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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May- 2021 -27 MayRestaurants
Spanish Restaurant Group opens new Tapas Revolution site
Spanish Restaurant Group has announced that it will open a new Tapas Revolution restaurant in Brighton in June. The restaurant will take over a former Bella Italia site next to Brighton Pavilion on North Street – with the venue serving traditional spanish tapas. The 2884 sq ft 100-seater city centre…
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Mar- 2021 -30 MarchRestaurants
Cin Cin to open London restaurant site
Cin Cin, an Italians restaurant chain, has announced it plans to open its first London site in Fitzrovia at the end of April. Opening on Foley Street, Cin Cin London will begin trading with outside covers before welcoming customers to its 20 seat dining room once government restrictions lift. Founded…
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Feb- 2021 -25 FebruaryRestaurants
Mowgli to open new Cheltenham site
Mowgli, an Indian restaurant group, has announced its intentions to expand its portfolio with the opening of a Cheltenham site this summer. The establishment will represent Mowgli’s 12th restaurant and will reportedly create over 30 jobs. Founded in 2014, Mowgli now operates over a number of sites across the UK,…
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23 FebruaryRestaurants
The Bok Shop eyes double-digit portfolio expansion
The Bok Shop, a Brighton-based fried chicken and vegan chicken restaurant group, has announced plans to open 10 sites across the UK over the next two years. Founded in 2017, the group expanded its portfolio a year later with the addition of a 90-cover restaurant in Eastbourne. Despite the constraints…
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15 FebruaryCoronavirus
Brighton Pier Group receives £1.4m payout from insurers
The Brighton Pier Group has announced that to date, it has received interim payments from its insurers totalling £1.4m in respect of Covid-related losses. The group, which owns and operates Brighton Palace Pier as well as indoor mini-golf sites and premium bars, had previously lodged claims with its insurers for…
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5 FebruaryRestaurants
Shake Shack partners with Deliveroo for ‘delivery only’ hub in Cambridge
Fast food restaurant Shake Shack has partnered with Deliveroo to open its first “delivery only” venue in Cambridge. The hub is set to open on 9 February and will operate from 12:00PM to 10:45PM, seven days a week. To celebrate the launch Deliveroo has offered customers free delivery until 14…
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Jan- 2021 -13 JanuaryPeople
The Breakfast Club appoints interim MD
The Breakfast Club has appointed Steve Locke, co-founder of the UK pub chain All Bar One, as its interim managing director. Owner of the self-proclaimed “caf”, Jonathan Arana-Morton, first opened applications for the role in November 2020 through an online statement. At the time he made his need for “a…
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Dec- 2020 -21 DecemberNews
Brighton restaurateur banned for tax avoidance
A Brighton restaurateur has been banned from trading for six years after he “deliberately under declared tax” resulting in liabilities of more than £130,000. The owner Byron Swales, from Hove, was director of Indian Summer UK Limited, which traded as the Indian Summer restaurant on East Street in Brighton. Indian…
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16 DecemberNews
The Set Brighton announces permanent closure
Chef Dan Kenny’s The Set restaurant in Brighton has revealed its permanent closure on 31 March 2021. The establishment, which has been running for six years, offers a 14+ course tasting menu to just 12 customers from Monday to Wednesday each week, in a dining experience that lasts for over…
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Nov- 2020 -25 NovemberRestaurants
Bird announces five-year expansion plan
Bird Restaurants has announced an “ambitious expansion plan” with several new site launches planned for early 2021. News of the expansion closely follows the appointment of the group’s new managing director, Andrew Clover. The fried chicken and waffles chain currently has a range of sites across London, including Brixton, Westfield,…
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