Coventry
Regional reporting on foodservice and hospitality activity across Coventry, including the city centre, Fargo Village, Earlsdon, and the University Quarter. This section highlights restaurant and café openings, student and commuter-led trade, regeneration projects, and F&B trends shaping the local market. Built for chefs, operators, and hospitality professionals, it offers insight into running successful venues in a city balancing heritage, innovation, and a growing demand for diverse dining experiences.
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Mar- 2020 -4 MarchFood and Drink
Auntie Anne’s opens new London store
Auntie Anne’s has opened a new store on Coventry Street in London. The store will sell a variety of pretzels in different flavours, including cinnamon and the brand’s ‘Original Salted’ flavour. Auntie Anne’s was founded in 1988 by “Auntie” Anne and her husband, Jonas Beiler, at a Pennsylvanian farmers market…
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Oct- 2019 -29 OctoberRegulations & Policies
PGR Coventry fined £25k for serving Nutella hot choc to allergic teen
A company director and two managers at the PGR Restaurant in Coventry have been prosecuted and fined £25,000, after a Coventry Trading Standards investigation into the hospitalisation of a 14-year-old with a nut allergy. The victim was taken to hospital by ambulance after being served a hot chocolate drink, that…
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Apr- 2019 -10 AprilPeople
Casual Dining Group launches new refugee programme
Casual Dining Group (CDG), has announced it has launched a pilot programme that aims to support Syrian refugees in gaining the necessary skills and experience to transition into the world of work. The programme, run in partnership with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), World Jewish Relief, and SPS…
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Aug- 2018 -31 AugustBusiness
New World Trading Company secures £5.6m investment
Bar and restaurant group, The New World Trading Company (NWTC), which operates 22 venues across the UK, has secured a £5.6m investment from NatWest, to help fund its roll-out programme. The group which operates 22 venues across the UK has expanded with seven further openings since its last funding round…
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29 AugustBusiness
Hakkasan pays outgoing boss $50m golden goodbye sending it to $145m loss
Struggling restaurant and nightclub operator Hakkasan gave former boss Neil Moffitt a $50m (£39m) payout last year, despite deepening financial woes. The payout came following a difficult year for the company which saw losses of $145m in the 12 months to June 2017, the equivalent of half its annual turnover.…
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29 AugustBusiness
Bailiffs visited more than 200 firms daily over unpaid business rates
In the first year after the new business rates revaluation came into effect, councils sent bailiffs to more than 200 commercial properties everyday for unpaid rates. An investigation by real estate advisor Altus Group revealed that during 2017/18, over 81,000 business premises liable for rates were referred to bailiffs to…
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Jul- 2018 -18 JulyBusiness
Sodexo wins 10-year contract with Coventry University
Catering firm Sodexo has won a 10-year, £6m per annum contract with Coventry University to supply catering and hospitality services. From September, the company will take over all the catering, food retail and hospitality services on the university’s campuses in Coventry, London and Scarborough, delivering services to almost 30,000 students…
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