Greater Manchester
Comprehensive coverage of foodservice and hospitality activity across Greater Manchester, with updates from central Manchester, Salford, Altrincham, Stockport, and Rochdale. This section explores restaurant and bar openings, regeneration-led investment, neighbourhood dining trends, and F&B strategy shaped by a fast-growing urban population. Built for chefs, operators, and hospitality professionals, it offers insight into the dynamics of a region balancing independent energy with large-scale commercial growth.
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Oct- 2020 -21 OctoberCoronavirus
South Yorkshire to enter Tier three
South Yorkshire will be placed into the ‘very high’ alert level of Covid lockdown measures from Saturday (24 October), according to a statement by Dan Jarvis, Mayor of the Sheffield City Region. Pubs and restaurants must close unless they are serving substantial meals, while mixing with different households is forbidden…
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20 OctoberCoronavirus
Manchester moved into Tier three
Prime minister Boris Johnson has announced that Manchester will be placed into Tier 3 Covid-19 restrictions, after talks between mayor Andy Burnham and the UK government collapsed. As a result of being placed under Tier 3, pubs and restaurants must close unless they are supplying substantial meals and outside household…
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12 OctoberCoronavirus
PM unveils three-tiered lockdown system
Prime minister Boris Johnson this afternoon announced a new three-tier lockdown system that will see some hospitality businesses in the North-West forced to close from Wednesday. Under the new system, different rules for regions will be classified as being on ‘medium’, ‘high’ or ‘very high’ alert depending on the rate…
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Aug- 2020 -12 AugustCoronavirus
Manchester pubs flouting guidance, undercover report finds
Pubs and bars in a Manchester borough are ignoring Covid-19 guidance and potentially endangering customers, an undercover Sky News investigation has found. A team of undercover reporters posed as walk-in customers at a range of pubs and bars in a Greater Manchester suburb, and discovered the majority of sites were…
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Mar- 2020 -20 MarchAdvice
Marketing Manchester to host webinar supporting hospitality amid Covid-19 crisis
Marketing Manchester has revealed plans to host a webinar on 23 March aimed at supporting the hospitality industry amid the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the globe. The event will explore tourism and hospitality sector challenges that have been created by the recent Covid-19 outbreak, and how they can be overcome. The…
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Nov- 2019 -6 NovemberRegulations & Policies
Restaurant fined £10,000 over ‘illegal accommodation’
Owners of a Bolton restaurant have been fined £10,000 over “illegal and unsafe” accommodation, Bolton Council has said. The accommodation was discovered above India Gate during a multi-agency inspection back in December. Appearing at Bolton magistrates’ court last week, owner of the Indian restaurant, Heron Ali, admitted to not owning…
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Jan- 2019 -9 JanuaryOpinion
Top 10 accessible restaurants in the UK
There are so many restaurants throughout the UK which are held in high regard, but are the facilities accessible? Award-winning stairlift manufacturer Acorn Stairlifts is on hand to list their top 10 most accessible restaurants in the UK. Check out the eateries that made the cut, which are listed in…
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7 JanuaryRestaurants
Blaze hits Ivy Manchester restaurant
A blaze at Ivy Collection’s Manchester restaurant last Friday night (4 January) is thought to have been started by a patio heater. Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service were called to the restaurant at 5pm, extinguishing the fire at 6:20pm. The restaurant owners said they were repairing damage to the…
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Oct- 2018 -29 OctoberRegulations & Policies
Manchester Mayor asks restaurants to add £1 to all bills to support the homeless
Manchester mayor Andy Burnham has said he wants to see restaurants add £1 to all bills until the new year to support homelessness charity StreetSmart. The initiative would see restaurants adding the discretionary amount to every bill throughout November and December. The money raised will go to Burnham’s own Greater…
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