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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.

  • Nov- 2018 -
    27 November
    BusinessPub employment rises despite closures

    Pub employment rises despite closures

    A new report has found that pub employment has risen in the last 10 years despite a quarter of pubs closing during that time. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) report, the increase in employment could be down to the increase in pubs serving food, which is more…

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  • 26 November
    Food and DrinkMayor confirms ban on junk food advertising on TfL

    Mayor confirms ban on junk food advertising on TfL

    Junk food advertising will be banned on the entire Transport for London (TfL) network from 25 February under new measures to help tackle child obesity, the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, confirmed on 23 November. The decision follows a public consultation launched in May which found “overwhelming” support from Londoners…

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  • 23 November
    RestaurantsFirst Meatliquor site to close

    First Meatliquor site to close

    Meatliquor’s first site in Marylebone is to close in order to make way for a luxury hotel, the site was only originally intended to be in place for two years, however it is now being removed after seven. The restaurant is set to close at the end of February after…

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  • 23 November
    FeaturesWhat challenges will the hospitality industry face post-Brexit?

    What challenges will the hospitality industry face post-Brexit?

    It is alarming as we inch closer to Brexit that it is still unclear what the impact of leaving the EU will have on the UK economy and its people. Pundits are trying to predict an outcome, but until the goalposts are cemented in, there is actually still no way…

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  • 20 November
    Awards & EventsSecond Reunion des Gastronomes winner announced

    Second Reunion des Gastronomes winner announced

    Andras Lakezi, food and drink manager at the Kimpton Fitzroy London has been awarded the Réunion des Gastronomes President’s Award 2018. Judges said the competition was “extremely close, but a unanimous choice” calling Lakezi “a role model in all that he delivers”. Lakezi’s trophy was presented to him by guest…

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  • 20 November
    BeveragesCrussh announces move into workplace catering

    Crussh announces move into workplace catering

    Crussh, the healthy food and juice chain, has added a new format to its existing offering with a move into workplace catering. The company opened its first workplace catering format in the recently renovated Minster Building, in the City of London, on Friday 16 November. Minster Building is managed by…

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  • 19 November
    BeveragesLimin’ opens east London restaurant

    Limin’ opens east London restaurant

    Trinidadian rum shop and restaurant Limin’ is to open a branch in London’s Shoreditch at Spitalfields Market. The restaurant will operate as a pop-up until New Year’s Eve and it is not yet known what will happen with the business in 2019. The menu will be half food and half…

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  • 19 November
    BusinessPub and restaurant group sales remain flat in October

    Pub and restaurant group sales remain flat in October

    Britain’s managed pub and restaurant groups saw collective like-for-like sales grow just 0.2% in October, according to the latest figures from the Coffer Peach Business Tracker. Underlying like-for-like growth for the Tracker cohort, which represents both large and small groups, was running at 0.7% for the 12 months to the…

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  • 16 November
    BeveragesMarco Pierre White to serve Eastenders star’s gin in restaurants

    Marco Pierre White to serve Eastenders star’s gin in restaurants

    Black and White Hospitality, the company co-founded by celebrity chef Marco Pierre White, has signed a deal to stock a new gin brand created by a British soap star. The firm will now offer Neat Gin across its restaurant estate which currently stands at 50 sites. The gin, which is…

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  • 15 November
    BusinessKERB to open food concept in Seven Dials

    KERB to open food concept in Seven Dials

    Street food company KERB and London-based landlords Shaftesbury have announced the opening of a new food hall concept in the 19th century Thomas Neal’s Warehouse in Seven Dials, London. It is hoped that KERB’s bricks and mortar debut, Seven Dials Market, will “rival the best food halls in the world”…

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