Chichester
Regional coverage of hospitality and foodservice activity across Chichester, including the city centre, Bishop’s Palace Gardens, Tangmere, and nearby coastal villages. Tracks restaurant and pub openings and closures, café launches, and venue refurbishments shaped by heritage tourism, naval visitor flows, and local town centre renewal. Includes reporting on licensing decisions, staffing dynamics, and seasonal demand patterns impacting small-town and coastal hospitality operators. Designed for chefs, operators, pub landlords, and catering professionals managing venues in this historic West Sussex market.
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Apr- 2021 -21 AprilPubs and Bars
Star Pubs and Bars supports Sussex Inns with £275k refurb
Sussex Inns will open its sixth site at The William Hardwicke at Bognor Regis following a £275k refurbishment with Star Pubs and Bars. The investment has transformed The William Hardwicke throughout with contemporary décor and fittings. New features include booth seating with mini-screens, a cocktail bar and a faux flower…
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May- 2020 -14 MayCafes and Coffee Shops
M&S Cafés begin to reopen for takeaway
Marks and Spencer has revealed plans to reopen 49 café locations across the UK today (14 May). The local cafés will be opening for takeaway hot drinks only, and the chosen locations to open are all based on the café being located next to the in-store Foodhall – meaning customers…
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Sep- 2019 -17 SeptemberPubs and Bars
Whelans takes on seventh SP&B site
South east multiple operator, Whelans, has taken on The Goat in Shirley and is to reopen it as The Apple Tree at the end of October, following a joint investment with Star Pubs and Bars of over £500,000. The pub, which has been closed for two years, is to become…
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Mar- 2019 -5 MarchRestaurants
Darren Brown appointed as The Kitchen’s exec head chef
New Cotswold destination Feldon Valley has appointed Darren Brown as executive head chef of The Kitchen, a new restaurant which will launch in March. He joins the team from his post as head chef at The Kingham Plough in Oxfordshire, having previously earned a Michelin star at West Stoke House…
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Aug- 2018 -28 AugustPeople
Mark Lawton takes the helm at La Belle Époque
Mark Lawton has been appointed as head chef at three AA Rosette winning restaurant La Belle Époque at Sofitel London Heathrow, where he will take over from Mayur Nagarale. With over 10 years’ experience in the hospitality industry, Lawton has worked within leading UK hotels and restaurants, including head chef…
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