Loughborough

Regional coverage of hospitality and foodservice activity across Loughborough, including its town centre, university campus area, and nearby suburban neighbourhoods like Quorn and Shepshed. Highlights restaurant and pub openings, café launches, and venue refurbishments influenced by student patronage, retail developments, and local regeneration schemes. Reports encompass licensing decisions, staffing trends, and catering models adapted for both university-linked and family-based trade. Built for chefs, operators, catering professionals, and pub landlords managing venues in this Leicestershire market that blends student demand with community hospitality dynamics.

Dec- 2022 -

5 December

Pubs and Bars

Cat and Wickets Pub Company acquires former Everards pub

Cat and Wickets, the pub company founded by cricketers Stuart Broad and Harry Gurney, has announced the acquisition of its second venue, The Griffin Inn in Swithland, from Everards brewery. News of the acquisition follows recent approval for an investment from Lee Cash, the founder of Peach Pubs, to purchase…
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May- 2022 -

20 May

People

Young’s appoints first retail director

Young and Co’s (Young’s) has announced that Mark Loughborough will join the board in the newly created role of retail director, effective 30 September 2022. In his new role, Loughborough will report to Young’s chief operating officer, Simon Dodd. Loughborough has a wealth of experience, having spent 11 years with…
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Feb- 2021 -

3 February

Pubs and Bars

Pubs vital in battle against isolation

Pubs are key in tackling loneliness and provide a social value far beyond their economic contributions to society, according to research conducted by Loughborough University. The Open Arms report, which was conducted in tandem with Heineken UK and the Campaign to End Loneliness, found that institutions such as pubs are…
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Apr- 2020 -

1 April

Restaurants

Loughborough restaurant badly damaged as blaze erupts from kitchen

Loughborough-based Lebanese and Moroccan restaurant, Tarboush, has been badly damaged after a fire started in its kitchen yesterday (31 March). The restaurant, which was open for delivery orders after government advice to close restaurants to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, was preparing orders as the blaze bagan at 4pm…
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May- 2018 -

8 May

Food and Drink

UK Young Restaurant Team of the Year announces finalists

The Restaurant Competition has announced the finalists for UK Young Restaurant Team of the Year. The finalists will compete at the Skills for Chefs Conference on 4 July. The finalists are: Colette’s at The Grove Hotel Kendal College Fischer’s and Rowley’s Loughborough College North Warwickshire and Hinckley College Competition director…
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