Manchester
Coverage highlights foodservice and hospitality developments across Manchester, with a focus on high-activity areas such as the Northern Quarter, Ancoats, Spinningfields, and Deansgate. Reporting includes restaurant and bar openings, independent brand growth, investment trends, and evolving footfall dynamics. Insight is tailored for operators tracking urban trading patterns, premium casual formats, and consumer behaviour in one of the UK’s most competitive city markets.
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Apr- 2023 -24 AprilVenues & Properties
Roxy Ball Room to open Leicester site in June
Roxy Leisure have announced that its competitive gaming concept, Roxy Ball Room, will be opening in Humberstone Gate, Leicester, this coming June. The latest Roxy Ball Room will feature a range of activities including ten pin bowling, ice-free curling, batting cages, three karaoke rooms, shuffleboard, American pool, deck shuffle, ping…
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19 AprilEducation
My Lahore launches chef academy
British Asian restaurant My Lahore has launched a new chef academy in partnership with Bradford College. The My Lahore Academy will specialise in British Asian cuisine and will shortly be enrolling its first class of adult students who will start the new programme in September. Fifteen students will learn fusion…
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11 AprilFeatures
The craft ramen eatery with an OnlyFans account: Q&A with owner Ross Mackenzie
How did you know that it was time to launch Send Noods? My business partner Vinny Yu came up with the concept, he showed me his idea and the branding and I told him ‘Okay, I’ll show you some ramen shops around Manchester’. So, we started going out for lunch…
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5 AprilRestaurants
Fulham Shore posts record revenues of £100m in FY23
Fulham Shore, operator of Franco Manca and The Real Greek, has revealed that revenues increased to around £100m for the year ended 26 March 2023, which represents a new record high for the group. The news comes despite two restaurant closures during the period, as well as the impact of…
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Mar- 2023 -22 MarchCafes and Coffee Shops
200 Degrees to open coffee shop and barista school in Chester
Independent coffee roaster 200 Degrees will be opening a coffee shop and barista school on Bridge Street, Chester, below the Grosvenor Shopping centre this May. The imminent opening in Chester, which will bring 15 new full-time and part-time jobs to the area, will be the chain’s 19th UK venue and…
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14 MarchRestaurants
Doner Shack to debut in London this month
Berlin street food brand Doner Shack has announced that it will be opening its first London store on Baker Street on 27 March. To celebrate the opening of the store, which comes after its success in Manchester, Leicester and Glasgow, the brand will be offering 200 free kebaps a day…
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9 MarchNews
Food and accommodation was North West’s fastest-growing sector in 2022
Food and accommodation is the fastest-growing industry in the North West, the new 2023 ‘Fastest-growing regional sectors’ list by Fintech company Iwoca has revealed. The latest statistics, which analysed ONS UK business data between 2018 and 2022, reported an 18% increase in the North West’s accommodation and food business, which…
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6 MarchPeople
Mollie’s appoints Dan Gover as group innovation and development chef
Mollie’s motel and diners, has appointed Dan Gover as group innovation and development chef following the launch of its Manchester-based site in late 2023. Gover plans to assist with the brand’s creative F&B development. He started his hospitality career as a head chef at the White Horse Hotel in Romsey…
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2 MarchPubs and Bars
Northern cities lead growth for UK hospitality, research finds
Cities in the north of England are leading growth in UK hospitality despite the impacts of Covid, the cost of living crisis and rail strikes, new research has found. The ‘State of the North’ research from Northern Restaurant and Bar and CGA by NielsenIQ found that in most key northern…
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Feb- 2023 -28 FebruaryPubs and Bars
NQ64 to open in Shoreditch London
Retro gaming bar NQ64 has announced that it will open its second London site in Old Street Shoreditch in May 2023. The 9000 square foot Shoreditch based bar will be the brand’s biggest bar yet capable of hosting 450 people. NQ64 Shoreditch will house some new and rare games which…
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