest Burgers CEO appointed as group chair
Honest Burgers has announced that CEO Thomas Kelly will assume the role of chair from next month. The news comes after Kelly was appointed as CEO in January 2024 following the departure of Frank Hayes. In his new role, Kelly will steer the board through the next phase of the…
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Jul- 2024 -29 JulyNews
Todayโs news in brief – 29/07/24
The Brighton Pier Groupโs H1 saw sales drop across the board due to bad weather that had impacted sales at the Pier, Lightwater Valley Family Adventure Park, Paradise Island Adventure Golf and its bars. Despite a warm and sunny spell in the last week, the group now anticipates full-year sales…
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29 JulyBusiness
Brighton Pier Group H1 sales falter due to poor weather
The Brighton Pier Group has reported that like-for-like sales in the first 18 weeks of the year were down by approximately ยฃ500k on the equivalent period in 2023, owing primarily to poor weather impacting trading on Brighton Palace Pier.ย In recent months, the group revealed that poor weather has continued…
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