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From the West End to the East End, our London coverage keeps hospitality professionals in the know. Our dedicated reporting on London’s vibrant and highly competitive foodservice market, spans restaurant group expansions, new pub and bar concepts, catering contracts, high-street openings, licensing changes, staff shortages, and operational trends shaping the capital. Whether you’re a central London restaurant operator, a neighbourhood café owner, a high-volume catering contractor, or an F&B executive overseeing multiple venues across zones, this archive delivers actionable insights and strategic updates designed for decision-makers navigating the capital’s fast-moving hospitality landscape.
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Jan- 2021 -25 JanuaryRestaurants
The India Club launches crowdfund to avoid eviction
The India Club, located at 143-145 the Strand in London, has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise money towards a legal battle against its landlords. The restaurant and bar has been served with notice to vacate the premises by Marston Properties. The family-owned business is planning to raise at least…
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20 JanuaryBusiness
CFL calls for food college to boost London culinary training
Centre for London (CFL) has called for the creation of a college of food to boost the capital’s strengths as a centre of culinary research, development and innovation. The college would help develop capacities, “scope out” consumer trends, assess the impact of innovative approaches to sourcing or hospitality management as…
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18 JanuaryComment
The way forward from the moratorium
The latest lockdown is another devastating blow to the hospitality and leisure industries. Any help which the Government can provide is clearly welcome. But, for many hospitality and leisure operators in major cities, where annual rents can exceed £100,000 per annum, the latest grants amount to less than three weeks rent. For businesses that have been closed, in many cases, for almost…
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18 JanuaryFeatures
The idea behind: Plant Hustlers
They say when entering the world of business the only thing to expect is the unexpected. Aaron Bryans, the owner of Plant Hustlers, a vegan restaurant in Bournemouth knows this all too well. With just a year of trading under his belt before the pandemic hit the North London native…
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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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11 JanuaryCoronavirus
Pandemic costs D&D London £2.5m a month, owner warns
Des Gunewardena, the owner of restaurant group D&D London, has written to the government calling for greater support ahead of today’s (11 January) parliamentary debate on the hospitality industry. In a letter addressed to chancellor Rishi Sunak, Gunewardena revealed that Covid-19 is costing D&D London £2.5m per month of closure.…
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6 JanuaryNews
French Chef Albert Roux dies aged 85
French restaurateur and chef Albert Roux has died at the age of 85. Roux who owned Le Gavroche, a two Michelin-star restaurant in London with his late brother Michel was said to be “unwell for some time”, before his passing on 4 January 2021. The venue which opened in 1967…
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6 JanuaryFood and Drink
Greggs predicts first annual loss in 37 years
Greggs has forecast a £15m full-year financial loss due to Covid-19 restrictions closing its stores and reducing revenues. The bakery chain’s annual sales dropped by more than £300m year-on-year in 2020, resulting in the company’s first annual loss since it listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1984. The company’s…
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6 JanuaryNews
Flight Club eyes Bristol opening
Flight Club, a darts-themed chain of bars, has applied for a premises license at Corn Street, Bristol, according to Bristol Live. The chain already offers its mix of drinks and games in Birmingham, Manchester, and London, with a Leeds establishment also coming soon. With groups of up to 20 allowed…
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5 JanuaryNews
Restaurant duo banned for £173k tax avoidance
Two brothers who operated a restaurant in South East London are now banned from acting as directors or becoming involved in a company after they failed to pay £173,000 in taxes. Since 2007, Carlos and Fernando De La Cruz Vidal owned Santo Limited, a company which traded as the restaurant…
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